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How Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) Can Help Your Business

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Many centers also offer access to LivePlan , a business planning software with budgeting, forecasting, and benchmarking capabilities. Obviously, a startup is going to have radically different needs than an existing business,” Rowe says. They also tend to last longer than the average startup, or experience greater survivability.

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One Little Ice Cream Cart That’s About to Have Big Growth

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By contrast, Stuart grew up working in his father’s law office in the Mississippi Delta. Like any business startup, the Philips faced challenges; plus, the trade-off of skipping shortcuts is having a harder road. We use the revenue forecasting tools to not only plan, but to then set benchmarks to check ourselves as we progress.

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