A free collection of the best entrepreneurial and business start-up
tools and resources to help you successfully start and manage your own business.
Books About Entrepreneurship:
Entrepreneur & Business Start-Up Books -- find
the best books for your needs, hand-picked by the editors at Quintessential Careers.
Quintessential Entrepreneurship:
Business Plan Tutorial:
Tools to Help You Launch Your Own Business. Empower yourself by creating a detailed
plan for your business.
Making Lemonade:
Starting a Business After Ending a Career. Considerations for starting a business
later in life after ending your traditional career.
Best Entrepreneurial Tools, Guides & Resources:
bplans.com -- from the producers of
BusinessPlanPro software, this site contains a large collection of free sample business plans as well as
helpful tools and know-how for starting, managing, and growing your business -- including having a panel of experts
ready to answer your questions.
BusinessFinance.com -- the site for
entrepreneurs to find thousands of sources for business loans, venture capital, equipment leasing,
and commercial real estate financing -- as well as the guidance and tips for helping you obtain the financing
you need for your business.
BusinessTown -- a small business
resource portal, with information for starting and managing a small business, preparing
a business plan, and obtaining guidance for accounting, advertising, hiring, legal issues,
managing employees, marketing, and sales.
Entrepreneur.com -- simply an amazing
collection of resources for current and prospective entrepreneurs, and a great place to find all sorts of
tools and guides for starting your own business.
Entrepreneur Career Guide -- a great collection of links on key topics of interest
to someone starting a business, including: business plans, forms, and templates; getting started; tax-related information;
growing your business; and business ethics and legal issues. From the Vocational Information Center.
The Entrepreneurs’ Help Page -- designed, created, and
published by a group of young professionals who put together their skills and knowledge to publish a site designed to help
other young people or inexperienced business people with good ideas and the desire to start your own business.
Forbes.com: Entrepreneurs and Small Business News and Information --
get advice and information on starting and growing a small business from the editors at Forbes.com.
goBIGnetwork --
a good networking site for entrepreneurs, designed to help connect startups,
investors, job seekers, advisors and service providers.. No cost to job-seekers.
Inc.com -- the website for Inc. magazine, delivering
advice, tools, and services, to help business owners and CEOs start, run, and grow their businesses more successfully.
morebusiness.com -- a site by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs,
and designed to be a comprehensive resource for small businesses. It contains tips, articles, ideas, templates, worksheets,
sample business plans, tools, financial benchmarks, sample contracts, and much more to help grow your business.
nPost.com
-- a great resource for learning about entrepreneurs and finding jobs at startups, where
job-seekers can browse job listings (and apply to openings directly), read in-depth interviews
with entrepreneurs (CEOs and founders of small and startup businesses) from a wide variety of fields,
and learn of networking events. No cost to job-seekers.
Resources for College Entrepreneurs --
check out this section of Quintessential Careers for some great resources, books, and tools for student
entrepreneurs who have an interest in starting a business while in college.
Small Business and Entrepreneur Resource Site --
a great collection of links for entrepreneurs and small business owners -- including business plans, forms of
ownership, family business, financing, management, marketing, employees, taxes, and more. From Prentice-Hall,
publishers of entrepreneurship textbooks.
U.S. Small Business Administration -- an independent agency of the
federal government whose purpose is to aid, counsel, assist, and protect the interests of small business concerns. The site includes information and
resources for planning, starting, growing, and ending your business. Some great tools here.
Startup Journal: The Wall Street Journal Center for Entrepreneurs -- offering
solutions to problems facing small companies. Lots of different topics, including profiles of firms dealing with each topic.
Also includes a discussion board where you can exchange ideas with small-business owners and other readers.
ZeroMillion.com -- an entrepreneurial resources and
networking site founded by the author of Zero to One Million, a step-by-step guide to starting your
own business and building it to one million dollars in sales. The mission of the site is to encourage and support entrepreneurial endeavors internationally.
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