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Business Start-Up


Books   l    Ebooks     l   Magazines & Newspapers    l   Online Databases    l   Research Guides    l    Websites
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 Books

 Bond's Franchise Guide by Robert E. Bond

 Do More Faster: TechStars Lessons to Accelerate Your Startup by David Cohen and Brad Feld

 The Elite Entrepreneur: How to Master the 7 Phases of Business and Take Your Company From Pennies to Billions by Ephren Taylor with Rusty Fischer

 The Entrepreneur Equation: Evaluating the Realities, Risks, and Rewards of Owning Your Own Business by Carol Roth

 How to Start a Business in Florida by Mark Warda

 The McGraw-Hill Guide to Starting Your own Business: A Step-By-Step Blueprint For the First-Time Entrepreneur by Stephen C. Harper

 Mommy Millionaire: How I Turned My Kitchen Table into a Million Dollars and How You Can, Too! by Kim Lavine

 
 Ready, Fire, Aim: Zero to $100 Million in No Time Flat by Michael Masterson

 

 The Small Business Survival Guide by Jason Reid

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 Ebooks

 Visit EBSCOhost for eBooks on this topic.

                  Seven Secrets for Negotiating With Government: How to Deal With Local, State, National, or Foreign Governments--and Come Out Ahead                         LLC or Corporation? How to Choose the Right Form For Your Business                           No Limit: The Texas Hold 'Em Guide to Winning in Business                              Language of Success: Business Writing That Informs, Persuades, and Gets Results

 

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 Magazines & Newspapers  
Read online now (library card required) Available in the Periodicals collection at Winter Park Public Library
Business Forum The New York Times Entrepreneur Florida Trend
Business Week Orlando Sentinel Harvard Business Review Inc.
The Economist Review of Business Fast Company
Forbes Survey of Current Business  


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 Online Databases (library card required)
 Databases
offer collections of articles and information from popular and scholarly journals, newspapers and other reference works.

 Business & Company Resource Center: Get company profiles, brand info, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and articles.

 Business Index ASAP: Management, indicators, practices, companies & industries.

 General Business File ASAP: Company & industry trends. Newspapers/journals, and directories.    

 Reference USA: Info on 12 million+ U.S. businesses plus articles.  Search parameters include business size, sales volume, location, home-base business & more.
    
 

 Small Business Resource Center: Offers over 2 million articles pertaining to small business needs. 

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 Research Guides

 Small Business Start-Up

 

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 Websites

 BPlansBusiness Plans and advice for all steps of a new business.
 

 Entrerpreneur.com: Extensive tips, articles, business plans and more, including franchise information.
 

 Florida Department of State: Division of Corporations: File business entities, trade and service marks, judgment liens, and fictitious name registrations. A registry & info
 resource for almost all business activity in Florida.

 

 Florida Trend Top Lists: The magazine's TopRank Florida lists tells you which companies lead in their respective industries.

 IRS: Small Business and Self-Employed One Stop Resource Center:
What you need to know about IRS reporting standards. Includes tax forms and more.

 My Florida.com - Business: Everything you need to know about doing business in Florida, including business licenses and permits, taxes, environmental concerns, etc.

 Suite101: Business and Finance: Find articles on hot-topic issues such as management, entrepreneurship, investments, etc. Also offers discussion forums and online
 courses.
 

 The UCF Small Business Development Center: The University of Central Florida’s Small Business Development Center provides fee-based business seminars and free
 
one-on-one counseling for Central Florida small business owners.

 

 U.S. Small Business Administration: Explore links to starting, financing, and expanding your business on this searchable site.

 Winter Park Chamber of Commerce: Mission: "...to develop, promote, and sustain a vital, thriving business climate..."  Members enjoy a variety of networking
 opportunities.


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