Lessons / One of six tracks
Start your own Turn what you learned into a plan for your own business: is it right for you, what it costs to start, when it breaks even, your first hire and permits, then the setup before opening day: the legal shape, the money, the place, a loan, a one-page plan and launch week.
An empty lot marked out with stakes and string, with a sign that says your biz starts here. A new owner stands in the lot holding up a blueprint, next to a shovel, a toolbox and a young tree. YOUR BIZ starts here The lessons 1 Level 1 0 of 10 XP to level 2 Start → 1 Part 1 of Is this business right for me?: How many businesses started small?, start here Start here How many businesses started small? Lesson 1 · part 1 · 3 tickets · 4 min 2 Part 2 of Is this business right for me?: Test it before you leap, not started 3 Part 3 of Is this business right for me?: Quit now or test first?, not started Lesson 1: Is this business right for me?, not finished Lesson 1 · 13 min Is this business right for me? 1 Part 1 of Your startup budget: How many owners started on their own savings?, not started 2 Part 2 of Your startup budget: Three parts of a budget, not started 3 Part 3 of Your startup budget: Still short, not started Lesson 2: Your startup budget, not finished (members-only) Lesson 2 · 13 min Your startup budget Members (members-only) Included (included in your membership) 1 Part 1 of Your break-even point: How many young businesses made a profit?, not started 2 Part 2 of Your break-even point: A higher price, not started 3 Part 3 of Your break-even point: Break-even, hour by hour, not started Lesson 3: Your break-even point, not finished (members-only) Lesson 3 · 13 min Your break-even point Members (members-only) Included (included in your membership) 1 Part 1 of Your first hires: How many businesses have no employees?, not started 2 Part 2 of Your first hires: What first hires earn, not started 3 Part 3 of Your first hires: A restaurant hires a crew on day one, not started Lesson 4: Your first hires, not finished (members-only) Lesson 4 · 13 min Your first hires Members (members-only) Included (included in your membership) 1 Part 1 of Your permit checklist: What does it cost to register an LLC?, not started 2 Part 2 of Your permit checklist: Same business, two places, not started 3 Part 3 of Your permit checklist: A restaurant's long permit list, not started Lesson 5: Your permit checklist, not finished (members-only) Lesson 5 · 12 min Your permit checklist Members (members-only) Included (included in your membership) 1 Part 1 of Before you sign: How many owners signed a personal guarantee?, not started 2 Part 2 of Before you sign: What a cap is worth, not started 3 Part 3 of Before you sign: "Sign by Friday", not started Lesson 6: Before you sign, not finished (members-only) Lesson 6 · 14 min Before you sign Members (members-only) Included (included in your membership) 1 Part 1 of Your business's legal shape: How long until the first deadline?, not started 2 Part 2 of Your business's legal shape: Rosa's switch-over sheet, not started 3 Part 3 of Your business's legal shape: A friend wants in, not started Lesson 7: Your business's legal shape, not finished (members-only) Lesson 7 · 14 min Your business's legal shape Members (members-only) Included (included in your membership) 1 Part 1 of Money set-up: an account, simple books, and tax set aside: How long do you keep the receipts?, not started 2 Part 2 of Money set-up: an account, simple books, and tax set aside: Rosa's money hour, not started 3 Part 3 of Money set-up: an account, simple books, and tax set aside: Money that isn't yours, not started Lesson 8: Money set-up: an account, simple books, and tax set aside, not finished (members-only) Lesson 8 · 13 min Money set-up: an account, simple books, and tax set aside Members (members-only) Included (included in your membership) 1 Part 1 of Picking a location: home, a storefront or online: How many businesses ran from home?, not started 2 Part 2 of Picking a location: home, a storefront or online: The place in every groom, not started 3 Part 3 of Picking a location: home, a storefront or online: A café counts the corner, not started Lesson 9: Picking a location: home, a storefront or online, not finished (members-only) Lesson 9 · 13 min Picking a location: home, a storefront or online Members (members-only) Included (included in your membership) 1 Part 1 of Getting a loan: what a lender looks at: Where do small businesses get a yes?, not started 2 Part 2 of Getting a loan: what a lender looks at: Does the cash cover it?, not started 3 Part 3 of Getting a loan: what a lender looks at: A landlord's lender asks the same, not started Lesson 10: Getting a loan: what a lender looks at, not finished (members-only) Lesson 10 · 14 min Getting a loan: what a lender looks at Members (members-only) Included (included in your membership) 1 Part 1 of Your one-page business plan: Spot the box that says nothing, not started 2 Part 2 of Your one-page business plan: Rosa's one page, not started 3 Part 3 of Your one-page business plan: A startup's plan in months, not started Lesson 11: Your one-page business plan, not finished (members-only) Lesson 11 · 12 min Your one-page business plan Members (members-only) Included (included in your membership) 1 Part 1 of Your first ten customers: What do the first few reviews do?, not started 2 Part 2 of Your first ten customers: Rosa's first-ten sheet, not started 3 Part 3 of Your first ten customers: A stylist's first book, not started Lesson 12: Your first ten customers, not finished (members-only) Lesson 12 · 13 min Your first ten customers Members (members-only) Included (included in your membership) 1 Part 1 of Launch week: Spot the risky day, not started 2 Part 2 of Launch week: Rosa's soft-opening night sheet, not started 3 Part 3 of Launch week: A restaurant's opening weeks, not started Lesson 13: Launch week, not finished (members-only) Lesson 13 · 12 min Launch week Members (members-only) Included (included in your membership) 1 Part 1 of Buying a business instead of starting one: Spot the number the bank won't use, not started 2 Part 2 of Buying a business instead of starting one: What's left for Rosa?, not started 3 Part 3 of Buying a business instead of starting one: Buying a book of clients, not started Lesson 14: Buying a business instead of starting one, not finished (members-only) Lesson 14 · 13 min Buying a business instead of starting one Members (members-only) Included (included in your membership) Finish: Your whole plan Finish Your whole plan Already set up your own restaurant in the Restaurant Row lessons ? These lessons pick up from the numbers in your owner's notebook.