The West Central SBDC combines local, state, and federal resources to help your business succeed. Whether you want to browse through the Colorado Business Resource Book or pick up the phone to ask the Small Business Navigator your question, we’ve got you covered.
Legal Structure & Registration
Taxes
Human Resources & Employment
Certifications & Contracting
Accounting
Helpful Websites for Entrepreneurs
- Personal traits commonly found in successful entrepreneurs
- "Is Entrepreneurship For You?"
- The importance of finding the right market niche for a small business to compete in
- The importance of finding the right market niche for a small business to compete in
- Sample marketing plans
- How to calculate and perform a breakeven analysis and practice inputting different values into the "Breakeven Calculator" to see the impact
- Different sources of available funding
- Difference between equity and debt financing
- General information about estimating start-up costs
- Tool for estimating start-up costs for a new business
- How commercial lenders look at a loan request and how well qualified a client is to meet that criteria
- Learn about credit scores
- Why a business plan is so important
- Example of the format for a business plan
- Example of the format for a business plan
- Sample business plans
- All about recordkeeping
- Different types of insurance to consider
- Colorado business taxes
- Updates on excise taxes
- Self-employment tax
- IRS virtual workshop
- Online IRS lectures
- Businesses that are regulated or require a license from the State of Colorado
- Colorado Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) provides procurement technical assistance to help companies sell products or services to government agencies through free, confidential consulting
- Women Owned Small Business Contracting Program
- SUB-Net is an internet-based database which lists prime contracts to post subcontracting opportunities, used by small businesses to identify contracting opportunities that meet their area of expertise
- TECH-Net is an electronic gateway of technology information and resources for and about small high tech businesses. It is a search engine for researchers; scientists; state, federal and local government officials; a marketing tool for small firms and a potential link to investment opportunities for investors and other sources of capital
- Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade
- "Six Steps to Begin Exporting"
- Export training opportunities and training
- Manufacturers Extension Program
- Colorado Association for Manufacturing and Technology
