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Business
Planning Resources
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Description
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- Lennox Tech Enterprise Center
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Part of High Tech Rochester, Lennox TEC exists
to help start-ups and entrepreneurs be as successful as
they can be, bringing to bear assistance with connections,
community, commercialization, and capital readiness. |
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A
comprehensive site that offers "how-to" information
and templates for business plans, legal forms and agreements,
and many other useful resources. |
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Business
planning tools, sample business and marketing plans, software
profiles. Hosted by Palo Alto Software, developer &
distributor of Business Plan Pro Software tools. |
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The
PWC ERC is a collection of sophisticated templates and advice
for all planning aspects of starting a new business, including
crafting a business plan, putting together a financial plan,
and ultimately beginning to raise capital. The information
on this website is provided for free, but the templates
are very well done. |
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Joscon
Networks provides a very comprehensive set of online business
planning, marketing plan, and promotional plan resources,
in a step-by-step, easy-to-follow manner. A great resource
for those just getting started. |
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A
brief outline and section-description resource laying out
important components of a strategic business plan, from
a company called the Peoples Income tax. |
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A
wide range of information on small business. |
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A
very comprehensive discussion of the important components
of a strong business plan, presented by the U.S. Small Business
Administration. |
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Another
business plan structure guide presented as part of a course
on entrepreneurship. |
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"A
World of Resources" from the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial
Leadership at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. |
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"The
gathering place for small business", IdeaCafe lets
you search for business ideas and see if yours is worthwhile. |
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A
useful website providing lots of information on small business. |
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The
Institute of Management and Administration's Supersite,
providing a wide variety of resources for start-ups and
entrepreneurs as well as seasoned executives. |
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BPlans
is linked to the BusinessPlan Pro software; this site provides
some resources useful during the business planning process.
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Business
Plan Assistance
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Description
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BizPlanIt.Com
is a business plan consulting firm that provides professional
business plan services, free tips, links to software, books...all
focused on business plans. One of its useful features is
the "virtual business plan," a free online resource
that guides users through the major sections of a business
plan, giving advice on business plan basics and common mistakes
to avoid. |
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Small
business software tools in business planning – BizPlanBuilder,
employee manuals, marketing plans, etc. |
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Sponsored
by the SBA, the U.S. Business Advisor exists to provide
business with one-stop access to federal government information,
services, and transactions. |
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SCORE
is a non-profit association composed of volunteers who share
their management and technical expertise with owners/managers
of small business and those who
want to start their own small businesses. Helping business
men and women has been SCORE's goal since its founding in
1964. |
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"Free
Market Research: You can acquire valuable information at
no cost — if you know where to look. Business services,
trade groups and government agencies collect, organize and
offer valuable information for free. Try the Small Business
Administration and the SCORE Association to start."
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Website
for the association of Small Business Development Centers:
"A National network delivering everything you need
to start, manage, & grow a successful small business." |
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Economic
Development Resources
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Description
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The
NBIA is the world's leading organization advancing business
incubation and entrepreneurship. The NBIA provides thousands
of professionals with the information, education, advocacy
and networking resources to bring excellence to the process
of assisting early-stage companies. |
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The
Milken Institute is a non-profit economic think tank located
in Santa Monica, California. The four main areas of research
include the global economy; capital markets and financial
institutions; the role of education and human capital; regional
economics and demographics. |
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The
NCOE is a resource for anyone interested in entrepreneurship
and public policy. Made up of successful entrepreneurs,
this Commission will provide policy makers with practical
recommendations on how they can foster entrepreneurship
well into the 21st century. Its work is original research
and consultation with other successful entrepreneurs nationwide.
The Commission is funded by the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial
Leadership at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. |
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Other
Resources
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Description
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A
web resource which allows you to do IP searches by topic
keyword(s) from among several patent collections. |
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An
investment and resource for both start-ups and investors. |
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A
complement to Inventors' Digest magazine, the website
is designed for anyone who has ever said, "I've got
a great idea. . .Now what do I do?" |
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Technologic
Partners is a publishing and services firm tracking the
important strategic and financial issues affecting high-technology
industries. |
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Palisade
provides Advanced Risk and Decision Analysis
Software
for business-critical decision-making. |
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Business
plan templates, matchmaking to investors on "golden rolodex". |
