Entrepreneurship & Small Business: General Resources

Provides company profiles and full-text articles on thousands of companies, public and private. Also includes industry profiles.

Company profiles, SWOT analyses (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) where available, industry profiles, stocks & investment info., management-related articles, Harvard Business Review case studies and streaming videos from the Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series.

Management-related articles in various fields including Accounting, Education, Food Science, Hospitality & Tourism, Library Services & Information Management, Marketing, Nutrition, and Professional Development. CHECK-OFF "Only content I have access to" for full-text articles and book chapters.

Selective, full-text business and management-related articles. This is a subset of the larger database Business & Company Resource Center.

Full-text articles from over 6,000 newspapers/magazines, national and international. Updated daily. Best source for up-to-date business news.

Useful for market research, entrepreneurs, job seekers, and finding healthcare professionals. IMPORTANT: After selecting one of the "Available Databases" listed on the ReferenceUSA website, accept or click through security certificate warnings if they appear and proceed to ReferenceUSA. Different browsers display different warning messages. At the RefUSA site, use CUSTOM SEARCH tab to limit your search results to geography or other criteria. Data on 24 million U.S. businesses and 50,000 new US. Businesses. 10 years worth of historical business data shows changes in various industries for over the past 10 year. Compare their market share to one another and see where they are trending for the future. Look up the number of similar businesses in a target area to check your competition, credit rating, & consumer lifestyles of potential customers. JOB SEEKERS: Over 2 million job postings and internships in the U.S.! Research companies you may want to work for. See JOB HELP for salaries.

From "Statista" database. "Studies/Reports" and statistics on entrepreneurship.

From the Harvard Business School's "Working Knowledge". Over 180 articles about many aspects of entrepreneurial endeavors, from 1999 - 2015. Most are from HBS's faculty or students. Many are accompanied by posted comments.

From Buzzle.com. Tips on some of the best business to start in 2014.

Discusses 15 specific topics for planning, running and "getting out" of your business. Provides in-depth, practical advice. "Directory of Local Guides" links to specific cities in every state; lists commercially available services for finance, marketing, insurance, security and more. "Business Tools" section provides useful templates, checklists and forms. Outstanding; one of the best sites for beginning research.

From Buzzle.com. Practical information about the benefits of a business website.

From Careers-in-Business. Links to practical resources for exploring enterepreneurship careers.

"Commited to providing a variety of information for disabled entrepreneurs such as the provision of sign posting to other support, finance and training".

From Forbes.com.

From the US Small Business Association.

"An annotated meta-index and information clearinghouse on enterprise development". International in scope. Links to over 800 sites for entrepreneurship, business incubators, e-business, women in business, self-employment and more. Sites are annotated and ranked. Primary focus is on the development of small and midsized businesses. Outstanding; easy-to-navigate and constantly updated.

This sub-page of the "Vocational Guidance Information Center" links to almost 300 sites for entrepreneurship and small business resources, including types of businesses, business plans, financial issues, planning/managing/growing a business, government resoures and more. Outstanding; very user-friendly.

This Library of Congress reference guide discusses resources for the following: "Raising Capital", "Managing Your Business", "Marketing", "Human Resources" and more". Concentrates on print resources with minimal online resources. Includes "tips" on constructing productive subject searches in online library catalogs. Excellent examination of print resources from the nation's pre-eminent library.

From the Edward Lowe Foundation. "Hundreds of articles and briefs - solutions gleaned from CEOs, presidents and business owners". Excellent resource for practical advice on all aspects of creating and running small businesses.

Directory of links to over 100 websites for "gateways"/portals, educational institutions, government agencies, professional/trade associations, journals and more. Organized alphabetically by site name; be prepared to browse. Great mix of educational, professional and commercial resources.

From Carter McNamara's "Free Management Library". Gives in-depth information on starting a nonprofit organization. Outstanding; thorough and easy-to-use.

From Buzzle.com. Practical information on various aspects of creating an online business.

Quarterly publication from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. "Provides current and historical economic data" for the New England states. Features articles and data on regional economic performance, employment and financial conditions. Provides "State Economic Summaries" for each state. Best official site for a current picture of New England's economy.

Free online directory of information culled from Thomson-Gale's reference products. Includes over 600 articles on various aspects of small business, profiles of hundreds industries and numerous examples of business plans for many small businesses and entrepreneurial ventures. Some of the content is dated, but is still should be of great use.

Maintained by the University of Texas at San Antonio, with support from the SBA and other affiliates. Serves as a clearinghouse for state Small Business Development Centers. Provides access to resources for 19 small business topics, including e-commerce, human resources, veterans and more. "Industry Links" discusses 35 manufacturing /service industries. Outstanding; the great strength of this resource is the exceptional quality of links, many of which are not readily available elsewhere

Sponsored by BizMove.com. Consists of 14 categories of financial management, sales/marketing, etc.; sub-categories provided within each category and are well-organized for easy retrieval. Great place to begin research.

From BusinessKnowledgeSource.com. Practical articles about strategies for running a small business. "Categories" links to resources for over 70 topics.

From Buzzle.com. Outstanding resource for information on many aspects of starting a business and guides to specific types of businesses; over 90 links. Highly recommended.

From LLRX.com. Links to each state's small business development centers (and related state agencies or organzations). Also includes tips for accessing additional information

From the Riley Guide. Excellent, basic guide to getting started in a business.