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Overview

It’s time to begin making some of the early basic decisions you’ll need for your practice. To do that, we’re going to look at some of those decisions, provide some basic info about them, then let you use your resources to make them.

Remember to track your decisions because they, along with your goals, are the first part of your business plan.

Lesson 4 Tasks

• Important:  Do this first to make the rest easier to understand: 
  Read Chapter Six in SGOP* (begins on page 51) to understand an overview of the decisions you’ll need to make.
• After reading Chapter Six, then watch the video for this lesson, found below. (19 minutes 24 seconds )
• Once you have completed those two tasks, then go to the Workbook (you may have printed a copy, but if not, here’s a link to it) and complete Task #6 (beginning on page 16) to record your decisions.

Additional Reading and Resources

• Business formation:  contact your attorney to help make your decision. You can also get help from your local SBA or SBDC.  Here is an Expert Call-in that focuses on the help of SBDCs, with links.
• Why a Non-Profit Is Not the Right Answer for You
• Course at PracticeUP!  Best Practices for Naming Your Practice includes how to stay on the right side of the law. 
• Course at PracticeUP!  Is Advocacy Certification Right for You?
• To get your EIN from the IRS: Do You Need a Taxpayer ID (EIN/TIN)?
• Choosing a Professional Email Address (article)

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*SGOP is The Start and Grow Your Own Practice Handbook – the green book – just a quick and easy acronym!

Discussion Forum

Link to the Connect! Discussion Forum to discuss this lesson with your fellow students.

 Lesson 4 Video:

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• If you have a question of interest to you only, then contact us.
• If your question or answer will be of interest to one or more others, please post in the Discussion Forum
• Return to the Winter Spring 2022 Cohort Homepage

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*SGOP is The Start and Grow Your Own Practice Handbook – the green book – just a quick and easy acronym!