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Expert Summaries

Expert Summaries

InnovatorsLINK experts weigh in on major topics facing entrepreneurs

“Bootcamp” Recommended Valuable Reading

The following Expert Summaries are each associated with a course in Business Bootcamp: Virtual Coaching, Mentoring & Education Program. Please take the time to review them for the benefit of your organization or in anticipation of taking the Bootcamp courses.

An Introduction to the InnovatorsLINK Bootcamp Program

Positioning Your Business Opportunity Statement for Success

Course: I. The Opportunity (Mini Business Plan)

Promoting Your Product Or Service Using Digital Marketing

Course: II. The Market Potential (Size)

Introducing a New Product or Service

Course: III. Development of a Product or Service?

The "Magic" of Financial Statements and Ratio Measurement

Course: IV. Financial Statements

Capital Requirements: Funds Needed to Start or Expand

Course: V. Capital Requirements?

Structuring Your Company: A Summary

Course: VI. Best Structure for the Company?

Regulations Involved in Starting a Business

Course: VII. Regulations and starting a business?

What Insurances are Needed to Start a Business?

Course: VIII. Insurances Needed

Housing Your Startup: Home, Garage, Rent, or Purchase?

Course: IX. Housing my Business

Hiring Employees - Who? What? How?

Course: X. Hiring People

Finding Reputable Suppliers and Service Providers

Course: XI. Finding and Retaining Vendors

Selecting a Bank For Your Business

Course: XII. Funding of your Business

Funding I: Alternate Ways for Early-Stage Companies to Raise Money in Connecticut and Elsewhere

Course: XII. Funding of your Business

More Expert Summaries

Understanding CDFIs

Developing A Small Business Action Plan

Investor Funding: Private Investors, Private Placements, VCs, And Angels

Early Stage Funding: Bootstrapping, Friends And Family, Strategic Partners, And Crowdfunding

How to Build a Small Business Website

Dashboards to Drive Your Small Business

The Importance of Cash Flow and How to Calculate It

The Action Plan: Making The Business Plan Happen

Contingency Planning: Dealing With Surprise Disruptions

COVID-19 Relief Options for Funding Your Business

Developing a Pitch Through LivePlan

Small Business Grants: How They Work and Where to Find Them

Board of Advisors vs. Board of Directors

Creating a LinkedIn Business Page

Putting Together a Facebook Business Page with a Business Manager

Gust.com: An Investor and Investment Ecosystem

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