Valuable Small
Business Resources
Step
1 - Locate The General Resources
When you start
a small business, unless you're an entrepreneur,
you have to consider many aspects of your project. Marketing, project plans,
business plans, financing, retail, wholesale, finding your customer base,
deciding whether to have a storefront and much more.
Microsoft.com
has an excellent technology-oriented small business resource center well-worth
your time to check out. And every month they profile a different small
business organization!
Then, check out
the Internet Book How To Start
A Business. You'll find lots of valuable resources for trademarks,
business plans, Financial
calculators, and more.
Next, check the
Business Resource Center. There's
lots of great articles for you to read about small
business marketing, taxes,
technology
and more.
Step
2 - Find The Financial Resources
When running
your own small business, you need to be in control of your finances. Don't
spend money you haven't earned, do research carefully how to manage your
profits, growth and expenses.
The Business
Owner's Toolkit has a great tutorial
for you that explains in simple language what's needed in this arena.
Have questions
about getting financing for your business? Look here
to descriptions of Equity
financing, debit
financing, government
programs and more.
And when you
want to locate worksheets, forms, templates and letters, The
Business Owner's Toolkit has them all.
Step
3 - Investigate The Misc. Resources
There are many,
many, many sites on the Internet that will answer just about any small
business question you have. Visit these master directories to find the
site that meets your needs.
Small
Biz Net - providing information, research and education experiences
which support small business people and the free enterprise system.
SmallOffice.com
- comprehensive resource center from the editors of Home Office Computing
and Small Business Computing magazines.
Mining
Co. Small Business Resource - over a dozen specialized categories dealing
with all aspects of small businesses.
Interested
In Books? Consider:
 Big
Ideas for Small Service Businesses : How to Successfully Advertise, Publicize
and Maximize Your Business or Professional Practice by Tom Ross (Contributor),
Marilyn Ross - Review byJay Conrad Levinson, Entrepreneur, Author of
Guerilla Marketing and Guerrilla Marketing Attack - "Big Ideas for
Small Service Business is jammed with useful, practical, helpful, and profitable
ideas for any right-thinking entrepreneur. As a practicing guerrilla marketer,
I recommend it with out a moment's hesitation."
 The
E-Myth Revisited : Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do
About It by Michael E. Gerber - Michael Gerber's The E-Myth Revisited
should be required listening for anyone thinking about starting a business
or for those who have already taken that fateful step. The title refers
to the author's belief that entrepreneurs--typically brimming with good
but distracting ideas--make poor businesspeople. He establishes an incredibly
organized and regimented plan, so that daily details are scripted, freeing
the entrepreneur's mind to build the long-term success or failure of the
business.
 Getting
Business to Come to You : A Complete Do-It-Yourself Guide to Attracting
All the Business You Can Enjoy by Paul Edwards, Sarah Edwards, Laura Clampitt
Douglas, Laura Clampitt - (customer review) This is really a BIG book,
packed with information from the first page. The book is easy to read and
follow and it is written as if the authors had you and your business in
mind. By sharing many examples of their marketing strategy, they show the
extensive research that they put into this book. There is something in
this book for every business owner, home-based or not, beginner or seasoned
veteran.
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