THEME:  Start-Up a Construction Business

COURSE:  Starting Your Construction Business

Lesson:  Introduction to Starting a Construction Business
Description: A construction business doesn't just happen.  This lesson addresses the multitude of steps and the items you need to think about as the process moves forward.
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Lesson: Your Personal Plan For the Start-Up
Description: A small business gets real personal real fast. Read this lesson and checklist to see if you have what it takes to run an enterprise. Most important: Would you hire yourself to manage this construction business?
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Lesson: Your Business Plan For the Start-Up
Description: Mundane, boring...and absolutely necessary. Checklist for all the little "i's" that need to be dotted and the "t's" that need to be crossed.
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Lesson: Your Marketing Plan For the Start-Up
Description: What do you know about your market? Have you identified your niche?  Is there sufficient business to support your business?  This section of the checklist gets you thinking realistically about your dream.
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Lesson: Your Production Plan For the Start-Up
Description: This lesson forces you to get real about how you are going to produce the houses you intend to sell. Take a look at your labor market, and the part you will play in it.  Can you produce what you think you can?
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Lesson: Your Financial Plan For the Start-Up
Description: This lesson addresses the capital requirements of the construction start-up and delves into the financial relationships upon which your business will depend. Do you have the financial resources to actually carry the business through the start-up phase and give it a chance to thrive?
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