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Reference Books |
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Business Plans Handbook. Ref
Job Business 658.4/Business.
Central Register. No longer in print. Available online
http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/35812
State, county, and municipal contracts out to bid for
construction-related projects for Massachusetts public
facilities.
Encyclopedia of Associations. Ref 061 Encyclopedia.
Goods and Services Bulletin. No longer in print. Available online
http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/35909
Petitions for acquiring non-construction goods and
services for Massachusetts government agencies.
Small Business Sourcebook. Ref Job 658.022/Small.
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| Planning,
Start-up, and Overviews |
| Call Number |
Author |
Title |
| 658.041 Ramsey |
Ramsey, Dan |
101 best
home businesses. |
| 658.11 Kawasaki |
Kawasaki, Guy |
The art of the start: The time-tested, battle-hardened guide for anyone starting anything. |
| 658.11 McGuckin |
McGuckin, Frances |
Business for
beginners: From research and business plans to money, marketing and the
law. |
| 658.11 Klueger |
Klueger, Robert F. |
Buying and selling a business:
A step-by-step guide. |
| 658.1141 Weltman 2007 |
Weltman, Barbara. |
The complete idiot's guide to starting a home-based business. |
| 658.022 Thaler |
Thaler, John |
The elements of
small business: A lay person's guide to the financial terms, marketing
concepts and legal forms that every entrepreneur needs. |
| 658.02 Harvard |
Awe, Susan |
The
entrepreneur's information sourcebook: Charting the path to small business
success. |
| 658.1 Harvard |
Luecke, Richard |
Entrepreneur's
toolkit: Tools and techniques to launch and grow your new business. |
| 658.15224 Green |
Green, Charles H. |
Financing the small business. |
| 658.1522 Mohr |
Mohr, Angie. |
Financing your business:
Get a grip on finding the money. |
| 346.066 2000 DiBlasi |
DiBlasi, Joseph P. |
How to form a corporation in Massachusetts:
With forms. |
| 658.15224 How |
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How to write a business plan. |
658.11
Bowers |
Bowers, Brent. |
If at
first you don't succeed: The eight patterns of highly effective
entrepreneurs. |
658.11
Wolter |
Wolter, Romanus. |
Kick start your dream business:
Getting it started and keeping you going. |
| 346.7306 Steingold |
Steingold, Fred. |
Legal
guide for starting & running a small business. |
| 658.114 Matthews |
Matthews, Jana B. |
Lessons from the edge:
Survival skills for starting and growing a company. |
| 658.11 Sargent |
Sargent, Dennis J. |
Retire, and start your own business. |
| 658.022 Barajas |
Barajas, Louis |
Small
business, big life: Five steps to creating a great life with your own
small business. |
| 658.022 Strauss |
Strauss, Steven D. |
The
small business bible: Everything you need to know to succeed in your small
business. |
| 346.0652 Pakroo 2008 |
Pakroo, Peri. |
The small business start-up kit. |
658.022
Small |
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Small time operator. |
| 658.011 How |
O'Neill, Julia K. |
How to start a business in Massachusetts. |
| 658.041 Olivera |
Olivera, Louis R. |
Start smart: Small
business guide to local permits: Town of Framingham. |
| 658.041 Lesonsky |
Lesonsky, Rieva. |
Start your own
business: The only startup book you'll ever need. |
| 658.11 Kurtzman |
Kurtzman, Joel. |
Startups
that work: The 10 critical factors that will make or break a new company. |
| 658.1141 Pinson |
Pinson, Linda. |
Steps to small business start-up:
Everything you need to know to turn your idea into a successful business. |
| 346.0652 Warda |
Warda, Mark. |
The weekend small
business start-up kit. |
| 658.041 Norman |
Norman, Jan. |
What no one ever
tells you about starting your own business. |
| 658.11 Barringer |
Barringer, Bruce. |
What's stopping you?:
Shatter the 9 most common myths keeping you from starting your own business. |
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| Running A
Small Business |
| Call Number |
Author |
Title |
| 658.022 Little |
Little, Steven S. |
The 7 irrefutable rules of small business growth. |
| 658.02 Applegate |
Applegate, Jane. |
201 great ideas for your small business. |
| 658.8 Hughes |
Hughes, Mark. |
Buzzmarketing: Get
people to talk about your stuff. |
| 346.0652 2001 Sitarz |
Sitarz, Dan. |
The complete book of small business legal forms. |
| 651.29 Sitarz |
Sitarz, Dan. |
The complete book of small business management forms. |
| 346.065 Steingold |
Steingold, Fred S. |
The complete guide
to selling a business. |
| 653.022 Warner |
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Drive a modest car & 16 other keys to small business success. |
| 658.041 Drake |
Drake, Susan M. |
Freelancing for dummies. |
658 C
ollins |
Collins, James C. |
Good to great: Why some companies make the leap--and others don't. |
| 658.8 2007 Levinson |
Levinson, Jay Conrad. |
Guerrilla
marketing: easy and inexpensive strategies for making big profits from
your small business. |
| 658.83 Kaden |
Kaden, Robert J. |
Guerrilla
marketing research. |
657.2
Keeping |
Pinson, Linda. |
Keeping the books:
Basic recordkeeping and accounting for the successful small business. |
| 658 Kurtzman |
Kurtzman, Joel. |
MBA in a box:
Practical ideas from the best brains in business. |
658.872
Scott |
Scott, David Meerman. |
The new
rules of marketing and PR: How to use news releases, blogs, podcasts,
viral marketing and online media to reach your buyers directly. |
658.8
Davidson |
Davidson, J. H. |
Offensive
marketing: An action guide to gaining competitive advantage. |
658
Nesheim |
Nesheim, John L. |
The
power of unfair advantage : How to create it, build it, and use it to
maximum effect. |
| 659 2001 Yale |
Yale, David R. |
The publicity handbook:
The inside scoop from more than 100 journalists and PR pros on how to get great publicity coverage : in print, online, and on the air. |
| 747.79 Zimmerman |
Zimmerman, Neal. |
Taunton's home workspace idea book. |
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Magazines
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Boston Business Journal
Business Week
Entrepreneur
Forbes
Fortune
Inc
Worcester Business Journal
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Databases |
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Databases are reliable, fast and up-to-date tools for finding information on many subjects. Reference librarians can help
you determine the best ones for your project. Minuteman Library Network databases can be accessed
from computers at the
library or from home with your library card number.
Business and Company Resource Center.
Business and Company Resource Center is 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.
Gale Virtual Reference Library.
The Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Sources may be searched individually or together.
See a list of GVRL titles.
General BusinessFile ASAP. Indexes business and management
journals. Directory listings of over 150,000 companies and investment
analysts' reports on major companies and industries.
RDS Business Suite.
Finding the relevant business answers has never been easier. Business Reference Suite, an exciting Web-based subscription service gives you balanced and highly focused full-text coverage of company and industry news, management practices, and market research information. RDS Business Suite features more than 1,400 leading worldwide business sources, plus tens of thousands of tables with strategic data. Suite coverage is over 60% full text, and over 45% international.
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Massachusetts Resources |
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Town
of Framingham Business Assistance Program
www.framinghamma.gov/index.aspx?NID=264
License and permit information, microenterprise
loan program, sign and facade improvement program,
and more assistance for Framingham businesses.
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Town
of Framingham Zoning Bylaws www.framinghamma.gov/index.aspx?nid=246
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MetroWest Chamber of Commerce www.metrowest.org
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Kirstein Business Branch of Boston Public Library www.bpl.org/research/kbb/kbbhome.htm
Available to Massachusetts residents, the Kirstein Branch offers extensive resources and expert assistance for small businesses.
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Massachusetts Office of Business Development
www.state.ma.us/mobd
Information on state business assistance programs; info and help for financing, site selection, permits, and more.
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Comm-PASS www.comm-pass.com
Database of business opportunities and contracts
out to bid by Massachusetts state departments.
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Massachusetts Small Business Development Center,
Central Region www.clarku.edu/offices/sbdc
Free, confidential help for prospective and
existing small businesses in the Central
Massachusetts area.
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Small Business Administration Massachusetts
Chapter
www.sba.gov/about-offices-content/2/3162
Local information, resources, and services.
Extensive list of training opportunities.
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SCORE.
Boston www.scoreboston.org
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SCORE.
Worcester www.scoreworcester.org
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Local chapters of the Service Corps of Retired
Executives provide counseling, workshops, and more
support and assistance for businesses.
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State
Office of Minority and Women Business Assistance
(SOMWBA) www.somwba.state.ma.us
Massachusetts agency that promotes the development
of businesses and nonprofit organizations owned or
operated by minorities and women. Excellent links
to local business resources.
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Center
for Women & Enterprise www.cweboston.org
Workshops and assistance for prospective and
current women business owners.
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International Institute of Boston www.iiboston.org/client/financial.htm
Expert counseling; assistance; loans for refugees or approved political asylees seeking to start or build a small business.
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Massachusetts
Traffic Volume Counts Database www.mhd.state.ma.us/default.asp?pgid=content/traffic01&sid=about
The Massachusetts Highway Department's annual
traffic data, organized by town and by route.
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General Resources
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SCORE:
Service Corps of Retired Executives
www.score.org.
SCORE, a nonprofit organization that provides
counseling to entrepreneurs, offers free email
counseling with experts in your field,
sixty-second guides on business issues,
business-plan and financial templates, online
workshops, and links to many recommended
sites. The site map helps to navigate this
complex site. |
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Business.usa.gov
www.business.usa.gov/
Use this federal meta-site to find federal
assistance programs, law and regulations,
demographic information, taxes, and much more. |
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CCH Business Owners Toolkit www.toolkit.cch.com
Extensive information and advice on starting and
running a small business. Of particular interest
are current news updates, a guide to winning
government contracts, and a wide range of
downloadable business forms. The fee-based Power
Search section provides trademark searches and
other services.
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Central Register http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/35812
State, county, and municipal contracts out to bid for
construction-related projects for Massachusetts public
facilities.
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FindLaw Small Business Tool Kit
http://smallbusiness.findlaw.com
Emphasizes legal matters,
including contracts, human resources issues,
taxes, funding, consumer issues, much more. You'll
find guidance on many tricky legal issues, as well
as downloadable forms.
Goods and Services Bulletin
http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/35909
Petitions for acquiring non-construction goods and
services for Massachusetts government agencies.
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Entrepreneur.com
www.entrepreneur.com
Whether you're starting or already running a small business,
Entrepreneur Magazine's website is packed with useful
tips on subjects including marketing, money, home business, and business ideas based on industry or interest.
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Small Business Administration
www.sba.gov
Practical information about small-business matters, from the federal small business agency.
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U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office www.uspto.gov
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Business Know-How
www.businessknowhow.net
Articles and links on topics of interest to small businesses.
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