Starting a Business
Business Guides & Reports
- Small Business Resource Guide
- Southwest Virginia Economic Report
- Economic Impact Report
- Virginia Guide to Incentives
Business Plan Resources and Templates
Bplans provides a wealth of information on how to prepare a business plan. The website has free templates, sample business plans, outlines, and etc. This is a great resource to use in conjunction with your Small Business Development Counselor.
Templates
Marketing Plan
- Mplans offers a variety of information regarding all marketing aspects. The website has free sample marketing plans, how to articles, marketing plan outline and etc.
- BLS Expenditure Report
- SBA
Business One Stop
The Virginia Department of Business Assistance works with existing businesses to foster growth and prosperity and assisting entrepreneurs in forming a lucrative business. They host a variety of educational events throughout the Commonwealth weekly. Topics range from selling to the state, social media, mobile marketing & eCommerce, iPad for business, accessing capital, and other business resources.
Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) provides free and confidential one-on-one counseling as well as business education opportunities and resources to help entrepreneurs, small business owners and managers improve their business. Many of the Virginia Small Business Development Centers are located at colleges across the commonwealth. Each site has trained counselors to assist entrepreneurs in starting and managing a business. Services available consist of management training, research data, business plan, financial analysis and etc. The mission of the SBDC is to foster small business success and grow Southwest Virginia’s economy.
- Blue Ridge Crossroads
- Southwest Community College SBDC
- Mountain Empire Community College SBDC
- Roanoke Regional SBDC
- Virginia Small Business Development Center
SWaM
Are you a Small, Woman-owned and Minority- owned business (SWaM)? If so, this program may benefit your business. Use the links below to determine if this program is a fit for your business.
Social Media
Dropbox
Dropbox provides free storage and sharing capabilities for all of your documents, photos and videos.
Click the image to go to Dropbox!