What You Should Do To Get Your Small Business Started

As a volunteer small business counselor I frequently get questions about what one should do to get a business  started.  Here is an excerpt from one of my counseling sessions.  "To get your business started you should develop a business plan.  Your business plan will serve as a road map to success.  It is very difficult  (nearly impossible) to obtain any financing without a business plan unless you have the funds yourself or have friends and family who will lend or invest in you. "