Where can I go to get help with my business plan?
There are consultants that will help you with your business plan, as well as ones that write your whole business plan for you. I prefer the idea of books because they're inexpensive; you can refer to them and so forth. In fact, that tends to be the consulting that I do, read my book, make a list of questions, we'll cover it. Bang, bang, bang. That's what I usually do, buy an hour of consulting, I cover it, just like that you have all the answers. Books are very helpful for business plans. U.S. Small Business Administration is a great help. They've got a site with a lot of stuff on there, www.sba.gov. You get all kinds of information in other areas as well; they do this because most of the new jobs come from small businesses. It's a great service and the government is interested in it. Unspoken fact: The U.S. Small Business Administration operates full service district offices in every state of the country. A lot of states, also for the same reason have different agencies that will help you; they'll also help you with the business plan. They will help you in certain directions like this. There is a lot of software out there, they'll ask you questions, almost like one of these income tax things, it will ask you questions and answers and it will print it out. You really have to personalize it yourself, if you want to use software, that's great. However you want to make sure you personalize it with your information. Again, no one knows the business like you do and what you're trying to do.
