SBA 950 - Customize Your Business Plan

This course is designed to enable the student, who is a small business owner, to learn what is involved in developing a customized business plan. The course will help startups to determine the feasibility of new ventures and existing business owners to regroup. Topics to be covered include identifying the purpose for writing a plan, learning components of a basic business plan, and isolating which components fit the needs of the business.

Upon completion of this course, the students should be able to:
1. identify the purpose of writing a business plan,
2. discuss the components of a basic business plan,
3. determine if the business idea is feasible or what steps are necessary to regroup, and
4. determine a basic estimate of a startup cost.