75 Steps to Success
Tony Smith has written four business development guide books called "The 75 Steps to Success." These guides will help you learn the ropes of launching or expanding business. The 3-hour course will provide an overview of the guide with real stories of success and failure.
Also available - a custom verison in which the SoCalBizOps team can create a start-up guide specific to your business!
The Essentials of Business Startup
The Essentials of Business Start-Up is a three-section book which reviews the all the necessary steps to launching or expanding a business in the United States including an outline of the Certified Business Plan, 75-Steps to launch, real-life stories, working with family, and a personal assessment guide.
Business Plan Basics
This 1/2 day course reviews and provides advice for all 9 chapters of the Certified Business Plan." Classes are held 50 times per year (25 in Southern California and 25 in other states). Students receive a personal copy of the Certified Business Plan Template.
Exit Strategies
SoCalBizOps through its business partners (The March Group and Wealth Strategies) has developed a series of courses which teach exit strategy planning. This may include transfer training to pass the company to the next generation. It may include a number of other strategies such as preparation for a merger, acqusition, or public sale.