Resources and Templates for Young Entrepreneurs
Working on being a great entrepreneur? These sites will show you how to get started!
- Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship's Startup Toolkit The Startup Toolkit will guide you through all of the steps of launching your business and point you to credible sources to help you can knowledge on how to go about making the best decisions for your business.
- Template Lab's Startup Budget Templates Keep things simple by utilizing these Excel and Google Spreadsheet templates to keep track of your financial model and analytics.
- Crimson Education’s Guide to Starting a Business in High School For Teen Entrepreneurs - a comprehensive guide for teens to start their own businesses.
- Entrepreneur.com article: The Best Ways to Do Market Research for Your Business Plan - Addresses the basic questions business owners try to answer when conducting market research.
- Startup Tools & Templates - The Carlsen Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship - From Business Model Canvas to Design Thinking, you'll find useful tools and templates for entrepreneurs here. If you are interested in a deeper dive to understand and utilize the tools, they are featured in a Virtual Entrepreneurship Toolkit Series.
- SBA - Write your business plan. - SBA’s step-by-step breakdown of a business plan to help write your own.
- QuickBooks - 8 Accounting Equations Businesses Should Know. - You don’t need to be an accounting wizard, but these 8 equations will help you understand if your business is heading towards success.
- RAHULOGY - How to create a compelling LinkedIn Student profile. - Give yourself a competitive edge by creating a LinkedIn profile and starting to build that network early.
- SBA Market Research and Competitive Analysis Guide (sba.gov) - Gather demographic information and resources to better understand your customers and potential opportunities.
- 18 Pieces of Advice For An 18-year-old Startup Founder - Here are the best 18 pieces of advice the Twitterverse kindly shared. The stuff that nobody really tells you.
- SWOT Analysis Templates and Examples - A strategic planning technique used to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats related to start-ups and businesses.