“Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes, but no plans.”
 ~
Peter Drucker

BUSINESS PLAN GUIDES:  BOOKS AND WEBSITES

REFERENCE BOOKS (for in-library use only) FOR WRITING BUSINESS PLANS

R OV 658.022 Small B 2002 vol. 1 & 2	Small Business Sourcebook
R OV 658.022 Small B  vol. 1 & 2	Business Plans Handbook
R OV 658.022 United	Small Business Development Publications
R 658.1522 Directo 2000	Directory of Venture Capital Firms
R OV 658.4012 Business    multiple vol.	Small Business Profiles

BOOKS TO CHECK OUT 

Business planning guides can be found in the general area of 658.4012.  To search the catalog for specific titles us the following subject headings:

•        Business planning

•        New business enterprises—planning

•        Proposal writing in business

•        Small business—planning

Website GUIDES FOR BUSINESS PLANS

Biz PlanIt's Virtual Business Plan - Tells you what to include AND what to avoid!
http://www.bizplanit.com/vplan.htm

Bplans.com
http://www.bplans.com

Business Owner's Toolkit
http://www.toolkit.cch.com/

Business Plan Outline
http://asbdc.ualr.edu/bizfacts/1004.asp

NEBS Business Plan Tool Use a template to create your business plan.
http://www.nebs.com/NASApp/nebsEcat/businesstools/index.jsp

Small Business Administration (SBA) Business Plan Basics
http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html

SBA Online Women's Business Center
http://www.onlinewbc.gov

GETTING THE FACTS: BOOKS, WebsiteS AND DATABASES

Resources for finding statistics and industry information for your business plan.  Some libraries may offer these and other resources in an electronic format, which can be accessed from library or your own computer.

REFERENCE BOOKS (for in-library use only) FOR FINDING STATISTICS

R 317.3  Source 1998	Sourcebook of Zip Code Demographic
R332.67 STANDAR	Standard & Poor’s Industry Surveys
R658.84 SA32 1998	Survey of Buying Power
R332.6322MARKET 1991 V.091	Market Share Reporter
R658.834 LIFESTY 2003	Lifestyle Market Analyst
R658.84 DIRECT 1999	Direct Marketing Market Place
ROV381.2029 SRDS DIR 2001 FEB. PT.01, PT. 02	Direct Marketing List Source

 

Website GUIDES FOR STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS PLANNING

County Business Patterns
http://www.census.gov/epcd/cbp/view/tom.html

Find the number of business, employees, sales, and more by industry codes.

Findlaw Small Business
http://smallbiz.findlaw.com/

A useful meta site of small business resources from a reputable Website producer.

“How People use Economic Data”
http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/ec97use2.htm

From the US Census Bureau. Industry and business markets by geographic location.  

Service Annual Survey
http://www.census.gov/svsd/www/sas00rpt.pdf

Provides national estimates of annual revenue and expenses by types of business and tax status.

DATABASES FOR BUSINESS PLANNING 

Boise Public Library provides access to the following databases.  They can be accessed from our website, both in the Library and from home. Most have full text articles from print magazines, newspapers and books. 

√  Business & Company Resource Center (Thomson Gale)

√  ReferenceUSA

√  Business Economics and Theory / Infotrac (Thomason Gale)

√  STAT-USA Internet (available only in the Library)