Business Toolbox
Following are resources that are available to assist you in starting or growing your business.
Business Plan Template for Start-ups (from SCORE)
Business Plan Template for Established Businesses (from SCORE)
(Office hours Thursdays 10 a.m. to noon)
320-240-1332
616 Roosevelt Road, St. Cloud
SCORE: Service Corps of Retired Executives. The Central Minnesota Chapter of SCORE “Counselors to America’s Small Business” is part of a national nonprofit association dedicated to entrepreneur education and the formation, growth and success of the nation’s small business.
SCORE provides free and confidential business counseling tailored to meet the needs of your small business and your personal objectives. SCORE also offers workshops, for a modest fee, for both start-up entrepreneurs and in-business small business owners
Small Business Development Center (Central MN)
St. Cloud State University
320-308-4842
The SBDC provides guidance and counseling regardless of your business stage:
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Pre-Venture: Have a great concept but don’t know where to start? SBDC can help you develop The Plan.
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Start Up: Guidance for your business during its formative years when most at risk for failure.
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Well Established Business: Professional guidance for whatever the occasion.
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Confidential Counseling: No cost, confidential.
Initiative Foundation (Little Falls) Business Resources
877-632-9255
405 First Street SE
Little Falls, MN 56345
The Initiative Foundation creates economic opportunity by lending funds to locally owned businesses.
SCSU Anderson Center for Management and Business
320-251-5420
616 Roosevelt Road, St. Cloud
The Anderson Center provides management and business development services that facilitate economic progress in Greater Minnesota.
651-646-3808
2324 University Avenue West
Saint Paul, MN 55114
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