MasterClass gives you and your employees 24-7 access to the ultimate in e-learning resources. In each video lecture, our experts — top-rated college professors, successful entrepreneurs and business executives — offer their experiences and advice so that you can maximize the profit-making potential of your existing operation or budding business proposition.

What MasterClass offers!

• MasterClass content has been structured as a series of lectures that build upon one another but can also stand on their own as valuable lessons in small business management. MasterClass users can advance at an individual pace and update or refresh lessons whenever they choose.
• To further enhance your learning experience, each video lecture is accompanied by a set of downloadable slides highlighting the central themes discussed.
• To provide you and your employees a measure of engagement in our courses, we have appended each lecture with a short but comprehensive quiz to test your knowledge.

MasterDoc’s data replacement forms make crafting important company documents take minutes — instead of hours. When using MasterDoc's templates, your documents are populated by dynamic forms that you complete. Simply choose a template, fill in a few key points about your business, and in minutes generate a custom contract or job offer letter.

What MasterDoc can do for you!

• If a template doesn't quite meet all your needs, you can always add a custom data field of your own. Save your changes to the existing template, or create an entirely new template to reuse over and over.
• Using MasterDoc, you can create all of your company documents from pre-written templates, minimizing the cost per document and maximizing efficiency.
• MasterDoc conveniently gathers all your most recent documents on your user dashboard, which you can access each time you login to a new MasterDoc session.

The MasterFile employee data management solution has been optimized for quick and convenient organization of important company and employee information. Combining a streamlined user interface with a powerful database solution, MasterFile trades in oversize file cabinets for a sleek, tabbed desktop application, allowing you to free up a little office space — and discover the infinite benefits of managing your entire staff from the comforts of your desk chair.

What MasterFile can do for you!

• Schedule and build thorough employee performance and disciplinary reviews with our simple scoring system: Start from scratch or use MasterFile’s extensive library of template text to write an assessment.
• Choose the date range and the data fields that you’d like to include in your report — for a single employee or the entire staff — and instantly generate an easy-to-read table comparing salary history to performance history, for example, that’s ready to submit to management the second you export.
• You can set reminders for everything from reviews and appointments to training sessions, tax deadlines and much more.

MasterPlan offers one of the most comprehensive and user-friendly DIY (“Do It Yourself”) tools available for building your own professional business plan. With the MasterPlan Business Plan Builder, you can build a cost-effective, professional business plan in just a matter of hours. MasterPlan’s wizard-style design walks you step-by-step through the creation of a plan with the polish and precision of a seasoned professional.

What you can do with MasterPlan!

• Choose from a variety of templates across all industries to begin your business plan.
• Even if you can’t run a spreadsheet, MasterPlan gives you the ability to create comprehensive financial statements for up to five years of projections, and then view detailed Financial Reports based on your financials that you can present to any investor or lender.
• When completing the narrative portion of your business plan, MasterPlan gives you access to a text editor that performs all of the core functions of any conventional word processor. Add images, restyle text and import graphs and charts generated by the MasterPlan Report Generator — all from within the application. In other words: No spreadsheets required!

MasterMinute lets you conveniently organize corporate resolutions through a combination of automated reminders and template-based document creation. For example, to create a meeting, enter the date, time and a brief description; answer a few simple questions using a dynamic online form; and let MasterMinute do the rest.

What you can do with MasterMinute!

• You can generate nearly all of your contracts and agreements simply by completing a brief online form with a few data points about your business.
• Print management and meeting notices and circulate document drafts to key members of your staff via email, all from within the web-based application.
• Review draft documents before completion and export them directly to PDF format for printing, or store them electronically in editable form for up to 30 days.

Easily monitor outside and internal risks to your business using MasterRisk, Lodestar Labs’ virtual risk consultant. Simply take 20 minutes to answer a few simple multiple-choice questions about the state of your business each month, and our virtual consultant will generate a custom report detailing the areas of your company that might be exposed to security holes like identity theft or revenue leakage. Assessments cover a range of important topics, like labor policies, facility regulations and other areas of your business that should always be closely monitored for potential risks. Use the monthly report as a guide to help you protect your greatest asset: Your business.

What MasterRisk offers you!

• The MasterRisk tool provides a quick analysis of risks your business faces as a result of Federal laws on workplace safety and accessibility.
• The MasterRisk Labor risk tool provides a quick analysis of risk your business faces as a result of Federal laws governing the hiring and compensation of employees.
• The MasterRisk Financial Risk tool reviews the manner in which your business keeps its books, uses that information and summarizes its financial results.
• The MasterRisk Business Entity Risk tool provides a quick analysis of risk your business faces either because of the entity type or requirements to maintain good standing.

WYSIWYG WebSite development meets Web 2.0 drag-and-drop capabilities in the form of the MasterSite Website Builder. MasterSite offers small businesses and entrepreneurs one of the most innovative — and easy to use — tools on the market for designing and maintaining a profitable Internet presence.

What you can do with MasterSite!

• The Drag and Drop Gallery features a library of widgets that can be used to add everything from a basic paragraph of text to an interactive User Form to any of your MasterSite pages. The process is, literally, as easy as 1-2-3: (1) Click it; (2) Drag it; and (3) Drop it.
• Increase visibility and search engine rankings with MasterSite's SEO options.
• Using the MasterSite Shopping Cart Builder, you can build a fully functional e-commerce site, featuring an extensive product catalog, user shopping cart options and PayPal checkout — without ever leaving the Website Builder.
• You can access real time traffic statistics for your MasterSite directly from the Dashboard page of the Web app.

With The Smallbiz Wizards you have complete 24-7 access to a consulting Service that offers the closest approximation without breaking the bank. When it comes to managing your business, you’ve certainly got questions. Thankfully, the SmallBiz Wizards have answers.

What The SmallBiz Wizards offer you!

• No matter when you’ve got questions about your business, the Wizards are there with the answers.
• Log on, submit your question and let the Wizards do the rest.
• When you submit a question about your business to the SmallBiz Wizards, two of The Tarkenton Institute's consultants will research and respond to you with specific information to help you find the solution you’re looking for.
• Browse the database of other user questions.