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SCORE provides the following quizzes to help you assess the effectiveness of your small business.

Have You Sized Up the Competition?
Find out how your small business measures up to the competition and how thorough business planning can help.

Will Your Small Business Turn a Profit?
Find out if your small business ideas have big earning potential.

Is E-Commerce as Easy as it Looks?
Find out if your small business is ready to take the e-commerce plunge.

Are You Qualified for a Line of Credit?
Entrepreneurs need to prove that their venture is worth the risk and that any financing will be a good investment.  See how you stack up.

Is Your Bank an Asset for Your Small Business?
Finding a trustworthy banker at a bank where your small business can grow will help support your company through the start-up phase. Find out if your banker is right for your small business venture.

Are You Ready to Be Your Own Boss?
Starting a small business requires hard work and relentless motivation, so make sure you are ready.

Do You Know How to Legally Protect Your Small Business?
Are you on top of what you need to know to protect yourself legally?  See how your small business ranks.

Is Marketing an Effective Part of Your Business Strategy?
Marketing is the source of new sales, new customers and new opportunities to grow your small business. Learn whether marketing is an effective part of your business strategy.

Do You Run Your Small Business or Does It Run You?
Good office management makes it easier to translate your daily activities into profits and handle the unexpected.  Find out how your office management skills measure up.

Has Your Small Business’ Stuff Taken Over?
Disorganization zaps time and energy from your small business.  Find out how organized you are, or aren’t, and then follow these tips for getting it together.

Are You Reaching Your Sales Potential?
Find out if you are doing all you can to reach your sales potential by offering more to your customers without spending more.

Do Your Customers Come Back for More and Help You Spread the Word?
Are you doing everything you can to focus on your customers and earn those all-important referrals?  Find out what needs to be improved.

How Well Do You Network?
There is an art to networking. Simply introducing yourself to someone will not produce the results that you want. See how you rate as a networker.

Click here to access the complete directory of business quizzes offered by SCORE