Starting a Business

Start-up resources for entrepreneurs and new businesses beginning from planning, preparation and laying the groundwork.

Key Subject Headings

Small business - management · Entrepreneurship · New business enterprises · Small Business - Start-up resources for entrepreneurs and new businesses beginning from planning, preparation and laying the groundwork

Call Number Browsing

658.4 Small business · 332.742 Loans

Periodicals & Newsletters

Entrepreneur magazine · Enterprise· INC · Sales & Marketing Management · Business Direct Weekly · MiBiz West

Idea Stage

331.128 Ca Careers for self-starters and other entrepreneurial types
658.84 On 101 best dot.coms to start
658.1141Ro 101 best businesses to start
Ref 658.1 Bu Small business sourcebook
Video 658.11 In Inc.magazines’s how to really start your own business

General Preparation Stage

658.4012 St Plan your business by Kalamazoo College SBDC
658.1592 St Starting a business in Michigan by Michigan Jobs Commission
658.11 En Entrepreneur Magazine’s Start Up series…How to start a…
Video 658.401 St Starting and running your own business

Planning Resource

BUSINESS PLANS:
Ref 658.1 Bu Business Plans Handbook
Video 658.02 Sm The business plan

BUSINESS STRUCTURE:
346.7306 Si Sole proprietorship: small business startup kit
346.7306 Mi Partnerships step by step

FINANCIAL PLAN:
658.1524 Ma Cash rules: Learn to manage the 7 cash flow drivers …
Video 658.152 Ma Maximize cash flow

TAXES:
336.73 Un IRS Publication 583 “Starting a business and keeping records”

MARKETING PLAN:
658.802 Ba Market planning guide
Business Bins Sales & Marketing Management “Survey of Buying Power”
Research Stations Databases:
Reference Center Gold
Business & Industry
Reference USA
Associations Unlimited

FINANCING:
Local Yellow Pages Bank Listings
657 Ca SBA Loan Book

THE COMPETITION:
338.02 St Standard Industrial Classification Manual
338 An RMA Annual statement studies
Standard & Poors Industry Outlook
Research Station Database: Business & Compnay, Reference USA

Tax Table

Current Reproducible Federal & State business tax forms [10 cents per page]

Small Business Assistance Websites
SBDC Small Business Development Centers - HOME PAGE
SCORE Service Core of Retired Executives - HOME PAGE
Kalamazoo County Chamber of Commerce - HOME PAGE
Michigan Economic Development - HOME PAGE

For a complete local listing of nonprofit and educational organizations ask at the reference desk for the brochure “Starting or managing your own business”
[BIC reference drawer at the adult information desk Folder 658]

Selected Goverment Agencies

Registration of business name: Kalamazoo County Clerk
Licenses: City Clerk, Michigan Economic Development Corporation
State Taxes &Business sales tax application forms & information: Michigan Department of Treasury
Federal Tax I.D. number, tax information & forms: IRS