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The Job Path - Start a Business
 Business Plans Handbook
Thinking of starting a new business or making the most of an existing enterprise? Business Plans Handbook online brings together a wide range of real life plans for starting nearly 300 businesses. Each plan includes startup expenses, a description of products and services, sales forecasts, growth strategies, financial summaries and marketing tactics. The business plans were actually used by entrepreneurs to launch successful new ventures.
These plans are real. Only the company names and addresses have been changed, so you're sure to find smart ideas and first-class models for developing your own individual plan.
Each business plan was specially chosen to reflect the opportunities-and potential-of a particular marketplace. The focus is on results: getting funding, defining strategy, and documenting the tactics needed to win customers and beat the competition. All business plans can be viewed and printed as a web page or PDF document.
Business Plans Handbook
ReferenceUSA - Business Information
 ReferenceUSA (eCard Login or library card login)
This online resource of over 14 million businesses allows you to search with 27 unique data elements to help you find exactly what you are looking for fast. A detailed business listing contains everything on a business – from a list of executives, financial information to public filings and news articles. You can also create reports based on the businesses you are researching.
Search by company name, ticker symbol, geographic area, business size, industry, and more. This resource includes information on local businesses and small companies as well as large corporations.
The business information is gathered from a variety of reliable sources, such as yellow and white pages, annual reports, 10-Ks, government data, business magazines, top newspapers, the U.S. Postal Service, Internet research, and the U.S. Census Bureau. 20 million phone calls are placed annually to verify the accuracy of the information ReferenceUSA (eCard or Library Card login)
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How to Guide:
How to Use ReferenceUSA - U.S. Business Module
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You might also be interested in taking advantage of these free Business Courses online from the U.S. Small Business Administration.
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