John Stevens ⋅ Middletown , MD ⋅ 20 years experience

Leah - I'd be happy to review and find some trusted SMEs to help. BTW - my nephew is a 68w in the LAARNG.

Rich Murphy ⋅ Apache Junction , AZ Horizon Management Consulting ⋅ 34 years experience

Leah

Not sure if you are still looking for a review of your business plan. But if so I can help. I currently run a small business mentoring group and as a result I have review many small business start up business plans. Also, I have a financial background so I should be able to help you with the financials. If you need the help please email me at rwmhorizon@gmail.com

John Stevens ⋅ Middletown , MD ⋅ 20 years experience

Leah - sorry for the delay and answering your question. If it's not too late, please e-mail to stevensjohna@gmail.com

Josh Tayloe ⋅ New York , NY ⋅ 8 years experience

Leah,

Happy to take a look if you still need help. I have a tech start-up background.

Thanks, Josh

Jason Bousquet ⋅ Papillion , NE U.S. Air Force Reserve, Major ⋅ 14 years served

Leah - Have you tried your states Small Biz Development Center? Pending the state, they usually can help in providing some market research as well as business plan reviews. If no luck, look up the state's Dept of Economic Development as they would know other resources that may help.

Louisiana Small Business Development Center
www.lsbdc.org/

Leah Haight ⋅ Austin , TX U.S. Army National Guard, Sergeant First Class ⋅ 21 years served

Thank you for the advice, everyone. I have had trouble getting any help from local small business services.
Mr. Stevens, can I email you what I have? Thank you for the kind offer. Is your nephew deployed? A medic company in my battalion is in Afghanistan now.

Alan J. Zell ⋅ Portland , OR Attitudes for Selling ⋅ 29 years experience

Leah, The best place to get a critique and help with your business plan is with SCORE. Their services are FREE and confidential. Go to www.score.org and to "find a local chapter" and put in your zip code. You'll get info on the closest chapter(s).

Alan
Consultant, speaker, author of "Elements of Selling"

Charles Baumgartner ⋅ Farmington , CT Connecticut Invention Convention ⋅ 30 years experience

Hi.. I would like to suggest that your search for STARTUP AMERICA, and more specifically any Startup America group in your state.

Visit http://www.sba.gov/about-sba/sba_initiatives/startup_america/about_startup_america to learn more about a government and state-based initiative that geared to create new businesses, develop new ideas, new products, and provide resources for entrepreneurs and potential businesses to begin and mentor their journey. It sounds like this might be your best bet to solicit advice, as well as find additional resources that might actually get your business moving along. Up here in Connecticut we have a a spin-off of StartUp America, called StartUp Connecticut http://startupct.org/ which you can visit and compare with its counterpart in Louisiana at http://www.s.co/region/louisiana.

Nationally you can view other state organizations for support at the primary Startup America Partnership page at: http://www.s.co/

I hope this helps.

GOOD LUCK to you.

Charlie