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Small Business Resources

Resources for Starting and Running a Small Business

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Web Resources
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Web Resources

General Encyclopedia of Small Business
  Business Statistics and Financial Ratios from BizStats
   
Choosing a Business Safest and Riskiest Business Statistics from Business Opportunities
  Low Cost Startup Ideas from Entrepreneur Media Inc.
   
Business Plan Writing your Business Plan from the Business Owner's Toolkit
  Writing a Business Plan from the Small Business Association
  Business Plans and Profiles from the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
  Essential Elements of a Good Business Plan 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
  Small Business Law from Lawyers.com
   
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 Women's Business Center from the Small Business Administration
  Women Entrepreneurs Website from SCORE
  Minority Entrepreneurs Website from SCORE
  Veterans Business Outreach Centers from the Small Busines Administration
  Veteran, National Guard & Reservist Small Business Owners Website from SCORE
   
Services to Small Businesses Resources for Small Businesses and Start-Ups 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

AtoZdatabases
Ideal for sales leads, mailing lists, market research, employment opportunities, and finding friends and relatives, this database makes available business and residential information. For the business module search by location, business type, company and executive name, ownership and more. For the residential module search by location, name, phone number and more. Updated biweekly.
 
Business Source Complete (Business Searching Interface)
Provides full-text business journals and hundreds of scholarly, peer-reviewed journals covering all aspects of business; marketing, management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and more.  Additional full text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.
 
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.

Printed Books

Business Loans From Family and Friends

Business Loans from Family and Friends: How to Ask, Make It Legal & Make It Work
By Asheesh Advani
658.1526 ADVANI 2009

It's Not Who You Know, It's Who Knows You! It's Not Who You Know, It's Who Knows You!: The Small Business Guide to Raising Your Profits by Raising Your Profile
By David Avrin
658.8 AVRIN
Raising Venture Capital for the Serious Entrepreneur Raising Venture Capital for the Serious Entrepreneur
By Dermot Berkery
658.1522 BERKERY
How to Write a Business Plan How to Write a Business Plan
By Mike McKeever
658.1522 MCKEEVE 2008
The Small Business Start-Up Kit The Small Business Start-Up Kit
By Peri Pakroo
346.7306 PAKROO 2010
The Small Business Start-Up Kit for California The Small Business Start-Up Kit for California
By Peri H. Pakroo
658.1141 PAKROO 2010

 

 

Pratt's Guide to Private Equity Sources
R 332.66 PRATT'S 2010
Small Business Sourcebook Small Business Sourcebook: the Entrepreneur's Resource
R 658.022 SMALL 2010
Legal Forms for Starting & Running a Small Business Legal Forms for Starting & Running a Small Business
By Fred Steingold
346.7306 STEINGO 2010
Legal Guide for Starting and Running a Small Business Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business
By Fred S. Steingold
346.7306 STEINGO 2009
Wow! I'm in Business Wow! I'm in Business: a Crash Course in Business Basics
By Richard Stim
658.11 STIM 2008

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