Following are useful resources for business leaders, entreprenuers, professionals interested in starting their own business or executives looking for additional support:
1) Business Ideas
a. www.business-idea.com
b. www.coolbusinessideas.com
2) Women & Minorities
a. www.wbenc.org
b. www.NAWBO.org
c. www.sba8a.com
3) Industry Research:
a. https://forum.researchinfo.com
b. https://business.statelibrary.sc.gov/images/6/65/Business_Research_Workshop_Resource_List-SC.pdf
4) Business Resources:
a. Market Research
b. MapStat
c. www.BusinessBalls.com
d. www.timethoughts.com/goalsetting/vision-statements.htm
5) Customer Research/Surveys:
a. Zoomerang
b. Survey Monkey
6) Develop Strategic Plans, Business Plans & Financial Statements
a. NYC Business Solutions Center (SEEDCo): www.seedco.org
b. Small Business Development Centers
c. https://articles.bplans.com/category/writing-a-business-plan
d. www.sba.gov/smallbusinessplanner/plan/writeabusinessplan/index.html
e. www.onepagebusinessplan.com/about.html
f. www.ehow.com/how_4421284_format-income-statement.html
g. https://entrepreneurs.suite101.com/article.cfm/how_to_create_an_income_statement
7) General Management
a. www.businessmanagementdaily.com
b. American Management Assn.
8) Marketing & Product Development:
a. www.entrepreneur.com/encyclopedia/term/82498.html
b. www.persuasivebrands.com/showpagecontent.aspx?pagename=Brand_Definition
c. https://resources.bnet.com/topic/product+development.html
d. www.productdevelopmentstrategies.com/blog
e. www.slideshare.net/nusantara99/new-product-development-strategy
f. www.knowthis.com/principles-of-marketing-tutorials/managing-products
g. https://resources.bnet.com/topic/product+life+cycle.html
h. www.websitemarketingplan.com
i. American Marketing Assn.
j. Direct Marketing Assn.
k. Business Marketing Assn.
9) General Business Information
a. US Small Business Administration
b. National Business Information Clearinghouse
c. Microsoft Small Biz Ctr: www.microsoft.com/smallbusiness/hub.mspx
d. CNN Money – https://smallbusiness.blogs.cnnmoney.cnn.com
10) Social Media
a. Mashable
b. SocialMediaGovernance.com
11) Entrepreneurial Pursuits
b. www.myownbusiness.org
c. www.Entrepreneur.com
d. www.Entrepreneurship.org
e. Smart Entrepreneur – www.smartentrepreneur.net
f. Entrepreneur Week: www.nycentweek.com
g. www.psw-ny.com/documents/WP1-BeforeNegotiations-031307.pdf
h. www.psw-ny.com/documents/WP4-StartUpMap-063008F.pdf
i. www.psw-ny.com/documents/PDF-WP3-InvestableBusCase-092506F.pdf
j. https://blog.entrepreneur.com
k. www.entrepreneurship.org/PolicyForum/Blog/post/2010/01/28/Tapping-your-
Entrepreneurial-IQ.aspx
l. www.elientrepreneur.com
12) Franchising
a. International Franchising Assn. www.franchise.org
b. www.masterfranchisewealth.com/4436.html
c. IFA Annual Conference – www.franchise.org/convention.aspx
13) Networking:
a. MeetUp.com
b. LinkedIn.com
c. National Small Biz Assn: www.nsba.biz
d. Chambers of Commerce
e. Rotary Clubs
f. Kiwanis Clubs
g. Twitter
h. StumbleUpon
i. FourSquare
j. MySpace
k. Delicious
l. Digg
14) Investors
a. www.youngstartup.com
b. NY Angels: www.newyorkangels.com
c. LI Angels: https://liangels.angelgroups.net
15) Business Incubators (NY fous)
b. Biz. Incubator Assn. of NY State: https://bianys.com
c. Brooklyn Biotech: https://research.downstate.edu/incubator.htm
d. NYC BioScience Initiative: www.nycbiotech.org/east_river.html
e. LI High Tech Incubator: https://www.lihti.org
f. Your local area Colleges & Universities
What resources would you recommend?