Are You Ready to Start a Business?

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Are you ready to get started? Do you think you have the right personality and experience to own or manage your own business? Do you have the financial and emotional support to pursue this adventure? Can you effectively lead a team? Is this the right career path?

A lot of questions…but these are critical inquiries to embarking on business ownership. As a first step, take the Small Business Administration’s Assessment Tool below to get a better feel for your readiness. The Assessment Tool is simple, easy to complete and guides you through the process of better evaluating your relevant skills, characteristics and experience.

As the SBA notes, this automated self-assessment tool does not collect information, tabulate or utilize individual visitors’ results. It is intended to provide fast preliminary guidance as your assessment profile is provided with the click of the submit button. Upon completion you will also receive “Suggested Next Steps,” including the most appropriate SBA resources to advance your business preparedness. Among the wealth of SBA’s offerings are free online courses and counseling, in addition to targeted links to a vast array of applicable resources.

Further, Careers.org has compiled a hand-selected list of appropriate home business resources to assist your start-up efforts, which can be found via the “Web Resources” tab below.

Find related information on Careers.org:
→ Review in depth Occupational Profiles for entrepreneurial careers including Small Business Owners
→ Find U.S Regional Profiles of each of the 50 U.S. states
→ Locate potential Franchise Opportunities that fit your training and education
→ Search for relevant free Business Literature for your company

 
 

Web Resources