Orange County Register

An updated edition of the workbook, How to Really Start Your Own Business, is available free from SCORE, a nonprofit national group of small-business counselors and The Company Corporation.

More than 500,000 copies of the first edition of the book have been distributed through SCORE’s 370 offices nationwide or downloaded from The Company Corporation web site.

Click here to download. The one drawback is that you have to give your contact information.

The workbook describes how to move from a business idea to a business plan. It includes simple exercises to think through planning, choosing a business structure, financing and start-up operations.

If you have a resource, tip or strategy to help small businesses, send it to me at jnorman@ocregister.com. If I use it, I’ll give you credit and link to your web site.

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