Small Business Resources

Develop a business strategy, make personal investment decisions, research companies, and more with resources from over 4,000 leading business and trade publications.

Learn how to structure and write a business plan, with examples from actual plans in retail, service, and manufacturing industries.

The Business Plans Handbook Series provides a collection of business plans from companies like lawn care services, house cleaning, food trucks, pet boarding, coffee shops, party planning, and more. A business plan template is also provided to help users develop and structure their own plan.

An essential tool for research and marketing, this online collection provides authoritative directories on companies, publishers, and associations in industries like business, health and medicine, government, media, and more.

Access publications like Brands and their Companies, Encyclopedia of Associations, and the Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media for thousands of company and organization contact information.

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