About Virtual Incubator Coaching
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Q. How do you decide which clients to work with?
A. We talk to you. This is why we offer a free, 30-minute phone coaching session, so that we can use the information you provide in your coaching request form and what you tell us during your coaching session to determine if we are good fit for each other.
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Q. How is Virtual Incubator coaching different from working with other small business counselors?
A. The big difference is the street-smart advice we provide in the start-up workbook and the do-it-for-you support you receive. Every planning resource and needed service provider is made available to you -- all in one place.
Our private coaching is best described as a "soup-to-nuts" process, that includes an intensive period of coaching and coordination of our team of start-up service providers. It's not a quick, "here's-how-YOU-do-it" one weekend workshop. That won't get you past your time pressure and inertia.
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Q. How long is my relationship with a Virtual Incubator coach?
A. Our Virtual Incubator Business Start-Up Program is presented over twelve (12) weeks of time.
The week-by-week planning schedule is shown below.
| Plan Wk 1 | You participate in the Live Marketing Planning Workshop. |
| Plan Wk 2 | You work on writing your marketing plan. |
| Plan Wk 3 | Your coach discusses his evaluation of your marketing plan. |
| Plan Wk 4 | Phnoe Coaching Session - Organizing your business. |
| Plan Wk 5 | You work on the Organizational section of your business. |
| Plan Wk 6 | Phone coaching - Your Sales Promotion Plan. |
| Plan Wk 7 | Your write website copy |
| Plan Wk 8 | You continue writing website copy and write draft of press story. |
| Plan Wk 9 | Phone coaching - Your Financial Management system. |
| Plan Wk 10 | You work on your financial projections. |
| Plan Wk 11 | Coach reviews your financial projecdtion and presents phone coaching - Your Operations Plan. |
| Plan Wk 12 | Pre-Launch review with your coach. |
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Q. Are study materials provided when working with a Virtual Incubator coach?
A. Yes, you'll use the 163-page Ultimate Boomer Business Launch Workbook to organize your business launch preparation into 25 planning decisions, and to prepare you to most effectively work during each coaching session.
You'll also receive the Business Blueprint business planning CD (written in Word for Windows), which you'll use to enter your planning decisions into a word processing document thereby creating a narrative, which is supported by your financial projections.
Q. Do I get help with tasks such as designing my logo and creating my business website?
A. Yes you do!. Our coach coordinates a team of business start-up experts, which includes:
- A graphic designer.
- CPA.
- Copywriter.
- Website designer.
- QuickBooks expert.
- Computer expert.
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Q. Am I expected to apply myself full-time to planning my new business?
A. If you mean 40 hours per week, then the answer is no. But we can tell you from working with hundreds of start-up clients that you will progress more rapidly if you commit at least 4-5 hours per week to prepare for each coaching or planning session.
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Q. What can I expect to have done when I complete my work with a Virtual Incubator coach?
A. You will have:
- Selected a business address and created a business identity, including a logo, color scheme, business card layout, and web domain name.
- Completed legal registration and compliance with any other pertinent government regulations.
- Completed a plan to set up your office space, business technology and local business support services.
- Completed a marketing strategy plan along with a promotional action plan and schedule.
- Secured a website design and compelling website content.
- Set up your customer service and sales support systems.
- Arranged your business banking set up, including a merchants credit card account, where applicable.
- Installed QuickBooks accounting software and, when desired, received a tutorial on its use.
- Set your expense budget and projected your first year profit and loss and cash flow.
- Reviewed personal and business insurance coverage.
- Learned the tax filing requirements for your kind of business form and learned how to handle the Home Office
Office Deduction.
- Set up your telecommunications system.
- Decided upon what kind of personnel support you will need.
- Arranged a reliable system for producing and delivering your product or service.
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