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If you're thinking about starting a business, you're already planning. The following resources will help you help yourself to develop a proper business plan. This is essential, not only if you need financing or investors, but for any business you intend to make your livelihood.

 1. Business Plan outlines: for a Startup or for an Established Business
 2. Tools for Business Success: Community Development Resources, Inc. and the NebraskaEDGE
 3. Entrepreneurship - Lecture Series, Stanford University  
 5. Model Business Forms - from Entrepreneur.com  
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Publicly Funded Business Counseling & Training:

 6. SCORE: Service Corps of Retired Executives -- Find the nearest SCORE office in Nebraska 
 7. SBA: Small Business Administration: Business Startup Guide
 8. SBA-Omaha: Nebraska Business Training & Events Calendar
 9. NBDC: Nebraska Business Development Center Nebraska offices
 10. NBDC: Business Exit/Transition Planning
 11. REAP/Rural Enterprise Assitance Project, EDGE, etc.: Entrepreneurial Training Programs
 12. Nebraska Enterprise Fund: Other Microenterprise Programs
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 13. Bureau of Labor Statistics:  Occupational Outlook Handbook
 14. E-Commerce: Checklist & Business Plan --- Web Tools & Resources 
 15. Franchising:  Guide to Buying a Franchise  -- Introduction to Franchsing (SBA-FranNet)
                             Franchise Survey Institute -- International Franchise Association
 16. Business Insurance - about.com 
 17. Nebraska Rural Initiative - resources from the 4-campus University of Nebraska system focus on rural Nebraska

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