U.S. Small Business Administration

This self-paced training exercise provides an introduction to finding and attracting investors. Topics include determining the need for outside financing, defining what an investor is and where to find them, explaining the investment process, and understanding investor expectations.

You have a great product or service, but who are your customers and how can you reach them? This free online course will give you an overview of how to identify your customer and how to market to them.

This course from SBA is designed to show you how to utilize social media marketing to grow your business. You will learn research processes and strategies to help you harness the power of social media marketing.

Produced by the SBA’s Office of Entrepreneurship Education, the How to Write a Business Plan course expands on topics relevant to those individuals who are planning to write a business plan.

SBA's Office of Entrepreneurship Education provides this self-paced training exercise as an overview of how to buy a business and of the resources available to help you buy a business. It will take about 30 minutes to complete the course. Additional time will be needed to review included resource materials and to complete the suggested next steps at the end of the course.