After completing Home Business: Raising Financing
the user should be able to:
 | Write a business plan |
 | Prepare financial statements as supporting documentation |
 | Plan for personal expenses while starting a business |
 | Evaluate financing options |
 | Decide whether to use personal resources for financing |
 | Prepare for the loan application process |
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Creating a Business Plan
 | Why you need a business plan |
 | Writing your business plan |
 | The ingredients of your plan |
Supporting Your Financial Plan
 | Financial statements: The heart of your plan |
 | Supporting documents for your plan |
 | Getting help |
Making Ends Meet
 | How your start-up costs stack up |
 | Personal expenses |
 | Operating expenses |
Raising Money
 | Borrowing |
 | Giving away the business |
 | Free money |
 | What type of financing is best for you? |
Using Personal Resources for Funds
 | Be your own banker |
 | Go "on margin" against your investments |
 | Credit cards for cash |
 | Use the nest egg you live in |
 | Take a loan from your life insurance |
 | Use your retirement plan for a loan |
 | Is this loan deductible? |
Borrowing Funds
 | Getting a loan: Personalize it |
 | Let your business do the borrowing |
 | Plodding through the paperwork |
 | Help from big brother |
 | Special certification |
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This course has the following features:
 | Exercises that allow users to explore how a course topic applies to their own real-world situations |
 | A file containing the text of the exercises |
 | A glossary |
 | A Skill Assessment |
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