Small Business

• Business Organization Forms from the Texas Secretary of State
• City of Houston One Stop Business Center
• Greater Houston Partnership
• The Texas Business Advisor (from the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)
• Texas Governor's Department of Economic Development and Tourism (includes the Texas Community Profile for Houston)

• AllSmallBiz Search Engine
• Business and Industry News (from Louisiana State University Libraries Webliography)
• Current Industrial Reports (from Census Bureau)
• Consumer Information Catalog - Small Business
• Forbes The 200 Best Small Companies in America (See also, Forbes America's Best Big Companies)
• National Federation of Independent Businesses (advocacy organization representing small businesses. See their Toolbox and Helpful Websites)
• North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) (information on the business codes which will replace the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system)
• Small Business Administration
• Small Business Resource Center (from the U.S. Department of Labor) - see also Bureau of Labor Statistics
• U.S. Business Advisor (compiled by the Small Business Administration (SBA) and National Performance Review (NPR) using information from various agencies)
• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission - Small Business Information
• Wall Street Journal - Startup Journal (includes how-to, franchising, financing, technology, and running a business sections)

• American Demographics Magazine (search past issues from 1993 to present or review Tables of Contents back through 1993)
• Business Week Online (search archives for free, pay to see entire article)
• CNNMoney - Business, financial, personal finance, news (search CNNMoney transcripts by keyword(s))
• Entrepreneur Magazine 
• Forbes (search for specific dates, types of articles, or authors at advanced search; review articles in the Small Business section)
• Fortune (search back issues using the search box on this page)
• Houston Business Journal (search current or back issues of HBJ or search 39 business journals in the U.S.)
• Houston Chronicle Interactive (also, search back issues from the past week or if you have a current subscription to the paper.
• Inc. Online (search back issues using the search box on all pages)
• PR Newswire (search company news releases back issues up to 30 days ago)

• BusinessFinance.com (sources and related information on business funding)
• BusinessLaw.gov (guides, regulatory information, and tools)
• Business Plan Examples - MOOT CORP® Competition from Business Resource Software, Inc. ("MBAs from the best business schools in the world present their business plans to panels of investors.")
• Financing Your Business - U.S. Small Business Administration (see also, The Business Plan section)
• Getting Financing for Your Business from CCH Incorporated, a tax and business law information publisher
• Planning Your Business (how to prepare, write, and use a business plan) from CCH Incorporated, a tax and business law information publisher
• Sample Business and Marketing Plans (from Palo Alto Software)
• Small Business/Self-Employed (from the IRS)
• Small Business Law (from Nolo Press, a publisher of consumer-oriented legal books)
• Virtual Business Plan (breaks down the sections of a business plan that you can review by section -click each section on the left side of the screen)

• CompaniesOnline
• Hoover's Online (search or browse brief business reports and links to company web sites)
• Inc. 500 (list of the nation's fastest-growing private companies from Inc. magazine)
• Internet 800/888 Directory (toll-free phone numbers)
• Switchboard (business and residential phone numbers)
• Thomas Register of American Manufacturers
• U.S. Postal Service ZIP Code Lookup and Address Information

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