- Free
SCORE offers a variety of online on-demand courses that you can take at your own pace. The Startup Roadmap is a series of 12 chapters and each chapter outlines each step in starting a business. Chapters offer concrete steps to take and information to help you, as well as additional resources for each topic.
We recommend these courses if you are looking for step-by-step help to bring your business idea to life.
The chapters offered include:
- Chapter 1: Starting Your Journey
- Chapter 2: Are You Ready to Start a Business?
- Chapter 3: Defining and Validating Your Idea
- Chapter 4: Business Plan or Business Model Canvas?
- Chapter 5: Finding Funding
- Chapter 6: Setting Up Your Business
- Chapter 7: Accounting, Insurance, and Legal Considerations
- Chapter 8: Marketing Your Business
- Chapter 9: Pricing, Sales, and Distribution
- Chapter 10: Setting Up Your Physical Location
- Chapter 11: Staffing Your Business
- Chapter 12: Open for Business
These courses are completely free and you can take them at your own pace. SCORE will ask for some basic information in order to enroll. Click the link below to learn more.
