How it works
Enter your idea profile
We start by having you enter your idea into our profile. Please answer as many of the questions as possible in the profile, and submit. You will then get an e-mail from us with your answers, along with our recommendations for next steps.
5 Steps
Review the 5 steps below to learn more about how we can help you startup. We can provide a PDF Scorecard Report that will help you identify missing opportunities or gaps in your plan. We can do a coaching session to provide hands-on support to help you. Do you have a strategic business plan. This is a key document that you will need – as it provides the messaging content we need for all of your marketing, website and investor communication activity.
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Step 1. IDEA PROFILE
Go to 'Enter Your Idea' and set up your profile. Easily complete your profile with Help Me Startup (HMSU) Tools
Step 2. SCORECARD
After you submit your profile, our startup coach's can score your idea! Get a PDF Scorecard with feedback on high and low areas of your plan.
Step 3. TALK TO A COACH
You can schedule a meeting with a HMSU Business Coach at any time by going to Services. The scorecard report includes a meeting with a coach.
Step 4. COMPLETE A BUSINESS PLAN
A strategic business plan is where we should start. This will be the key to building marketing and support tools needed to gain investor interest. We have a 12-step Business Plan Process that can get this done in 6 weeks.
Step 5. GET FUNDING
If you need funding, we have the startup experience to help you. We can help you find, prepare, and present successfully to investors.