Business Resource Center

Useful help for building a business one step at a time.

Guides, worksheets, practical tools, and selected partner resources for people starting, running, marketing, and growing a business.

Business Guides

Start with the question you are trying to answer.

Start

How to Start a Small Business When You Don't Know Where to Begin

Work through the problem, customer, offer, money, basics, online presence, and first version of the business.

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Skills

How to Turn a Skill Into a Business

Turn something you already know how to do into a clear offer people can understand and buy.

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Customers

How to Get Your First Customers

Practical ways to find the right people, explain the outcome, follow up, and learn from early customers.

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Digital

Building Your Business Online

Create a useful online home base without trying to be everywhere at once.

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Foundations

What Your Small Business Actually Needs

Focus on the basics that help you operate, sell, communicate, and stay organized.

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AI

AI for Small Business

Learn where AI can help with repetitive work, customer communication, research, content, and workflows.

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Business Tools

Build your own working toolkit.

These are the next tools we are adding to the center.

Planning

Business Planning Worksheet

Capture your idea, customer, offer, competition, startup costs, pricing, and first marketing steps.

Marketing

Marketing Checklist

Work through your website, messaging, email, social channels, referrals, and customer follow-up.

Freelance

Freelance Rate Calculator

Estimate an hourly starting point from desired income, working hours, expenses, and non-billable time.