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Small Business Resources

Resources for Starting and Running a Small Business

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Workshops

*How to Write a Business Plan

Where: Los Altos Library
13 S. San Antonio Road
Date: Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010
When: 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Phone: (650) 948-7683

Where: Cupertino Library
10800 Torre Avenue
Date: Monday, Sept. 20, 2010
When: 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Phone: (408) 446-1677

Reserve your space TODAY for this upcoming FREE Workshop.

Whether you are planning to start a new business or want to grow your existing business, a business plan is essential. This workshop will give you the tools you need to start or improve your business plan.

*This program is offered in cooperation with the Silicon Valley Score Chapter and the Small Business Administration.

Web Resources

General	Encyclopedia of Small Business

Choosing a Business	Safest and Riskiest Business Statistics from BizStats
	Low Cost Startup Ideas from Entrepreneur Media Inc.

Business Plan	Writing your Business Plan from the Business Owner's Toolkit
	Business Plan Basics from the Small Business Association
	Business Plans and Profiles from the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
	Essential Elements of a Good Business Plan for Growing Companies from the Small Business Administration
	Templates for your Business from SCORE

Financing	Getting Financing for Your Business from the Business Owner's Toolkit
	Quick Pick Chart for Financing Sources from the Business Owner's Toolkit
	Equity Financing from the Business Owner's Toolkit
	Government Financing Programs from the Business Owner's Toolkit
	California Local Offices from the Small Business Administration

Marketing and Sales	Marketing & Advertising from Allbusiness.com
	Sales from Allbusiness.com
	Marketing Your Product from the Business Owner's Toolkit
	Understanding Marketing from the Small Business Administration
	Small Business Reading Room from SCORE

Marketing Research, Product Development and Services	Generating New Product Ideas from the Business Owner's Toolkit
	Pricing Right from RealSmall Business.com
	Pricing Your Product from the Business Owner's Toolkit

Trademark and Intellectual Property Protection	Trademarks homepage from the United States Patent and Trademark Office
	Articles on Patent, Copyright & Trademark Law and Online Legal Forms to Protect your Intellectual Property from Nolo.com
	California Business Search from the California Secretary of State

Legal	California Law from the Legislative Counsel of California
	Business Laws from Business.gov
	Protecting Your Assets from the Business Owner's Toolkit

Employees	People Who Work for You from the Business Owner's Toolkit
	Hiring Employees from Realsmallbusiness.com
	Benefits for Your Employees from the Business Owner's Toolkit

Technology	Reviews and Analysis of New Products from Consumersearch.com
	New Technology Articles from Entrepreneur.com
	Technology Needs in Business from the Small Business Administration

Women and Minority Business	Services to Special Audiences including Women, Minorities, Young Entrepreneurs, and Veterans from the Small Business Administration
	Women Entrepreneurs Website from SCORE
	Minority Entrepreneurs Website from SCORE
	Veteran, National Guard & Reservist Small Business Owners Website from SCORE

Services to Small Businesses	Small Business Information Resources from the San Jose Public Library
	Reference Help - Ask a Librarian 24/7 from the Santa Clara County Library
	Small Business Start-Up Assistance for Low to Moderate Income Bay Area Residents from the Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center
	Doing Business in Santa Clara County from the County of Santa Clara

Databases

Business Source
This is the industry's most used business research database, providing the full text for more than 8,800 serials. Business Source Premier provides full text back to 1965 and searchable cited references back as far as 1998. Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost.

Regional Business News
Provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. This database is updated on a daily basis.

Reference USA
Is a searchable database of residential and business information. The business module contains information on over 13 million US businesses, and the residential module contains information on 120 million US households.

Printed Books