Small Business Resources
Appleton Public Library Business Bibliography # 1
Adult Nonfiction Collection
338.76633 Cal Brewing Up a Business: Adventures in Entrepreneurship from the Founder of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery. Sam Calagione. 2005 Tax Savvy for Small Business: Year-round Tax Advice for Small Businesses. Frederick W. Daily. 2003 422 Tax Deductions for Businesses & Self Employed Individuals. Bernard Kamoroff. 2001 Working for Yourself: Law and Taxes for Independent Contractors, Freelancers and Consultants. Stephen Fishman. 2001 Legal Forms for Starting & Running a Small Business. Fred Steingold. 2004
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Keeping the Books: Basic Recordkeeping and Accounting for the Successful Small Business. Linda Pinson. 2001 Business Know-how: An Operational Guide for Home-based and Micro-sized Businesses with Limited Budgets. Jane Attard. 2000 Common Sense Business: Starting, Operating, and Growing Your Small Business— In Any Economy. Steven Gottry. 2005 Grow Your Business. Mark Henricks. 2001
The Young Entrepreneur’s Guide to Starting and Running a Business. Steve Mariotti. 2000 Managing Business Growth: Get a Grip on the Numbers that Count. Angie Mohr. 2005 Small Business for Dummies. Eric Tyson. 2003
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Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business. Fred Steingold. 2003 The Home Office and Small Business Answer Book: Solutions to the Most Frequently Asked Questions About Starting and Running Your Business. Janet Attard. 2000 Home-based Business for Dummies. Paul Edwards. 2000
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The Art of the Start: The Time-tested, Battle-hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything. Guy Kawasaki. 2004 Microsoft Small Business Kit. Joanna L. Krotz. 2005
Startups that Work: The 10 Critical Factors that Will Make or Break a New Company. Joel Kurtzman. 2005. Whoops! I’m in Business: A Crash Course in Business Basics. Richard Stim. 2005 Start & Run a Creative Services Business. Susan Kirkland. 2005
Inc. Yourself: How to Profit by Setting up Your Own Corporation. Judith H. McQuown. 2000 Show Me the Money: A Complete Guide to Financing Your Small Business Through Banks and Alternative Sources. Robert Sisson. 2000 Financing Your Business: Get a Grip on the Money. Angie Mohr. 2005
Leasing Space for Your Small Business. Janet Portman. 2001 Negotiate the Best Lease for Your Business. Janet Portman. 2005 Lesko’s Free Money for Entrepreneurs: How to Start or Expand a Business with Government Grants, Low Interest Loans, Contacts and Free Services. Matthew Lesko. 2005 Why Companies Fail: The 10 Big Reasons Businesses Crumble, and How to Keep Yours Strong and Solid. Mark Ingebretsen. 2003 Marketing Without Advertising. Michael Phillips. 2003 Franchising for Dummies. R. David Thomas. 2000
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Business Reference Collection
R 051 Sta R 060 Enc WR 330.9775 Wis WR 338 Got WR 346.06622 Bou R 658.022 Sma WR 658.15 Hil R 658.8 Sur R 670 Tho The Standard Periodical Directory. A listing by subject of over 56,000 U.S. and Canadian publications. Includes a large number of trade journals. Encyclopedia of Associations. National Organizations of the United States. A guide to trade, business and commercial associations. Wisconsin Business-to-Business Sales & Marketing Directory. A compilation of 256,000 Wisconsin businesses by category. Includes addresses and phone numbers. Got Moo-la?: Where to go for Business Assistance in Wisconsin. Compiled by the Wisconsin Dept. of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection, Division of Agri-Business. Organizing a Wisconsin Business Corporation. Joseph W. Boucher. Articles, bylaws, and other forms. Small Business Sourcebook. (2 volumes) A guide to the information services and sources provided to 100 types of small business by associations, consultants, educational programs, franchisers, government agencies, reference works, statisticians, suppliers, trade shows, and venture capital firms. Venture Financing: Raising Capital in Wisconsin. Joseph P. Hildebrandt. Compiled by the Wisconsin Dept. of Commerce in cooperation with Foley & Lardner. Survey of Buying Power. Provides marketing and forecasting information for the new or expanding business. Thomas Register of American Manufacturers. A list of products and services. This title is useful in finding out what’s available and who can supply it.
Audiovisual
608 Inv (dvd) 658.022 Gro (vhs) 658.40355 Chr (cassette) 658.409 Bin (disc) 658.409 Wel (cassette) I’ve Got a Great Idea How to Make Your Brainstorm Bankable. 2003 Growing Your Small Business: A Kiplinger Guide. 2000 Seeing What’s Next? Using the Theories of Innovation to Predict Industry Change. Clayton M. Christensen. 2004 What Would Machiavelli Do? (The Ends Justify the Meanness). Stanley Bing. 2000 Winning. Jack Welch. 2005
Electronic Resources
Business & Company Resource Center A fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information. Corporate ResourceNet (through EBSCO HOST) Designed to meet the diverse information needs of today’s companies, this database contains full text articles from nearly 1,200 quality magazines and journals. Reference USA This is an Internet-based reference service with detailed information on 13 million businesses which is searchable by NAICS, geography, sales volume, and number of employees. Regional Business News (through EBSCO HOST) This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications and incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. This database is updated on a daily basis.
Magazines
Entrepreneur; Inc.; Marketplace; Journal of Small Business Management
Internet Sites
Franchise Handbook Small Business Administration Small Business Development Center State of Wisconsin: Build Your Business U.S. Business Advisor Wisconsin Department of Commerce Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions www.franchisehandbook.com www.sba.gov www.uwsbdc.org www.wisconsin.gov/state/byb www.business.gov www.commerce.state.wi.us www.wdfi.org
Organizations
Small Business Administration 409 Third Street, S.W Washington, DC 20416 202-205-660 1-800-U-ASK-SBA SBA Regional Office Room 1975 500 West Madison Street, Suite 1250 Chicago, ILL 60661 312-353-4493 SBA Branch Office Suite 400 310 W. Wisconsin Avenue Milwaukee, Wisconsin 54203 414-297-3941 Department of Commerce Division of Economic Development P.O. Box 7970 Madison, Wisconsin 53707-7970 608-266-1018 1-800-435-7287
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