Starting and Growing Your Business?

If you’re reading this, you are probably quite serious about starting your own business in the state of New Hampshire. You know you’ve got a good idea or maybe you just realize it’s time to fulfill a life-long dream. Let this be your starting place. Here you’ll find the basics, plus dozens of links to much more in-depth information and the resources you’ll need as you get further into planning and running your own business.

The New Hampshire Small Business Development Center offers more than 20 on-line e-courses in topics such as finance, management and marketing. They include Starting a Business in New Hampshire, plus many other topics. The courses are free and available 24 hours a day as long as you have Internet access.

We also offer workshops throughout the state on some of the same topics and on specialized topics such as QuickBooks for beginners or construction safety. Current workshop offerings and registration information is always available in Events.

Start by reviewing First Things First: Finding help through the NH SBDC, but also visit The Basics of Planning a Business for details on many of the tasks you’ll need to accomplish before launching your business. Depending upon the type of business you are planning, you may want to review Becoming an Employer, for detailed information on hiring and firing, benefits and taxes.

If you are growing your business, click here to view some Advanced Business Topics.