CapeCod.SCORE.org - Your source for valuable small business information.
Free Mentoring, Local Workshops, On-line Workshops and Templates & Tools, including:
Useful Free Business Resources
Subject
Source
Description
Benchmarking
Biz Stats
Benchmarking
Analyze your
Business
Business Plans
Bplans
Benchmarking - Compare Financial (P & L) Data with others in your Industry
Benchmarking Resource to Compare your Business, by Industry, with other in
your area. Compares Revenues, Salaries & more. Includes links to useful business
resources. If you cannot find data for your city/town, try Barnstable Town, MA
Business Plans - Select from 500 Sample Business Plans including:
♦ 46 for Restuarant, Cafe & Bakery ♦ 116 for Retail & On-Line Store
♦ 26 for Medical & Health Care ♦ 216 for Services of all types
Business Plans & Profiles Index - Sample Business Plans for all types of small
businesses can be found in their Index- (also see)
Business Planning Templates from SCORE.
Includes: Plans for Start-up Business, Established Business, Non-Profit, Board of
Advisors, Competitive Analysis
► SBA 8(a) Business Development Program to help small disadvantaged businesses
For:
• Socially & Economically Disadvataged Individuals
• Veteran-Owned Small Business
Business Plans
Business
Planning
Contracting
Opportunities
Carnegie
Library
Business
Planning
Templates
U.S.
Small Business
Contracting
Opportunities
• Recovery Act Opportunities
• and lots more...
► Video - How to sell to the Federal Government as a Small Business
► Central Contractor Registration
Crowd Funding or Crowd Financing is on-line process that can connect entrepreneurs
Crowd Funding Crowd Funding to a collective of individual potential investors.
Several examples: Kickstarter.com & Indiegogo.com
Crowd Sourcing is an on-line process of drawing on the “collective intelligence” of a
distributed group of people to complete business related tasks instead of outsourcing
Crowd Sourcing Crowd Sourcing
to a third party.
Several examples: Crowdsource.com & Designcrowd.com
Statistics & Demographics for Cape Cod - Huge Resource for economic &
STATS
Demographics
demographic data - Profiles, Benchmarks, Data by Towns, including all Towns &
Cape Cod
Counties in Massachusetts
Demographics
ZIPWHO.com
Demographic Info - The most fun you can legally have with ZIP codes!
Financial Planning Templates from SCORE. Includes: Cash Flow Statements, Profit &
Financial
Finance
Loss Projections, Break-even Analysis, Balance Sheet, Start-up Expenses, and many
Planning
Templates
more.....
Financing
Financing
Financing Resources - including: SBA, Coastal Community Capital, SEED Corp., Lower
Resources
Resources
Cape Cod Comm. Dev. Corp., Mass. Dev., Crowd-Funding
Franchising
IFA
International Franchise Association
Grants - Federal Government Grant Opportunities
Grants
Grants.gov
Also see SBA Grants - Info
Homestead
Homestead in
Homestead Act - $500,000 protection for your home.
your Home
Massachusetts On Cape Cod go to: Barnstable County Registry of Deeds
Incorporation
Incorporate
Incorporation or LLC Formation On-line - Includes lots of useful info
& LLC
Incorporation
Biz Filings
Incorporation or LLC Formation On-line - Includes lots of useful info
& LLC
Legal
Nolo
Legal - Legal Information from "Nolopedia" - Not a substitute for a lawyer
Legal
MA Bar Assoc
Legal - Need a Massachusetts Lawyer? MBA Lawyer Referral Service
Non-Profits
Retail
Small Business
Non-Profits
Retailing
SCORE Blog
Small Business
Information
ChooseWhat
Taxes &
Accountants
Tax Info
Tax Workshop
Non-Profit Organizations - Business Planning & Fundraising Tools
Retail - Strategies that work - Tips from Industry Experts
Small Business Success Blog - practical insights & advice
Small Business Info - Start-up guide for Entrepreneurs + Valuable Product Reviews to
help Business select On-line Services, e.g. Email Marketing, On-line Fax, Virtual PBX,
Business Cards, QuickBooks, Printing Services, 800 Numbers & many more
MA Soc CPA's
Tax & Accounting - Info + Directory to find a Certified Public Accounting firm
TaxInfo Videos
Taxes - Short Videos on Tax topics dedicated to helping Small Business
Taxes - Virtual Small Business Tax Workshops - 9 Lessons - for Small Businesses & SelfEmployed - “What you need to know”
IRS Workshop