Are You Ready?

This tutorial helps prepare you to make your own way in business. Learn how to research your competition and hire the right people from Kevin Hull, founder of Texas Custom Signs, and get tips on fine-tuning your marketing, managing, and finance skills from Jay Goltz, CEO of Artist Frame Service. Kenneth R. Banks from Banks Construction discusses how to assess your business’s needs, while Huth & Booth Portrait Studio’s Betty Huth and Barbara Michael of Optimal Lifestyles show how useful marketing and creative teams can be for getting your new business off the ground.

Case Studies


How Timing Is Everything

These chocolatiers get a dream order they can't ignore—or can they?

How-To Guides

  • How to Bring Your Concept to Market
  • Top 10 Reasons to Run Your Own Business
  • How to Refine Your Business Idea
  • How to Attract Talent to Your Start-Up

    Best of Inc.

  • What Kind of Entrepreneur Are You? Part 1
  • What Kind of Entrepreneur Are You? Part 2
  • What Kind of Entrepreneur Are You? Part 3
  • 7 Easy Steps to Bootstrapping Success

    Tools

  • Pre-Opening Budget Sample
  • Startup Employment Agreement
  • Business Plan Worksheet