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" Of the five essential tools, the first four are money, money, money, and money. Oh, and belief in your product. Well, there&amp;#039;s a little more to it than that, but we&amp;#039;ve boiled it down to a few helpful resources: 1. BUSINESS PLAN Don&amp;#039;t wing it. The Small Business Administration has an awesome site: sba.gov. Use its online workshop as a guide, then check out the financial advice, marketing tips, and more. 2. CAPITAL Unless you&amp;#039;re using your own savings or borrowing from family, you&amp;#039;ll need a loan (draft a good business plan first!). Try resourcenation.com for links and help contacting trustworthy lenders. 3. TAX ID NUMBER If you want to hire employees or form a corporation, you must apply for a tax ID number, or EIN (fill out Form SS-4 at irs.gov); otherwise, your Social Security number is fine. 4. MENTOR Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE), a nonprofit resource for small businesses, keeps thousands of pros ready with advice based on hard-won, real-world knowledge. Log on to score.org. 5. BUSINESS CARDS Arm yourself with a cool card on sturdy stock: You can design and print your own at avery.com \u2014 it&amp;#039;s just $11.32 for 120 double-sided ink-jet business-card sheets. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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