In this module of the Startup Roadmap, you’ll conduct a thorough self-assessment to confirm that you have what it takes to start a business.
The Startup Roadmap: Starting Your Journey
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Congratulations on taking the first step towards starting your business!
Even though many steps lie ahead, our Startup Roadmap can guide you along the journey. It provides detailed directions, tips on avoiding detours and helpful resources to reach your destination.
To help you during this exciting trip, work with a SCORE mentor. Your mentor is the best tour guide— someone who has experienced their own journey to entrepreneurship. Seventy percent of mentored businesses survive more than five years — double the rate for non-mentored small businesses over that same time period.
The Startup Roadmap includes these modules, but you do not have to stop at every exit:
- Starting Your Journey
- Are You Ready to Start a Business?
- Defining and Validating Your Idea
- Business Plan or Business Model Canvas?
- Finding Funding
- Setting Up Your Business
- Accounting, Insurance, and Legal Considerations
- Marketing Your Business
- Pricing, Sales, and Distribution
- Setting Up Your Physical Location
- Staffing Your Business
- Open for Business
The SCORE Startup Roadmap outlines every step in starting a business. Work with your mentor to help you reach your goal smoothly.
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Define and Validate Summary In this module of the Startup Roadmap, you’ll define your business idea in detail by completing SCORE’s “Simple Steps for Starting Your Business” program.
In this module of the Startup Roadmap, you’ll create a business plan that maps out a detailed blueprint for getting to your goal of owning a business.
