SESSION 1: Knowing Yourself

Introduction, Assumptions, Working Styles,Team Building, Obstacles

For Profit or Non Profit?

Should Your Business Be Nonprofit or For-Profit?
In this personally inspired blog post for the Harvard Business Review, Jane Chen shares what needs to be considered when decided whether to create a for-profit or nonprofit organization to fulfill a socially-minded mission.

Should You Structure Your Business as a Nonprofit?
The authors of this article detail what is involved in structuring your business as a nonprofit.

Should Your Small Business Be a For-Profit or a Nonprofit?
This article details the pros and cons—as well as what is involved—with starting a nonprofit venture.

Working Styles & Assessments

4 Unique Working Styles: What’s Yours?
This blog post from the creator of our assessment gives some additional insight into the four styles.

The Enneagram
Which of the nine types are you?

CliftonStrengths (StrengthFinders)
Being your best self means playing to your strengths at work and everywhere else. Discover your strengths.

Building Your Team

How to Build Your Team | Small Business Guide
A guide to what makes a solid starting team.

3 Steps to Build the Right Team
Why you should seriously consider starting with team as opposed to going at it alone.

How to Find (and Keep) a Mentor in 10 Not-So-Easy Steps
A guide to seeking and solidifying relationships with mentors.

8 Steps to Creating an Effective Advisory Board
Advisory boards can be invaluable for entrepreneurs who are just starting out. This article from www.entrepreneur.com shares some general advice on how to build an optimal and effective advisory board.

Time Management

8 Time Management Tips to Grow Your Small Business
Are you struggling to maintain some semblance of work/life balance? Are you always running out of time? The good news is that almost every entrepreneur is. This article shares some wisdom on how to manage your time well.

Working Smarter, not Harder
How to work smarter—not harder—when tackling time’s scarcity.

20 Time Management Tips to Super Boost Your Productivity
Some more helpful tips for the day-to-day fight against procrastination and distraction.

Budgeting Tools

Mint
By linking your accounts and automatically consolidating them in one place, Mint makes it easy to budget and track your finances.

Budget Simple
This tool is a simple online budget that will help you find out where your money is going, and the best way to cut unnecessary expenses.

Personal Capital
In an increasingly complex world, Personal Capital allows you to see all of your accounts in one place, make better wealth management decisions, and get objective financial advice from some of the best professionals in the business.

BudgetPulse
With BudgetPulse, you can organize your cash flow, expenses and bank accounts in one place.

Getting Out of Debt

Dave Ramsey
Through numerous tips and tools, Dave Ramsey provides the help you need to get out of debt.

The Financial Diet
TFD is an organization that spreads awareness of financial responsibility, through YouTube videos, blogs, and books. Their advice on getting out of debt is worth reading.

Credit Scores

Here’s the Fastest Way to Boost Your Credit Score
This article details the relationship between your FICO score and your credit utilization.

Understanding Credit Scores
What is a credit score? How is it determined? Why makes different scores unique? This brief piece explains the basics.