business planning

online workshops

If you would like a guided online self-paced “workshop”, we suggest

• Kauffman FastTrac® teaches early-stage entrepreneurs how to launch their businesses. Access content, templates, and tools through five modules of the entrepreneurial journey. By the end of the series, you will have developed a thoroughly researched and tested business plan.
  FastTrac Course Overview – Start making your idea a reality. Position your idea in the market, understand your customers, and solidify your business model. Ensure your finances are in order. Plan for launching, leading, and growing your business. This flexible online self-paced course is designed to provide information, tips, exercises, and tools to help you refine your business concept. SIGN UP

• Startup Roadmap – a collection of SCORE resources and suggested activities that you can view and review. Your SCORE mentor can work with you one-on-one through any of these steps. Do all the activities in the sequence provided or pick and choose the modules that you need to work on.

Podcast about entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs

• How I Built This Guy Raz interviews the world’s best-known entrepreneurs to learn how they built their iconic brands. In each episode, founders reveal deep, intimate moments of doubt and failure, and share insights on their eventual success. How I Built This is a master-class on innovation, creativity, leadership and how to navigate challenges of all kinds.

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Here are some resources that will be helpful.

SCORE maintains an extensive resource library and offers live workshops on a wide range to topics.

• SCORE.org library – recorded webinars, articles, self-study courses https://www.score.org/browse-small-business-resource-library
• Sign up for the SCORE Newsletter from the Volusia/Flagler Chapter – scroll to the bottom and enter your email address https://volusiaflagler.score.org/

• 1 Million Cups Daytona is a program run by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. Every Wednesday at 9am at Cinematique Theater, we are building and connecting Volusia County’s entrepreneurship community. We bring in entrepreneurs to share their startup and success stories. There is no cost to attend and free coffee is served!
  https://www.1millioncups.com/s/account/0014W00002AqQdlQAF/daytona-beach-fl
  https://www.facebook.com/1MC.DaytonaBeach/

• Volusia Business Resources – Which Stage Describes Your Business? . Start . Grow I have customers buying my product or service at a level where my company is gaining traction. . Thrive The demand for my product or service has created profitability to a point that I am ready to expand.
  https://www.volusiabusinessresources.com

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How To Write A Business Plan and Avoid Getting Stuck – talks about Business Model Canvas ( :00 – 20:00) as a planning tool and basic reality check for any business idea. Then goes into a more formal business plan based on SCORE templates.

The Business Model Canvas – 9 Steps to Creating a Successful 1-page business plan

This 1-page business plan is a great thinking activity. Use this for help deciding what business ideas could be viable. Operational businesses use this model to generate quarterly summaries to review current business status and for planning. Examine new (and old) target markets, revenue sources and partner relationships. Describe, design, challenge, invent, and pivot your business. Get started with an overview of your business. Make some notes and we can go over this together.

• the-business-model template – attached

• The Business Model Canvas – 9 Steps to Creating a Successful Business Model – Startup Tips . 10min video illustration for completing this 1 page business plan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP0cUBWTgpY

• The Easy Guide to the Business Model Canvas https://creately.com/blog/diagrams/business-model-canvas-explained/

• How Do I Write a Small Business Plan? 7 Business Plan Writing Tips – A business plan outlines goals and timelines to make an idea become a reality. [article]

• business-model-canvas.pdf

Also

• Checklist Volusia Startup.pdf – extensive list of decisions associate with business start, some specific actions

• Volusia How to Start a Business.pdf – county specific business registration

Please email me if you have any questions. When you are ready, we can schedule a followup meeting.