Entrepreneurship & Small Business
Subject Guides: Business & EconomicsBUSINESS PLANS
Bplans.com
<http://www.bplans.com/>
Foremost among the information provided here are sample business
plans for many kinds of business; also sample marketing and
web site plans. Expert advice, articles, etc. also found here.
Preparing
a Business Plan <http://www.smallbusinessbc.ca/bizstart-bPlan-intro.php>
From the British Columbia Business Service Centre, an outline
of what to include in a standard business plan, how to approach
lenders, and how to attract investors.
SBA
Business Plan Basics <http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html>
From the U.S. Small Business Administration, a review of the
steps involved in preparing a business plan, an outline of
content, and sample plans to review. Also covers financing, marketing,
employees, taxes, and legal aspects. Includes section with
special tips for women entrepreneurs.
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
BusinessFinance.com
<http://www.businessfinance.com/>
Bills itself as America's business funding directory with
over 3600 business loan and venture capital sources.
Vfinance.com
<http:/www.vfinance.com/>
A global portal for companies in need of capital and private
investors with a separate section for entrepreneurs that includes
a lengthy list of links to venture capital firms, help with
business plans, going public, obtaining a business loan, etc.
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FRANCHISES
Franchising.com
<http://www.franchising.com/>
Bills itself as the world's most comprehensive directory of
franchising opportunities, featuring over 5,300 listings with
links to websites and email addresses. Listing arranged alphabetically,
by category or country, and by investment level.
FranchiseWorks
<http://www.franchiseworks.com/>
A directory of franchise opportunities with additional information
on businesses for sale, trade shows, financing, and more.
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INTERNET GATEWAYS
SBA Hotlist
<http://app1.sba.gov/hotlist/>
The U.S. Small Business Administration's links to sites of
interest to entrepreneurs and small business. Includes patents,
contracts, venture capital, state government, etc.
Small Business Portal <http://www.enterweb.org/>
For anyone seeking information related to enterprise development,
business and international trade, provides a gateway to websites
for micro, small and medium scale enterprises, cooperatives,
and community economic development, both in developed and
developing countries.
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SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORS
AllBusiness
<http://www.allbusiness.com/>
This site has nearly 1,500 articles on issues essential to
running a business, over 200 business forms and agreements,
calculators for estimating costs, checklists for decisions,
and information in a variety of categories including human
resources, insurance, legal, etc.
Business.gov
<http://www.business.gov/>
Created for the small business owner, this site brings together
information from over 40 federal agencies covering business
development, financial assistance, laws and regulations, international
trade, workplace issues, buying and selling, taxes, etc.
The Edward Lowe Foundation
<http://edwardlowe.org/>
Focusing on entrepreneurship, the Lowe Foundation web page
is home to Peerspectives, a magazine devoted to free
enterprise; an extensive fulltext collection of online publications
on small business in a Digital Library; and a large collection
of small business Web links. Look at the Entrepreneur's Resource Center to access these materials.
Entreworld.org
<http://www.eventuring.org/eShip/appmanager/eVenturing/eVenturingDesktop>
From the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, a
premier online resource for small business owners that centralizes
access to over 1000 important entrepreneurial resources on
the web, combines this with their own quality content, and
makes it all easy to find. Also has an e-mail link to obtain
insights from SCORE volunteers.
SCORE-Counselors
to America's Small Business <http://www.score.org/>
The Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) works in cooperation
with the U.S. Small Business Administration to advise and
assist small business. See especially their valuable list
of links <http://www.score.org/small_biz_power_links.html>
to additional small business information on the web.
Tennessee
Small Business Development Center <http://www.tsbdc.org/>
TSBDC offers free assistance to help Tennessee business owners
develop successful businesses. Their web page has a description
of their services, an entrepreneur's manual, links to additional
web resources and more.
U.
S. Small Business Administration <http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov/>
One of the top spots for information on starting and running
a small business. Browse the site for the SBA's services in starting, financing, and
expanding a business.
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LOCATING ARTICLES
Business
Source Premier A UT Libraries
business database
Search by company name, product, or subject in this index
of 3000 popular, trade, and scholarly business journals. Full
text is available for most of the titles included; coverage
begins in the 1960s.
Factiva
A UT Libraries business database
Search the full text of over 8,000 newspapers, periodicals,
wire services, media transcripts, or web sites for articles
about companies, products, and subjects.
General
BusinessFile ASAP A UT Libraries business
database
Indexes business magazines and newspapers, trade journals,
and brokerage reports and can be searched for company names,
products, and subjects. Some full text articles included.
Lexis-Nexis
Academic Universe A UT Libraries business
database
Search both the News and the Business sections of this database for the
full text of articles from a variety of sources.
RDS
Business & Industry A UT Libraries business database
This index of trade and industry journals is a primary source
of corporate, industry and product information. Full text
available for most articles.
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LOCATING BOOKS
Use the UT Libraries catalog to find call numbers and locations of books about entrepreneurship and small business.
Created and maintained by Karmen Crowther, Business LibrarianLast revision: 8/14/07