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A Guide to Buying Commercial Real Estate
This guide from SBDC Tennessee goes over buying commercial real estate.
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A Guide to Choosing the Right Small Business Loan
Business News Daily's guide to small business loans.
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A Step-by-Step BUSINESS PLAN WORKBOOK
This publication is provided by the TSBDC for your use to enhance your understanding of the subject matter and thereby increasing your business…
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Accounting
A system for keeping track of financial information undergirds every successful business. Accounting systems may vary but they share the same purpose…
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Accounting System and the Accounting Basics
Articles about finance for small businesses.
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Acquiring Customers with Email
In any marketing discipline, it’s easy to get swept up in the trivial details instead of focusing on the essential stuff that matters, and that’s as…
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Advertising Budget
Tips on budgeting and negotiating, plus promotional tools for advertising.
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Attracting Customers
How to attract customers to your business.
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Average Fixed, Variable, and Marginal Costs
Explore how to think about average fixed, variable, and marginal costs, and how to calculate them, using a firm's production function and costs.
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Balance Sheet Template
Balance Sheet template form in Excel.
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Becoming an Employer
Information about becoming an employer, employee benefits, and employee handbooks.
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bizstats.com
A tool you can use to  create a custom industry Profit & Loss benchmark.
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Blogs for Small Businesses
Advice on creating and maintaining a blog for your small business.
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Bookkeeping
The explanation of bookkeeping attempts to provide you with an understanding of bookkeeping and its relationship with accounting. The goal is to…
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Bplans.com - Sample Business Plans
A site with sample business plans.
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Breakeven Analysis Calculator
The break even analysis calculator is designed to demonstrate how many units of your product must be sold to make a profit.
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Building a Business Website: A Small Business Guide
It's no longer feasible to run a business, even a brick-and-mortar one, without a web presence. Learn how to build a website with this guide.
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Building a Successful Marketing Plan
Every business, small or large, will be more successful with a business plan. One key component of a business plan is the marketing plan. A good…
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Business Financial Planning
This section provides an overview of the essential components of financial planning and management. Used wisely, it will make the reader - the small…
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Business Forms & Templates - From Entrepreneur Magazine
A link to many forms and templates for your business.
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