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Entrepreneurship / Small Business
- BizStats.com
- Includes
national business statistics, national averages profitability and
operating ratios for small business industries, and retail industry
benchmarks.
- Entrepreneur's Reference Guide to Small Business Information
- This
is a guide compiled by the staff of the Business Reference Services'
Science, Technology, and Business Division, Library of Congress.
Contents include: "Introduction, Getting Started, Raising Capital,
Managing Your Business, Human Resources, Marketing, Doing Business with
Government, International Opportunities, Research and Information
Gathering, Looking At the Numbers, Handbooks and Guides, Information
about Companies, Indexes, Databases, Other Information Sources, Keeping
Current, and Index."
- eVenturing
- Provides
original articles, written by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs, and
other materials related to starting and running high-impact companies.
- Fambiz.Com
- Provides 300 family
business articles covering such topics as Inter-Generational Issues,
Sibling Rivalry, Strategic Planning and Non-Family Managers/Employees.
It also links to other family business sites and "Best of the Web"
articles.
- Idea Cafe: The Small Business Channel
- Include
resources, ideas, practical advice, business news, and humor to make an
entertaining site. Business site links are summarized and reviewed.
There are serious, yet informative sections (e.g., "Y2K and Small
Business"), as well as your "Biz Horoscope."
- NYC Small Business Resource Center
- Developed
by the New York Public Library, Science, Industry & Business
Library. Includes information on services directories, business
manuals, business forms, citations to 130 sample business plans, and
more.
- Patent Cafe
- A menu
approach from Patent Cafe: World's Gateway to Inventor's Resources.
Selections include patents and trademarks, resources for invention and
innovation, manufacturers and suppliers, U.S. Government Offices,
international inventors, and a link to Inventive Kids Cafe for science
research. Includes a search engine and FAQ link for guidance and
helpful tips on how market new products and inventions.
- SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives)
- The
SCORE organization is a resource partner with the U.S. Small Business
Administration. It is dedicated to aiding in the formation, growth and
success of small business nationwide. The organization offers
counseling and workshops to business owners.
- U.S. Small Business Administration
- Official
starting point for resources and programs offered by the SBA. Begins
with Starting Your Business, Financing Your Business, and, Expanding
Your Business. Includes links to most frequently asked startup
questions (FAQs), informative articles, a startup kit, and locations of
Small Business Development Centers throughout the U.S. The primary
destination for seeking financing. BusinessLINC ("Learning,
Information, Networking, Collaboration") site contains business plans
and a mentors network.
- Women's Business Center
- Created
in partnership with the U.S. Small Business Administration Office of
Women's Business Ownership, this is an interactive business training
web site for entrepreneurial women dedicated to the development of
professional and personal skills. Content sections are marketing,
finance, management, technology and procurement.
Business Planning
- AllBusiness -- Covers various issues for entrepreneurs and growing businesses. Includes business plans and other resources.
- Bplans.com -- Includes free sample business plans, sample marketing plans, plan outlines, tips, start-up business, financing, venture capital, and related information.
- Business Plans and Profiles Index -- A guide compiled by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh listing types of small businesses and a corresponding sample business plan, profile or book about the business with sources provided after each entry.
- Center for Business Planning-- Provides sample small business plans and outlines in addition to business and marketing planning, and business strategy information, advice, and software.
- Morebusiness.com -- Information on business and marketing plans, and how to start and run a small business.
- Small Business Planner -- From SBA.
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Maintained by: Kaiping Zhang, kzhang@uoregon.eduLast Modified: 03/31/2008