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U.S. SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
SERVICE AND SUGGESTED CONTRIBUTION GUIDE
PLATINUM CONTRIBUTION - SAME DAY SERVICE 300
GOLD CONTRIBUTION - SVC WITHIN 72HRS 200
SILVER CONTRIBUTION - SVC WITHIN 1WK 100
PARTIAL CONTRIBUTION - SERVICE LAYAWAY 50
USSBDC VIRAL MARKETING - MONTHLY - CANCEL ANYTIME 75
USSBDC MONTHLY CONSULT WITH CUSTOM WEBSITE 65
DONATE TO DISADVANTAGED BUSINESSES 100
GRANT WRITING 1495
BUSINESS PLAN WRITING 275
TALKING WEBSITE W/TRAFFIC 295
TALKING WEBSITE W/INTERACTIVE 495
TALKING WEBSITE W/ADVERTISING 1200
TALKING WEBSITE W/ECOMMERCE 1495
TALKING WEBSITE BASIC DEPOSIT 150
TALKING WEBSITE PREMIUM DEPOSIT 395
8(a) CERT. 5800
HUBZONE CERT. 1995
501(c)3 FILING 750
PRESS RELEASE 225
EDITORIAL POSTING 225
CONSULTATION 29.95
MEDIA RELATIONS 225
ANALYSIS / MARKET 225
BUSINESS PLAN COACH 195
RESOURCE WEBINAR COURSE 95
RESOLUTIONS COURSE 95
LEASE PREPARATION 150
A/R DEMAND LETTERS 99
CONTRACT REVIEW 50
1MM GUARANTEED VISITORS 295
FLORIDA CORP FILING W/ARTICLES 50
EIN REGISTRATION ASST. 0
DNB REGISTRATION ASST. 0
TV ADV AND PRODUCTION 3500
ADVERTISING / NEWSPAPER 250
ADVERTISING / INTERNET 495
ADVERTISING / COOP 495
VENDOR PRICE REDUCTION 200
MERCHANT SERVICES 100
COACHING / ENTREPRENEUR 250
DEDICATED BUSINESS PHONE NUMBER 50
CRIMINAL CHECK 75
COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS 250
VENDOR SEARCH / ACQUISITION 1500
SKIP TRACING 250
COPY WRITING 250
EQUIPMENT LEASING 100
EQUIPMENT RENTAL 75
UNDERWRITING CONTRACTS 295
UNDERWRITING LOANS 800
UNDERWRITING GRANTS 1000
UNDERWRITING PROPOSALS 250
SEARCH E. OPTIMIZATION 250
TRAINING ADVERTISING 250
TRAING MARKETING 250
TRAINING BUSINESS MANAGEMENT 250
TRAINING MERCHANT SERVICES 250
TRAINING CORP FORMATION 100
SMALL BUSINESS MKTG 4500
MOST COMMON
REASONS BUSINESSES FAIL
1.Failure to focus on a specific market because of poor research
2.Failure to control cash by carrying too much stock, paying suppliers too promptly and allowing customers too long to pay
3.Failure to control costs ruthlessly
4.Failure to adapt your product to meet customer needs
5.Failure to carry out decent market research
6.Failure to build a team that is compatible and has the skills to finance, produce, sell and market
7.Failure to pay taxes
8.Failure of businesses need to grow. Merely attempting stability or had even less ambitious objectives, businesses which did not try to grow didn't survive
9.Failure to gain new markets
10.Under-capitalisation
11.Cashflow problems
12.Non-payment by customers
13.Poor sales & marketing
14.Fatal leasing agreements
15.Loss of financial backing
16.Tougher market conditions
17.Poor management
18.Directors aiming to find new markets, but not making a single sale
19.Companies diversifying into new, unknown areas without a clue about costs
20.Companies finding that staff set up as rivals and stealing the business
21.Company directors spending too much money on frivolous purposes thus using up all available capital
22.Loss of market
23.Tax liabilities
24.A lack of working capital
25.Bad debts are the cause
26.Personal extravagance
27.Fraud
28.Legal disputes
29.Falling property values
30.Poor management
31.Unsuitable people starting small businesses without the skills or resources they need to succeed
32.A lack of orders
33.A lack of control over cash flow
34.Lack of good management
35.Bad management of the capital available
36.Marketing problems
37.A failure to plan ahead, beyond the day-to-day running of the business
38.Marketing problems
39.General rise in costs
40.Bad financial management
41.Poor forward planning
42.Too heavy reliance on grants
43.Poor collection of debtor book such as greater than 45 days
44.Extended lines of credit
45.Rising work-in-progress that is not billed on time
46.Diminished cash balances
47.Purchase orders being made by expanding payment periods, not by cash
48.Over-reached overdraft facilities
49.Poor cost control with too many people responsible for purchasing
50.Lack of long-standing relationships with suppliers
51.The business widening its range of suppliers simply to make more credit available
52.Rising stock levels and static sales
53.Contract disputes
54.Final demands and writs being received
55.The business being reliant on one or two customers which do not pay as well as they used to
56.Borrowings being increased just to keep the business running
57.Outstanding debtors or potential bad debts seem to have rising suddenly
58.The business is unsure how much it owes and how much it is owed
59.The business is more than one month adrift in payments to the Inland Revenue or Customs and Excise
60.The bank is calling the business to say it has exceeded its overdraft limit
61.Under pricing
62.Over trading
63.Poor quality of product or service
64.Bad labour relations
65.Niche businesses - These suffered from narrow customer and supplier bases and an inability to react to changes in the market
