Owning a business is both exciting and intimidating.
With SCORE Denver, you have lots of support. Browse these tools and find resources to help you make decisions on starting or growing your enterprise.
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Starting Your Business in Colorado
Key steps for starting a business in Colorado and links to business plan templates. Read more
Types of Businesses
Information and links on franchises/licenses, and out-of-state, import/export, web-based, veteran-owned, minority-owned, disadvantaged, and home-based businesses. Read more
Financing Your Business
Business funding links and information including SBA programs, SBIC's, micro-lenders, grants, crowdfunding, incubators, banks, and venture/angel capital. Read more
Legal Issues and Government Resources
Appropriate legal structure for your business, U.S./Colorado/local government resources, hiring employees, licenses/permits, taxes, and buying, selling, and closing a business. Read more
Protect Your Business and Professional Services
Information on bonding, insurance, and intellectual property (copyrights, trademarks, patents), accountants, lawyers, insurers, purchasing, website designers, and trade groups. Read more
Local Reference Links and Information
Other information and links to business resources. Read more
Non-Profits
Steps to set-up a non-profit organization to comply with federal and Colorado requirements, samples of Articles of Incorporation/By-laws, and funding sources. Read more
Sales Basics for Beginners
Key advice on how to sell your product or service including leads and prospecting, gaining attention, features and benefits, buying signals, the close, and followup after the sale. Read more