General Small Business Information:
www.sba.gov - Small Business Administration site; vast amounts of information; detailed information on developing business plans; on-line library
www.score.org - National SCORE site; in-line e-counseling; business plan template; links to other sites
www.scorereading.org - Reading Chapter SCORE site
www.paopen4business.state.pa.us - PA state forms, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on business startups
www.kutztownsbdc.org - the Kutztown University SBDC provides high quality business management consulting, information, and educational programs for the small business entrepreneur
www.nolo.com - commercial site selling legal information; good library for free business information
www.inventpa.com - PA business site; entrepreneur's guide (115 pages)
www. entrepreneurship.MIT.edu/resources_research.php - general small business information, support, resources, seminars
www. business.com/directory/small_business/index.asp – Small business information and resources
www.inc.com/advice - General business advice; library of small business articles; case studies
www.morebusiness.com - Templates and samples of business, marketing, and advertising plans
www.benchmarkindex.com - provides benchmarking to other businesses
www.welcomebiz.com - Extensive resource starting-up a business
Business, Marketing, Advertising Plan Development
www.sba.gov/starting/indexbusplans.html - Extensive business plan templates (free)
www.paloalto.com - Extensive listing of business template software (cost $100 - $200 range)
www.jian.com - Business planning software tools ($50 - $100 range)
www.bizplanit.com/free/software.html - Business plan resources
www.business-plan.com - Listing of business seminars; workshops; books; software
www.bizstats.com - Operational and financial performance data and metrics
www.bplans.com - Several business plans for personal services, restaurants, distributor, etc.
www.morebusiness.com - Samples of business plans, marketing plans, contracts, business loans
www.toolkit.cch.com - provides model business plans for the SOHO market