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Small Business Planner
ABI/INFORM
Provides full text and abstracts of articles in journals, magazines, and newspapers covering a wide range of topics in business and industry
bPlans.com
This is a commercial site (they hope that you will buy their software) however, they offer many examples of business plans, categorized by industry.
Business Plan Resources
Find sample business plans including actual plans
Business Plans Handbook
Included is a directory of organizations, agencies, and consultants for small business. The last volume in the series provides a cumulative index of all the preceding volumes. Continuously updated. HD62.7.B865 [location: Business Collection, Willis Library 3rd floor Government Documents; also located at the Dallas Campus Library]
Business Source Complete
Search by company name or industry for articles. Or, choose the COMPANY PROFILE, SWOT ANALYSIS or INDUSTRY PROFILE links to view DATAMONITOR reports. For best remote access, use Internet Explorer or FireFox.
Business Start-Up Information [Texas Secretary of State]
Start-up guides, small business resources, employer issues, permits and licenses, patents, trademarks, copyrights, securities issues, state and federal taxation.
Business.gov
Official business link to the U.S. Government. Contents include Start a Business; Register; Licenses & Permits; Finance & Taxes; Expand Your Business; Laws; Industries; State & Local Resources
Census Demographic & Business Statistics
Furnishes a wide variety of population and economic reports and statistics.
Industry norms and key business ratios
Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios_ is organized by organized by SIC industry code. It provides benchmark annual financial performance ratios per industry code by asset size (large, medium, and small-size firms). HF5681. R25I5 [ON RESERVE at Current Periodicals/Reserves Desk]. A copy is also located at the UNT Dallas Library.
North Central Texas Council of Governments
Provides extensive demographic information including population, housing, land use, cost of living, economic development, wage and income data, major employers, transportation issues, unemployment rate.
Predicast's PROMT
Predicast Overview of Markets and Technology. Use this database to research companies, the products and technologies they produce, and the markets in which they compete. Includes summaries and full text from nearly 1,000 business and trade journals, industry newsletters, newspapers, market research studies, & news releases.
Reference USA
Provides directory information for more than 12 million U.S. businesses.
RMA Annual Statement Studies [Robert Morris Associates]
Organized by NAICS industry code. The book provides benchmark industry ratios for large, medium, and small-size firms. RMA provides ratios for the current year but it also covers several prior years for comparison purposes. HG1507. R6 [ON RESERVE at Current Periodicals/Reserves Desk]. A copy is also located at the UNT Dallas Library.
SBA.gov Small Business Planner
Plan your business, start your business, manage your business, exit strategy
Texas Ahead [Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts]
“Your one-stop portal to economic resources.” Provides a massive amount of economic data. Topics include local government, economic developers, business, economic outlook, demographics, housing, data for Texas economic regions, infrastructure & transportation, small business feature topics.
USA.gov
Government information by topic. Also provides links to state and local government.
