Session 1: Starting With A Good Idea

• Exploring Business Opportunities
• Forty Concepts for a Small Business
• Evaluating Your Ideas
• Protecting Your Idea

Session 2: Marketing Basics

• Marketing Primer
• Researching Your Market Sales
• Forecasting Business
• Promotion Idea List

Session 3: Financing Your Business

• Equity Financing
• Long Term Dept Financing
• Short Term Dept Financing
• Alternative Sources of Financing

Session 4: Planning Fundamentals

• Preparing a Cash Flow Forecast
• Preparing a Business Plan
• Sample Business Plan

Session 5: Basic Regulations for Getting Started

• Proprietorship, Partnership or Incorporation?
• Taxes
• Becoming an Employer
• Start Up Checklist

Session 6: Setting up an E-business: The Basics
This session is designed for businesses, which are ready to expand their client base, and/or those individuals who have already developed an E-business plan.

• What is E-business?
• Types of E-businesses
• Success Stories
• Tips for Success
• Diagnostics:Are you Ready for E-business?
• Resources

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