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PRE-VENTURE ORIENTATION WORKSHOP

For more information on registering for the PVO, please read Start or Buy a Business: Getting Started with the Help of the SBTDC.

PVO Materials

During the PVO a SBTDC counselor will utilize the following materials, you may want to read them before you attend.

First Steps for Start Ups

I. Introduction to SBTDC at UNCW

II. Should I Own My Own Business?

III. Feasibility Analysis

  • a. Responsibilities
  • b. Capital Sources & Requirements
  • c. Financial Feasibility

IV. Approaches to Owning & Structuring Your Business

  • a. Three Approaches to Owning
  • b. Forms of Legal Structure

V. Registrations, Licenses & Permits (Red Tape)

VI. The Business Plan

The SBTDC is partially funded by the United States Small Business Administration under a Cooperative Agreement. SBA’s funding is not an endorsement of any products, opinions, or services. All SBA-funded programs are extended to the public on a non-discriminatory basis.