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Expanding or improving your business takes planning, business-management skills, an understanding of your business’s competitive advantage, and an awareness of the forces driving your industry. You need to know how best to structure or restructure your business and how to select and manage consultants.

Purdue Extension and its economic development partners at Purdue University and in Indiana offer publications, programs, and resources to help you make your business better or bigger.

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Writing a Successful Grant Proposal
EC-737

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How to Find and Use Demographic Information from the U.S. Census Bureau Web Site
CES-360-W

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The Competitive Environment: New Realities
EC-717

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Strategic Planning: Scanning the Horizon
EC-716

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Capital Investment Analysis and Project Assessment
EC-731

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Estimating Breakeven Sales for Your Small Business
EC-725

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Industry Analysis: The Five Forces
EC-722

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Developing Vision and Mission Statements
EC-720

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Planning for the Unexpected: Human Resource Risk and Contingency Planning
EC-736

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Marketing's Four P's: First Steps for New Entrepreneurs
EC-730

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Intellectual Property: Obtaining Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights
EC-723

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Developing Effective Job Descriptions for Small Businesses and Farms
EC-728

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Selecting and Managing Consultants
EC-719

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Principles for Structuring Small Businesses and Farms
EC-729

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Farmers as Plant Managers & General Managers: Which Hat Do You Wear?
ID-236

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Checking Your Farm Business Management Skills
ID-237

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Are Your Farm Business Management Skills Ready for the 21st Century? Self-Assessment Checklists to Help You Tell
ID-244

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The Internal Analysis of Your Farm Business: What Is Your Farm's Competitive Advantage?
EC-721

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Value-Added Business Ventures Through Producer Alliances
ID-318

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Measuring & Analyzing Farm Financial Performance
EC-712

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Key Financial Performance Measures for Farm General Managers
ID-243-W

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Technical Assistance Program (TAP)
Consultation and help for entrepreneurs and businesses in areas including manufacturing, life sciences, and information technologies
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New Ventures
Information for entrepreneurs deciding whether or not to start an agriculture- or food-related business or expand it and opportunities for educational programs and one-on-one consultation

Agricultural Innovation and Commercialization Center (AICC) INVenture
Web-based help in transforming business ideas into written business plans
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Strategic Business Planning for Commercial Producers
Comprehensive curriculum for educators to use in teaching commercial farm managers to be highly effective business managers

Center for Food and Agricultural Businesses
State-of-the-art managerial development programs for professionals in food and agricultural business
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