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Business and Marketing



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Developing a Business Plan Sources of Capital	Marketing Insurance	Federal and State Small Business Resources	Other Business Resources

Developing a Business Plan [top of page]

Source	Title	Description
Massachusetts Office of Business Development	Guide to Writing a Business Plan	A comprehensive guide to writing plans covering a broad range of types of businesses.
New Hampshire Small Business Development Center	A Guide to Writing a Business Plan for the Small Business Owner	Includes a business plan outline plus a simplified version. Also includes worksheets for evaluating and developing your business idea.
Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service	Developing a Business Plan for Value-Added Agricultural Products (pdf)	A four-page summary of business plans.
Western Massachusetts Food Processing Center	Complete Solutions for Food Producers and Entrepreneurs	Provides technical assistance, workshops and resources on business planning.

Sources of Capital [top of page]

Source	Title	Description
University of Maine Cooperative Extension	Capital Sources for Your Business	Fact sheet that describes the 5 C’s of credit, types of capital, and ten sources of capital.

Marketing [top of page]

Source	Title	Description
Ohio State University	Understanding Marketing	Brief fact sheet that outlines marketing questions to consider.
Missouri Cooperative Extension	Home-Based Business-Market Your Product	Details methods of promoting products.
Kansas State University	Marketing – What Needs to be Done (pdf)	An 8-page fact sheet briefly covering major aspects of marketing.
Western Massachusetts Food Processing Center	Complete Solutions for Food Producers and Entrepreneurs	Provides technical assistance, workshops and resources on business planning.

Insurance [top of page]

Source	Title	Description
University of Maine Cooperative Extension	How to Insure Your Business	Developed for home-based businesses, this bulletin provides in overview of types of insurance.

Federal and State Small Business Resources [top of page]

Source	Title	Description
Federal Government	U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)	This website provides a variety of information on starting, financing and managing a small business. Includes links to state SBA sites.
Federal Government	U.S. Small Business Development Centers (SBDC)	Administered by SBA, these centers provide management assistance to small businesses.
Connecticut	Connecticut Small Business Development Centers
Maine	Maine Small Business Development Centers - site1, site2 & site3
Massachusetts	Massachusetts Small Business Development Centers
New Hampshire	New Hampshire Small Business Development Centers - site1 & site2
Rhode Island	Rhode Island Business Development Center
Vermont	Vermont Small Business Development Centers

Other Business Resources [top of page]

Source	Title	Description
University of Maine Cooperative Extension	Small and Home-Based Business Virtual Resource Library	A website connecting to a variety of information and resources.