Business Resources

Compiled by staff at Hedberg Public Library, Janesville, Wisconsin

This page contains links to web sites and pages having to do with starting and operating a business. The information is divided into the following categories:

Accounting/Taxes | Business Directories-Yellow Pages | Business News
Business Plans | Business Statistics | Financing | Franchising | Legal Resources
Local Business Data | Marketing/Demographics | Trade

Accounting/Taxes

• American Accounting Association
• CCH's Business Owner's Toolkit
• CPI  Consumer Price Indexes
• Tax Information from the Wisconsin Business Resource Network
• Tax Info for Business  Information from the IRS .

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Business Directories

• Yahoo  Business and Economy
• Yahoo  Business to Business

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Business News

• CNN Financial Network
• Commerce Business Daily U.S. Government Contracting Opportunities
• SOHO Small Business Benefits Association
• The Wisconsin Department of Commerce

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Business Plans

• Bplans.com Small Business Planning Destination
• BizPlanIt.Com Internet-based Business Plan Consulting Firm
• Business Plan Examples MOOT CORP Competition
• SBA: Small Business Classroom Online Courses
• Small Business Exchange Creating an Effective Business Plan

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Business Statistics

• County Business Patterns
• Economic Census U.S. Census Bureau
• FedStats Federal Statistical Information
• FRED Federal Reserve Economic Data
• U.S.Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Wisconsin Business Resource Network Statistical Data

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Financing/Start-Up

• America's Business Funding Directory Business Capital Search Engine
• Business Resource Center
• EntrepreneurMag.com
• Online Women's Business Center (OWBC)
• SBA: Financing Your Business
• SCORE Non-profit group offering free advice
• Small Business Resource Help Center
• UW-Whitewater Small Business Development Center
• Wisconsin Small Business Development Center and area centers
• Yahoo! Small Business

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Franchising

• Franchise Handbook Online Enterprise Magazine, Inc.-Milwaukee, WI
• FRANinfo.com
• U.S. Business Advisor 

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Legal

• Badger State of Wisconsin website
• EDGAR U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
• SBA Legal, Regulatory, and FOIA Resources
• U.S. Business Advisor

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Local Business Data

• Janesville Business Information
• Janesville Community Facts - Chamber of Commerce - "Forward Janesville"
• Janesville Economic Activity Trends
• Janesville Gazette
• Rock County Official Website

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Marketing/Demographics

• Advertising Age
• American demographics - Consumer Trends and Marketing Solutions
• CPS Current Population Survey
• Janesville Demographics-Population
• Marketing Resource Center Traditional and Internet Marketing
• Rock County Population Figures

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Trade

• International Trade Administration  U.S. Dept. of Commerce
• International Trade Web Resources (FITA)
• OTEA Office of Trade and Economic Analysis
• South Central Wisconsin World Trade Association

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