| Scope: This guide
is a selected list of resources that will be useful for locating
information on small business. These resources include print
materials available in the Stewart Library, and electronic resources,
some of which may be available only to WSU students, faculty,
and staff. Table
of Contents:
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- CPA's guide to developing effective business plans, 2001
HD30.28.B47 2000
- Business plans to game plans : a practical system for turning
strategies into action HD30.28.K559 2000
- The knowledge enterprise : implementation of intelligent
business strategies HD30.2.H44 2000
- Attracting equity investors : positioning, preparing, and
presenting the business plan HD30.28.S429 1998
- If you want to make God really laugh, show him your business
plan : the 101 universal laws of business HF5386.G36
1999
- Anatomy of a business plan : a step-by-step guide to starting
smart, building the business, and securing your company's future
HD30.28.P5 1999
- Business plans handbook: A compilation of actual business
plans developed by small business throughout North America
Reference Table 6 HD62.7 .B865 1998
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Bplans.com
http://www.bplans.com/
Includes sample business plans, marketing plans, tips for presenting
plans, and other useful links.
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Writing
a Business Plan http://www.action-links.com/businesspages/businessplan.htm
Discusses elements and guidelines for the preparation
of a business plan.
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About.com
Business Plans and Strategy http://sbinformation.about.com/cs/businessplans/?once=true&
Includes planning templates, downloads, reviews, help,
and advice.
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CCH
Business Owner's Toolkit http://www.toolkit.cch.com/tools/buspln_m.asp
Includes downloadable sample plans that illustrate required
content.
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More
Business http://www.morebusiness.com/templates_worksheets/bplans/
Sample business and marketing plans, contracts, etc.
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Business
Plan Roadmap to success http://www.sba.gov/starting/indexbusplans.html
From the Small Business Administration. A tutorial
and outline of the business plan.
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Building
a Business Plan (Inc.com) http://www.inc.com/guides/start_biz/20660.html
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How
to develop and use a business plan http://www.business-marketing.com/html/marketplan.html
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Successful proposal strategies for small businessess
(on order)
-
The Definitive business plan (on
order)
- Preparing the marketing plan HF5415.13 .P3248
2000
- Marketing on a tight budget : an action guide to low cost
business growth HF5415.13.F67 2000
(Chapter 11: The one hour marketing plan)
- Anatomy of a business plan : a step-by-step guide to starting
smart, building the business, and securing your company's future
HD30.28.P5 1999
(Part II: The marketing plan)
- The Internet marketing plan HF5415.1265.B39
1997
- How to write a successful marketing plan : a disciplined
and comprehensive approach HF5415.13.H522 1990
- The marketing plan, how to prepare & implement it
HF 5415.L83 1982
- The Marketing plan: a step-by-step guide
(on order)
- Marketing plan handbook for business and e-business
(on order)
- How
to Write a Marketing Plan http://www.infotoday.com/mls/jun99/how-to.htm
This hyperlinks to an article on how to write a marketing
plan for a library and information service.
- Small
Business Marketing: How to Develop a Marketing Plan
http://www.bizmove.com/marketing/m2h.htm
- Bplans.com
http://www.bplans.com/
Includes sample business plans, marketing plans, tips for presenting
plans, and other useful links.
- morebusiness.com
http://www.morebusiness.com/templates_worksheets/bplans/
Templates and samples of business and marketing plans.
- Encyclopedia of Associations Reference Desk
- Encyclopedia of Associations (International Organizations)
Reference Desk
- Yearbook of International Organizations JX1904
.A42
- National trade and professional associations of the United
States, 1999 Reference HD2425.N37 1999
- The Directory of Business Information Sources
Reference HF54.52 .U5 D567 2000
Includes associations, newsletters, magazines & journals,
trade shows, directories & databases, and Web sites.
- Associations
on the Net (Internet Public Library) http://www.ipl.org/div/aon/
"A collection of over 2000 Internet sites providing information
about a wide variety of professional and trade associations, cultural
and art organizations, political parties and advocacy groups,
labor unions, academic societies, and research institutions. Abstracts
summarizing information about the association and its site are
provided."
- Manufacturing.Net
Provides access to associations, magazines, trade shows, and yellow
pages. Although the site provides few links to trade articles
without registration, they do provide access to content posted
on individual publications' Web sites. (Registration is free and
provides access to archives of articles published by Cahners Business
publications.)
- Encyclopedia of small business Reference
HD62.7.H553 1998
- Free money for small businesses and entrepreneurs Reference
HG4027.7.B58 1995
- Going solo : the best resources for entrepreneurs & freelancers
Reference HB615.G54 1999
- Entrepreneur magazine : starting an import/export business
Reference HF1416.E577 1995
- The women's business resource guide : a national directory
of over 600 programs, resources and organizations to help women
start or expand a business Reference HD6072.6.U5L58
1994
- The small business handbook : a comprehensive guide to starting
and running your own business HD62.7.B84 1997
- Small business handbook : an entrepreneur's guide to starting
a business and growing a business HD62.7.W42
1999
- SBA loans: a step-by-step guide
- Franchise
Zone
Part of Entrepreneur.com. Provides access to a database
of franchise opportunities. Database includes the "Franchise 500".
- Small Business Administration
http://www.sba.gov/
"Provides financial, technical and management assistance
to help Americans start, run, and grow their businesses.
- Small Business Development
Centers Homepage http://www.asbdc-us.org/
- Women's Online Business
Center http://www.onlinewbc.gov/
"OWBO promotes the growth of women-owned businesses through
programs that address business training and technical assistance,
and provide access to credit and capital, federal contracts, and
international trade opportunities."
- Entrepreneur.Com:
The Online Small Business Authority http://www.entrepreneur.com
Maintained by Entrepreneur Magazine to support new business ideas
and growing companies. Contains selected articles from the
publication and resources for business developers. "Small Business
Tools" section enables one to download ready-made business forms
and search a software library; "Entrepreneur's Databases" include
links to categories of franchising opportunities (fastest-growing,
top new, home-based, etc). (Glenda Neely, University of
Louisville)
- Entrepreneur's
Reference Guide to Small Business Information http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/guide/guide2/
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." (Glenda
Neely, University of Louisville)
- Entrepreneurial Edge:
The Edward Lowe Foundation http://www.lowe.org
Devoted to championing the entrepreneurial spirit and promote
his philosophy of fostering and nurturing the American entrepreneur.
Contains a "quick search" area for finance, human resources, leadership
and management, legal issues, marketing, operations and technology.
Information resources area includes business builders and best
business links. (Glenda Neely, University of Louisville)
- Entreworld: Kaufman
Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership http://www.entreworld.com
"Wide range of subjects divided into three categories:
Starting your Business, Growing your Business and Supporting Entrepreneurship.
There are helpful articles and research links included. Of special
note is the Business Information Center." (Glenda Neely,
University of Louisville)
- S.C.O.R.E. - Service Corp
of Retired Engineers http://www.score.org
A resource partner with the U.S. Small Business Administration,
SCORE offers counseling and workshops to business owners.
- Ward's business directory of U.S. private and public companies
Reference Table 6 HG4057.A575 2001
Covers over 600 of "the largest and most influential
enterprises in the U.S." Each 2 page profile provides a brief
description of the company, its history, 10 year table of basic
financials, as well as a list of competitors. Excellent
source for private companies.
- American Big Business Directory Reference
Table 6 HF5035 .A49 1999
Includes over 193,000 organizations with 100 or more employees.
Organized alphabetically by company name, city, SIC code,
or top executives.
- American Manufacturers Directory Reference
Table 6 HD9723 .U27 2000
Provides address, phone number, number of employees, sales,
credit rating, and SIC code for over 166,000 organizations with
20 or more employees indexed alphabetically, by city, and by SIC
code.
- Directory of American Firms Operating in Foreign Countries Reference
Table 6 HG4538.A1D5
Basic directory information for American firms operating abroad.
Entries contain phone, fax, principle product/service, number
of employees, and countries with subsidiaries or affiliates. Vol.1
lists firms in alphabetical order, Vols. 2 and 3 list firms by
country.
- Directory of Corporate Affiliations Reference
Table 6 HG4057 .A217
Useful for finding parent companies of divisions, subsidiaries
and affiliates for private and public companies. Includes addresses,
number of employees, names of top executives, and indexes by geographic
location, type of business, and brand names.
- Utah Business Directory Reference Table
6 HF5065.U8U78
Four sections include bus nesses by city, businesses by yellow
page category, major employers, and manufacturers by city and
product.
- Directory of Franchising Organizations Reference
Table 6 HF5429.3 .D5 1998
Lists over 1300 current franchises in 45 categories. Provides
short description, amount of investment required, and contact
information.
- State of Utah Global Business Directory Reference
Table 6 HF5065 .U8 U8 1997
Directory of Utah exporters. Includes contact information, Internet
address, number of employees, date established, product description,
and export regions. The beginning of the directory includes sections
on Utah's economy, a Utah business brief, and export figures.
- Standard & Poor's Register of Corporations, Directors,
and Executives Reference Table 6 HG4057 .S57
1999
Listing of over 55,000 public and private U.S., Canadian
and major international businesses. Provides titles and duties
of all leading officers, executives, department heads and technical
personnel, annual sales and number of employees. Volume 2 includes
biographies for more than 70,000 high-level executives.
- Utah Directory of Business & Industry Reference
Table 6 HD 9727 .U8 U82
Also available on the Internet: http://business.utah.gov/business/directory.html
- SBA Hotlist:
Financing Your Business
- Entrepreneur magazine : guide to raising money
HG4751.E58 1998
- The portable MBA in entrepreneurship HD62.5.B94
1994
- Venture capital : the definitive guide for entrepreneurs,
investors, and practitioners HG4751.V463 2001
- The Ernst & Young guide to financing for growth
HG4061.G368 1994
- The small business money guide : how to get it, use it, keep
it HG4027.7.L66 1999
Although these titles
are not owned by WSU, you can have these titles sent to WSU through
InterLibrary Loan.
- Angel Investing: Matching Startup Funds With Startup Companies:
The Guide for Entrepreneurs. Mark Van Osnabrugge. Jossey-Bass,
2000.
- Corporate Finance Sourcebook. Reed-Elsevier, annual.
This directory includes venture capitalists, private lenders,
commercial banks, investment banks, business intermediaries and
more.
- Directory of Venture Capital Firms, Domestic and International.
Grey House Publishing, 2000.
- Entrepreneur Magazine's Financing Your Small Business: How
to Raise the Money You Need. Entrepreneur Media, 1999.
- Galante's Venture Capital & Private Equity Directory.
2000.
Contains articles about venture capital, a listing of U.S. private
equity firms, organizations to contact, international private
equity firms, and international organizations that provide venture
capital assistance.
- Gold Book of Venture Capital Firms. Kennedy Information,
1999.
- Government Assistance Almanac. 2000-2001. 14th ed. J.
Robert Dumouchel.
This source provides information on all kinds of domestic programs
available from federal agencies, and help users obtain assistance.
- Home Office and Small Business Answer Book: Solutions to
the Most Frequently Asked Questions about Starting and Running
Home Offices and Small Businesses. 2nd ed. Janet Attard. Henry
Holt, 2000.
- How to Find Money Online: an Internet-based Capital Guide
for Entrepreneurs. Alan Joch. McGraw-Hill, 2000.
- How to Get a Small Business Loan: A Banker Shows you Exactly
what to do to get a Loan. 2nd. ed. Bryan E. Milling. Sourcebooks,
1998.
Pratt's Guide to Venture Capital Sources. Capitol Publishing.
Annual. This is the best-known directory of capital venture sources.
Contact information and funding preferences are given for each
investor. Articles regarding the venture capital industry and
funding processes are included.
- Raising Capital: Get the Money You Need to Grow Your Business.
Andrew J. Sherman. Kiplinger Books, 2000
- Small Business Financing: How and Where to Get It. CCH.
1998.
Has information on all aspects of small business financing, including
private investors, commercial debt financing, government sponsored
financing, state and local public funding, SBA loan programs,
etc.
- Start Up Financing: An Entrepreneurs Guide to Financing a
New or Growing Business. William J. Stolze. Career Press,
1997.
- Where to Go When the Banks Say No: Alternatives for Financing
Your Business. David R. Evanson. Bloomberg Press, 1998.
*from http://www.ala.org/rusa/brass/smtbooks.html
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