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How to Successfully Start a Business with the SCORE Startup Roadmap
by Bridget Weston
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January 23, 2020
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Starting a brand-new business can be one of the scariest and most exhilarating moments in a new entrepreneur’s life. The hope and optimism, the visions of success, and the fear of failure are all competing for your emotions.

As you begin your journey to business ownership, you may find yourself vacillating between confidence and uncertainty, but don’t worry—we’ve got a plan.

Lifting uncertainty for small businesses and startups is one of our specialties here at SCORE, and we’re proud to announce our latest effort at helping new entrepreneurs realize their dream of owning their own business.

With the SCORE Startup Roadmap you can kick off your startup with confidence, secure in the knowledge that experienced business professionals are guiding you every step of the way.

The free Startup Roadmap course, which is broken into 12 chapters, isn’t your run-of-the-mill online instruction manual filled with information you already know or can find elsewhere. Each chapter includes expert tips, advice, and resources from actual SCORE mentors who’ve been where you are at one time or another. You are not required to complete all 12 chapters—only the ones you and your mentor feel will benefit you.

You’ll find step-by-step processes, worksheets, questionnaires, and other interactive features that will challenge your preconceived notions and get you thinking in different ways about your new endeavor. You’ll have your work cut out for you—there’s plenty of homework assignments you’ll need to complete, but it’ll all be worth it when you finally open your doors and get your first customer.

Here’s what you can expect to learn about yourself and your new business throughout this process:

  1. Getting Started. Before you begin, you’ll want to reach out to a SCORE mentor and talk through the entrepreneurial process with him or her. Your mentor can help you