Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Starting Up

Center for Business Planning
Provides information on starting and managing a business

Business.gov: The Official Business Link to the U.S. Government
Provides legal and regulatory information.

Entrepreneur's Library
A directory of resources for entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneur Magazine
Provides a wealth of information including: start up information, business, advertising and marketing plans. (Financing)

Inc.
The Daily Resource for Entrepreneurs.

Library of Congress Business Reference Services. The Entrepreneur's Reference Guide to Small Business Information. 3rd.
Includes information on how to get started to how to stay current.

StartupNation
Includes a wealth of information on starting and marketing a business.

United States Small Business Bureau. Research and Statistics Office of Economic Research.
Resource links include: The State of Small Business: A Report of the President, Small Business Economic, Characteristics of Small Business Owners and Employees Indicators and many more.

Your Business Start Up
Aimed at starting, running, and operating a business.

Business Plans

BPlans (Palo Alto Software, Inc.)
Provides information on how to make a business plan.

BizPlans
Provides free sample business plans.

Center for Business Planning. Business Plan Samples, Software, and Strategy.
Includes a wide variety of resources.

Business Plans and Profiles Index
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh's guide to plans and profiles.

Morebusiness.com
Includes information and sample business and marketing plans.

U.S. Small Business Administration
Program and Services to Help You Start Grow and Succeed.

Writing an effective Business Plan. 4th edition
A 52 page pdf file showing how to write a business plan.

Economics

Bridgewater State College. Project for Economic Data and Research.
Economic Data on Southeastern Massachusetts.

General

Best of the Best Business Website for Small Business
The Americana Library Associations' best business sites.

Business.gov: the Official Business Link to the US Government

CEO Express
A wealth of information access points for businesses.

Entrepreneur.Com
All kinds of tips on starting and growing your business.

Score: Counselors to America's Small Business
Starting, growing and managing your business resources.

Small Business and Home Business Ideas

IFA: International Franchise Association Information on franchising businesses

Small Business Center: Find Law
Place to find small business resources and information.

Small Business Plan Guide

Small Business.com

Small Business Knowledge Base extensive business resources online
Provides links to many valuable resources.

University of Massachusetts. Small Business Development Center Network

U. S. Small Business Administration Web Site
Information for starting, continuing, and succeeding in small business.

Marketing Plans

KnowThis.com: Marketing Virtual Library
Includes a range of marketing information including marketing research and promotion.

MootCorp's Guide to Creating Fundable Business Plans

United States. Small Business Administration. Your Small Business Resource.
Provides an overview of marketing plans.

Statistics

County Business Patterns
Provides economic data by industry.

University of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Institute for Social and Economic.
Research demographic and economic.

U.S Census Bureau
Statistics on income, trade, economic indicators and more.

U. S. Dept. of Commerce / Economic and Statistics Administration. Economic Indicators.
A collection of statistical reports on selected industries.

U. S. Department of Commerce.
Good source for economic statistics and analysis.

Last Modified: November 3, 2009