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Small Business Administration
Includes small business planner, services, tools, and local resources. Since its beginning, the U.S. Small Business Administration has delivered about 20 million loans, loan guarantees, contracts, counseling sessions and other forms of assistance to small businesses.
Internet
URL: http://www.sba.gov/
Small Business Administration: Small Business Planner
http://www.sba.gov/smallbusinessplanner/plan/index.html
Planning is critical to successfully starting and building a business. That’s why we’ve dedicated a section for it. Here you’ll find guidance on the tools and resources necessary to write a winning business plan. From sample plans to a business plan primer, we’ll get you started on this very important activity. Once your business is up and running, you’ll need to regularly review and update your plan to manage growth.
Contents:
-Plan Your Business
-Get Ready
-Write a Business Plan
-Start Your Business
-Manage Your Business
-Getting Out
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) was created in 1953 as an independent agency of the federal government to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free competitive enterprise and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of our nation. Through an extensive network of field offices and partnerships with public and private organizations, SBA delivers its services to people throughout the country.
SBA's current business loan portfolio of roughly 219,000 loans worth more than $45 billion makes it the largest single financial backer of U.S. businesses in the nation. From 1991 to 2000, the SBA has helped almost 435,000 small businesses get more than $94.6 billion in loans. No other lender in this country has been responsible for as much small business financing as the SBA has during that time.