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General
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Business
Plans
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Buying
or Selling a
Business
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Financial
& Operating
Ratios
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Financing
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Management
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Marketing
[Note:
The following titles are located on our 2nd Floor
unless otherwise noted.]
General
Works
Business Article and Directory Databases (Reference USA, D&B Million Dollar database,
Business Source Premier) http://www.bpl.org/electronic/business.asp
Small Business Links http://www.bpl.org/research/kbb/websites/smallbus.htm
Brown, W. Dean. How to form a corporation, LLC or partnership in Massachusetts. Knoxville,
TN, Corporate Pub, 2000 (KFM213.5.Z9B765)
Elias, Stephen and Kate McGrath. Trademark: legal care for your business and product name.
Berkeley, CA: Nolo Press (KF3180.Z9M28)
Fallek, Max. How to set up your own small business. Minneapolis, MN: American Institute of
Small Business (SmBus HD62.7.F355)
Hillstrom, Kevin. Encyclopedia of small business. 2 vol. Detroit, Gale Research
(SmBus HD62.7.H553)
O'Neill, Julia K. and Mark Warda. How to start a business in Massachusetts.
Naperville, IL: Sphinx Publishing (KFM2552.Z9O54)
Pakroo, Peri. Small business start-up kit. Berkeley, CA: Nolo, 2006
(SmBus KF1659.Z9P35)
Pinson, Linda. and Jerry Jinnett. Steps to small business start-up: everything you need to know
to turn your idea into a successful business. Chicago: Dearborn (SmBus HD62.5.P565)
Small business sourcebook: the entrepreneur's resource. 2 vol. annual. Detroit: Gale Research
(SmBus HD2346.U5S65) 2007
Steingold, Fred. Legal forms for starting & running a small business. Berkeley, CA: Nolo Press,
2006 (SmBus KF1659.Z9S76)
Stephenson, James. Ultimate home-based business handbook. Irvine, CA: Entrepreneur Press,
2005 (SmBus HD62.38.S678)
Business
Plans
Business plans handbook: a compilation of actual business plans developed by small businesses
throughout North America. v.1- . Detroit: Gale Research, 1995- (SmBus HD62.7.B865) Vols 1-11 of this set are
available electronically with a BPL Library Card.
Vol. 1,
Vol. 2,
Vol. 3,
Vol. 4,
Vol. 5,
Vol. 6,
Vol. 7,
Vol. 8,
Vol. 9,
Vol. 10,
Vol. 11
Business Plans and Profiles Index (Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh website)
http://www.carnegielibrary.org/subject/business/bplansindex.html
Business Plan Templates (Service Corps of Retired Executives)
http://www.score.org/template_gallery.html
Rogoff, Edward G. Bankable business plans NY: Thomson/Texere, 2004 (SmBus HD30.28.R644)
Sutton, Garrett. The ABC's of writing winning business plans NY: Warner Business Books, 2005 (SmBus HD30.28.S923)
Buying
or Selling a
Business
Klueger, Robert F. Buying and selling a business: a step-by-step guide. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley,
2004 (SmBus HD1393.25.K58)
West, Tom. Business reference guide: the essential guide to pricing a business. Concord, MA:
Business Brokerage Press, 2005 (Desk HD1375.B87x)
Financial
& Operating
Ratios
Financial studies of the small business. annual. Winter Haven, FL: Financial Research Associates
(Ratio)
Industry norms and key business ratios. annual. NY: Dun & Bradstreet Credit Services (Ratio)
Annual statement studies. annual. Philadelphia: RMA. (Ratio)
Almanac of business and industrial financial ratios. annual. NY: Aspen Publishers (Ratio)
Financing
"Small Business Funding Resources" http://www.bpl.org/research/kbb/smbizfunding.htm
Bloomfield, Stephen. Venture capital funding. Sterling,VA: Kogan Page, 2005 (SmBus
HG4751.B58)
Lesko, Matthew. Lesko's free money for entrepreneurs. Kensington, MD: Information USA, 2004
(SmBus HG4027.7.L46)
Walter, Robert. Financing your small business. Hauppauge, NY: Barron's, 2004 (SmBus
HG4027.7.W357)
Management
Business Article databases, for example, Business and Management Practices
http://www.bpl.org/electronic/business.asp#periodical
Kamoroff, Bernard. Small time operator : how to start your own business, keep your books, pay
your taxes and stay out of trouble. Laytonville & Willits, CA : Bell Springs Pub, 2004 (SmBus HD62.5.K35)
Strauss, Steven D. Small business bible: everything you need to know to succeed in your small business. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2005 (SmBus HD62.7.S875)
Marketing
Hughes, Mark. Buzzmarketing: get people to talk about your stuff NY: Portfolio, 2005 (SmBus HF5827.95.H84)
Cohen, William A. The marketing plan. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2005 (SmBus HF5415.13.C6348)
ALSO...
Demographics and industry statistics.
Books on how to start and operate specific types of businesses.
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