Research Guides
Business Planning Resources Guide
Library Books from the South Florida Library
Use the Voyager catalog at http://library.devry.edu/ to locate additional titles held by the South Florida and other DeVry University campus libraries.
Business Planning Guide. (Call Number: HD 30.28 .B362 2002)
Business Plans for Dummies. (Call Number: HD 30.28 .T575 1997)
Business Plans Handbook. (Call Number: HD 62.7 .B865 1995)
Business Plans Made Easy. (Call Number: HD 30.28 .H474 1999)
Definitive Business Plan. (Call Number: HD 30.28 .S78 2002)
Entrepreneur Magazine's Creating a Successful Business Plan. 4th ed.
(Call Number: HD 30.28 .E58 1999)
How to Prepare and Present a Business Plan. (Call Number: HG 4027.7 .M35 1983)
How to Write a .com Business Plan. (Call Number: HF 5548.32 .E33 2001)
Prentice Hall Encyclopedia of Model Business Plans.
(Call Number: REF HD 30.28 .C76 1998)
Small business management: An entrepreneur's guidebook. HD62.7 .S5943 2003
Total Business Planning: A Step-by-Step Guide with Forms (with computer disk)
(Call Number: HD 30.28 .B87 1999)
Journals & Magazines Available from the South Florida Library
The journals, magazines and newspapers are arranged alphabetically in the Periodical Section of the library. The library maintains the last 2 years of most magazines.
Selected print business titles received by the DeVry University South Florida Library include:
Black Enterprise
Business Horizons
Business Week
Entrepreneur
Florida Trend: The Magazine of Florida Business
Forbes
Fortune
Fortune Small Business
Harvard Business Review
Hispanic Business
MIT/Sloan Review
South Florida Business Journal
Wall Street Journal
NetLibrary E-Books
http://www.netlibrary.com/
Business Planning Guide. Dearborn, 1998.
Business Plans to Game Plans. Silver Lake Publishing, 1994.
Creating a Total Rewards Strategy: A Toolkit for Designing Business-based Plans.
AMACOM, 2003.
Inc. Magazine Presents How to Create a Successful Marketing Plan. Business Resources, 1996.
If Your Want to Make God Laugh, Show Him Your Business Plan. Wiley, 1999.
Leading Edge Business Planning for Entrepreneurs. Dearborn, 1999.
Seven Steps to a Successful Business Plan. AMACOM, 2003.
Start-up Guide: A One-Year Plan for Entrepreneurs. Dearborn, 1998.
Your First Business Plan: A Simple Question and Answer Format. Sourcebooks, 1998.
DeVry University South Florida Library Business Databases
Open Source Directory Project /Small Business: Business Plans http://dmoz.org/Business/Small_Business/Business_Plans/
Online Magazines
Entrepreneur Magazine http://www.entrepreneur.com/
On-line edition of the popular Entrepreneur magazine, including articles (searchable for the past 5 years), small business shareware library, bulletin boards, chat rooms, sample business plans, and more
Fast Company http://www.fastcompany.com/
On-line edition of one of MyBusinessAnalyst's favorite print magazines! Contains plenty of exciting articles about emerging businesses. The website is well organized, expansive, and covers up to date issues for today's entrepreneur. It is a must read.
Inc. http://www.inc.com/home/
Inc.com, the website for Inc. magazine, delivers advice, tools, and services, to help business owners and CEOs start, run, and grow their businesses more successfully.
Venture Capital by Business Week
Venture Capital Journal http://www.vcjnews.com/
Provides news and analysis of the private equity markets.
Small Business Funding Sources
United States Small Business Administration http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html
Small Business Administration (SBA) has numerous programs and services designed to help small businesses succeed. The web sites provides help in:
- Business Plan Basics
- Writing the Plan
- Using the Plan
- Specific Training
- Business Loans
Federal Business Opportunities http://www.fedbizopps.gov/
FedBizOpps.gov is the single government point-of-entry (GPE) for Federal government procurement opportunities over $25,000. Government buyers are able to publicize their business opportunities by posting information directly to FedBizOpps via the Internet.
Funding Net http://www.funding.net/
This website links up investors and the people who need them.
Foundation Center http://www.fdncenter.org/
The Foundation Center assists not-for-profit organizations locate funds from a variety of foundations, government agencies and philanthropists.
VFinance.com http://www.vfinance.com/
A directory of venture capital sources.
General Business Web Sites
American Express Small Business Plan Resources
http://home3.americanexpress.com/smallbusiness/tool/biz_plan/index.asp
Better Business Bureau http://www.bbbonline.org/
Phone: (703) 276-0100
Instant access to business and consumer alerts and resources. File a complaint online and locate your local bureau. This web site is sponsored by the Council of Better Business Bureaus and the BBB system of over 150 bureaus located throughout the United States and Canada.
B-plans.com http://www.bplans.com/
This web site contains the largest single collection of free sample business plans online.
Florida: Starting a Small Business http://www.eflorida.com/ContentSubpage.aspx?id=428
Small business resources are found on the Enterprise Florida Inc. (EFI) website. EFI is a public-private partnership devoted to Florida statewide economic development.
How to Write Business Plans by Steve Baba, Ph.D. http://www.howtowritebusinessplans.com
This web site gives the main principles of writing business plans.
How to Write a Business Plan
http://www.business-plan.20m.com/how_to_write_a_business_plan_av.html
The site shows you how to develop a successful Business Plan.
MyBusinessAnalyst.com http://mybusinessanalyst.com
This web site is an Internet-based business firm offering products and services changing the way serious companies approach the art of business management. It assists clients in the preparation of professional business plans that get results as well as provide business- related software and other products to assist in day to day management.
Nolo Small Business
http://www.nolopress.com/lawcenter/index.cfm/catID/19B45DBF-E85F-4A3D-950E3E07E32851A7
Small business information from the legal research publisher which covers starting a business, choosing a business structure, writing a business plan, and business operations.
Securities and Exchange Commission http://www.sec.gov
The Security and Exchange Commission's guide to help you understand the capital raising process and how to comply with the federal securities laws.
Start-a-Business.com http://www.start-a-business.com/
One stop shop for business incorporation within the U.S. and offshore.
