EntrepreneurshipThis is a list of Web sites related to entrepreneurship that we’ve compiled over the past three years. We can’t vouch that every link is still active, but there is a lot of good information here organized by subject area. If you come across a link in these pages that is no longer active, please let us know. Citizens Bank - Small Business National City Bank - Small Business PNC Bank - Small Business Banks http://www.citizensbank.com/sbusiness/bus_gtwa y.asp http://www.nationalcity.com/smallbusiness/default .asp http://www.pncbank.com/smbiz/0,3810,321,00.ht ml Business Plans & Planning Accounting and Financing http://www.onlinewbc.gov/docs/finance/ Accounting Spreadsheet (Templates for Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Cash Flow http://srv02a.sbdc.business.duq.edu/sbdc/files/ac Statement, etc.) countingsheet.xls BPlan.com Homepage http://www.bplans.com/index.cfm BPlan.com Alphabetical List of Biz Plans http://www.bplans.com/sp/businessplans.cfm BPlan.com Search Page http://www.bplans.com/sp/?a=st Business Calculators-Breakeven, Cash Flow, Investment Offering, Start-up Costs, Conversion Rate, E-mail ROI, Pay per Click http://www.entrepreneur.com/businessplan/calcul ROI, Discounted Cash Flow ators/ Business Calculators from SBA and Palo Alto http://www.bplans.com/contentkit/index.cfm?s=to Software ols&affiliate=sba Business Plan Archive http://www.businessplanarchive.org/ Business-Plan.com Homepage http://www.business-plan.com/ Business-Plan.com Biz Plan Outline http://www.business-plan.com/outline.html http://www.entrepreneur.com/Your_Business/YB_ Business Plans: Writing and Presentation Tips Node/0,4507,139,00.html http://www.entrepreneur.com/businessplan/0,725 3,,00.html Entrepreneur.com-How to build a business plan Ernst & Young Outline/Guide/ for A Business http://www.ey.com/global/download.nsf/US/EGC Plan S__Outline_for_a_Business_Plan/$file/Outline_for_ a_Business_Plan.pdf http://www.ey.com/global/download.nsf/Australia/ How_to_Create_a_Business_Plan/$file/Busplan. PDF http://www.ey.com/global/download.nsf/Isle_of_M an/BusinessPlan 1 Foundations of a Winning Business Plan, Harvard Article, May 23, 2005 Free Management Library for For-Profit and Nonprofit Organizations. Comprehensive library on 75+ plus topics How to Write a Business Plan (from McKinsey and Company) MoneyHunt Business Plan Template MyOwnBusiness.org - Sample Business Plan Product MyOwnBusiness.org - Sample Business Plan Service The Nine Drafts of a Compelling Business Plan – Techyvent/Pittsburgh article Oct 24, 2004 Sample Business Plans - SBA and Palo Alto Software SBA - Business Plan Basics Writing a High Impact Business Plan-BusinessWeek Online Courses Writing a Business Plan: The Basics Writing a Business Plan: Examples and Templates http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=4813&t=entre preneurship http://www.mapnp.org/library/ http://harryjoiner.typepad.com/proven_ways/2005 /04/how_to_write_a_.html http://webuser.bus.umich.edu/Programs/MAP/stu dentmap/McKINSEY_GUIDE.pdf http://www.moneyhunter.com/ http://www.myownbusiness.org/plans/sample_ht ml/all_product.html http://www.myownbusiness.org/plans/sample_ht ml/all_service.html http://newsletter.techyvent.com/e_article0003187 61.cfm?x=b3PjWQF,b1PK9P2q,w http://www.bplans.com/samples/sba.cfm http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/ba sic.html http://www.bwcourses.com/courses/overview.jsp? courseId=1114&mcid=amex http://www.entrepreneur.com/Your_Business/YB_ Node/0,4507,131,00.html http://www.entrepreneur.com/businessplan/a-z/ Company Directories http://yellowpages.superpages.com/yp.basic.jsp? STYPE=S SuperPages.com: Yellow Pages YellowPages.com(SM)- Yellow Pages, White Pages http://www.yellowpages.com/Index.aspx Company & Industry Data & Statistics Bureau of Economic Analysis, Department of Commerce http://www.bea.doc.gov/ BizStats.com - Useful Business Statistics Online http://www.bizstats.com/ CNN/Money http://money.cnn.com/ Census Bureau - Current Industrial Reports Manufacturing, Mining, Construction http://www.census.gov/cir/www/index.html Center for Venture Research - The Whittemore School of Business and Economics, University of New http://www.unh.edu/cvr/ Hampshire at 2 Hampshire at Durham County Business Patterns, University of VA Geospatial & Statistical Data Center County and City Data Books - University of VA Geospatial & Statistical Data Center Department of Commerce - STAT-USA.gov Department of Labor, Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) - Safety Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) System Search Dun and Bradstreet - Company Info & Industry Reports Economic Data, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Resource Guide – Many links on economic data for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the Unites States. 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Missouri Business Resource Center .com/index.stat-usa.census.pdf 17 Deadly Small Business Mistakes http://www.com/ Business EKG .Guy Kawasaki http://www.com/ About Entrepreneurs & Entrepreneurship http://entrepreneurs.com/qualities.changethis.Using the new Positive Psychology http://www.pittsburghregion.edu/pubitem. 2005 =-1&t=special_reports Creativity Workout http://thinksmart.sba.net/bridg/statistics.edu/ Best Practices .mavf.gov/advo/stats/sb_econ2004.html http://www.htm 25 Entrepreneurial Death Traps http://www.liraz.STAT-USA.American Marketing Association http://www.Kauffman Foundation http://www.cfm The Art of the Start .com/proven_ways/2005 /06/small_business.thesearetherules.Census Bureau Economic Programs Department of Commerce . and the Unites States.gov/ http://www.html http://www.sba.upenn. Advice 10 lessons for business success by Emerson’s http://www.jhtml?id=4768&sid Article April 25.sbaonline.typepad.authentichappiness.cfm?FUSEACTION=Studies_Reports http://www. Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Resource Guide – Many links on economic data for Pittsburgh.gov/advo/research/ http://www. Q&A http://www.com/ ChangeThis – Great archive of ‘points of view’ http://www.php?optio Chuck Knight n=com_content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=45 http://harryjoiner.missouribusiness.carnegielibrary.Research and Statistics Small Business Administration (SBA) .businessekg. Pennsylvania.pdf Entrepreneur Traits.com/Fred's Speeches/25EntrepreneurialDeathtraps.a sp http://www.reliablegrowth.hbs.gov Economic Data.gov/econ/www/ http://www.org/subject/business/d ata.shtml Authentic Happiness (Questionnaires) .html 4 .com/ Creativity—How Can I Get Some? Harvard http://hbswk.com/mission/workout/workout_in tro.about.gov/advo/stats/ http://www.sas.artofthestart.html 25 Lessons from Jack Welch ABCs of Small Business and Entrepreneur Success http://www.com/business_guide/m gmt_new-model_25lessons-welch.Small Business Economic Indicators for 2003 (Aug 2004) The Small Business Economy: 2004 (226-page report) http://www. Internet Marketing Mind Tools .top-quotes-andquotations. Reengineering. Business.com/history/entce ntury.10 question 'test' Innovation Toolkit InnovationTools Lessons of a Serial Entrepreneur . E-commerce.htm http://www.hbs.hbs.onlinewbc.com/library/index.gov/docs/expanding/ http://www.com/cgiwin/JTypes1.HBS Working Knowledge – Oct 22.liraz.personalitypathways. 2005 Managing Your Business Marketing Your Business The Marshall Goldsmith Library: Executive Leadership Training MeansBusiness .edu/item.org/ http://www.asp http://www.20.com/ http://www.htm http://www.html http://www.humanmetrics. 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