Here's are a list of resources helpful for starting your own business, also checkout the link to the right to see whether you have what it takes to start yourown business!
Presentations
Finance Notes
Review and Discussion Questions
Business Consultants –
Financial alternatives
Roger Pritchard
roger.pritchard@mindspring.com
510-527-5604
Mike Mckeever
mpmckeever@earthlink.net - (be sure mention Nolo Business Plan Book in the subject line)
415-681-7900
Small Business Administration (SBA)
http://www.sba.gov/
Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE)
http://www.score.org
Books –
Background
Honest Business
By Michael Phil, Salli Rasberry, Peter Turner
Small Time Operator
By Bernard Kamoroff
The E Myth Revisited
By Michael E. Gerber
(Also runs a telephone consulting business – 1-800-221-0266)
The Small Business Handbook: A comprehensive Guide to Starting and Running Your Own Business
By Irving Burtiner
Growing a Business
By Paul Hawken
How to Make Your Business Run Without You
By Susan Carter
Free Help From Uncle Sam to Start Your Own Business (Or Expand the One You Have)
By William Alarid, Gustav Berle
Chooseing a Business
101 Best Businesses to Start
By Russell Roberts, Philip Lief Group
Success for Less; 100 Low Cost Businesses You Can Start Today
By Robert Adams and Terry Adams
Ultimate Start up Directory
By James Stephenson
Franchise Opportunities Handbook: A Complete Guide for People Who Want to start Their Own Franchise
By Laverne Ludden
Rating Guide to Franchises
By Dennis L. Foster
Business You Can Start Almanac
By Katina Jones
Do What You Love and the Money Will Follow
By Marsha Sinetar
Finding Money
How to Prepare and Present a Business Plan
By Joseph R. Mancuso
Going Public: Everything You Need To Know to Take Your Company Public, Including Internet Direct Public Offerings
By James Arkebauer
Pratt's Guide Venture Capital Sources
By Venture Economics, Annual
Business Capital Sources: More than 1,500 Lenders of Money for Real Estate, Business or Capital Needs
Entrepreneur Magazine's Guide to Raising Money
By Entrepreneur Magazine
Attracting Capital from Angles
By Brian Hill
Directory of Venture Capital
By Kate Liter, et al.
Marketing/Advertising
Marketing Without Advertising
By Michael Phillips, Barbara Kate Repa, and Salli Rasberry
Marketing High Technology
By William H. Davidow
Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind
By Al Ries and Jack Trout
Total Customer Service: The Ultimate Weapon
By William H. Davidow and Bro Uttal
The Guerrilla Marketing Handbook
By Jay Conrad Levinson and Seth Godin
The Elements of Copywriting: The Essential Guide to Creating Copy That Gets the Results You Want
By Gary Blake and Robert W. Bly
Write Great Ads
By Erica Levy Klien
Personnel
Smart Staffing: How to Hire, Reward and Keep Top Employees for Your Growing Company
By Wayne Outlaw
The Employer's Legal Handbook
By Fred S. Steingold
The Fast Forward MBA in Hiring: Finding and Keeping the Best People
By Max Messmer
Business Location
Working From Home: Everything You Need to Know About Living and Working Under the Same Roof
By Paul Edwards and Sarah Edwards
Leasing Space for Your Small Business
By Fred S. Steingold and Janet Portman
Corporations
Incorporate Your Business: A 50-State Legal Guide to Forming a Corporation
By Anthony Mancuso
How to Form Your Own California Corporation
By Anthony Mancuso
Inc. Yourself
By Judith H. McQuown
How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation
By Anthony Mancuso
How to Form a California Professional Corporation
By Anthony Mancuso
Form Your Own Limited Liability Company
By Anthony Mancuso
Partnerships
The Partnership Book: How to Write a Partnership Agreement
By Denis Clifford and Ralph Warner
Partners in Business: How to Choose and Build the Relationship Most Vital to Your Success
By Melvin Wallice
Legal Matters
Legal Guide for Stating & Running a Small Business
By Fred Steingold
J.K. Lasser's Legal and Corporation Forms for the Small Business
By Arnold Goldstein
Legal Research: How to Find & Understand the Law
By Stephen Elias
Everybody's Guide to Small Claims Court
By Ralph Warner
The Encyclopedia of Business Letters, Fax, Memos, and E-Mail
By Robert W. Bly
The Complete Book of Business Forms and Agreements
By Cliff Robertson
General Business
The Entrepreneur and Small Business Problem Solver
By William A. Cohen
Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios
Dun and Bradstreet Credit Service, annual
RMA Annual Statement Studies
Robert Morris Associates
Sourcebook of Zip Code Demographics
CACI
1-800-292-CACI
Pamphlets –
Small Business Administration Pamphlets –
The SBA publishes a good many useful books and pamphlets covering finance to insurance to exporting and franchising. One of the best is "Starting and Managing a Small Business of Your Own." Most pamphlets are available in the reference section of your library. Perhaps easer is to go to http://www.gpo.gov where you get a list of these resources.
IRS Publications –
Especially helpful publications include "Tax Guide for Small Business" and "Employers Tax guide." People planning partnerships will also want to read an IRS pamphlet "Tax Information on Partnerships," IRS Publication 541. Call 1-800-829-1040 and go to http://www.irs.gov
Magazines
Inc.
http://www.inc.com
Home Business
http://www.homebusinessmag.com
Entrepreneur
http://www.entrepreneur.com
Business Oriented Websites
Small Business Administration
http://www.sba.gov
Center for Business Planning
http://www.businessplans.org
Findlaw for Business
http://biz.findlaw.com
BusinessJeeves.com
http://www.businessjeeves.com
The Well
http://www.well.com
Nolo
http://www.nolo.com