Entrepreneurship & Small Business: Web Sources

Where Entrepreneurs find inspiration, ideas, and research from Stanford University

This section of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) website is specifically tailored to the needs and questions of small business owners, focusing on federal anti-discrimination laws. Resources include FAQs, videos, a Tips section, a glossary, and others.

"Articles, interviews, business profiles, financing, marketing, advertising and legislative news of note aimed at the small business owner or those planning to start a new or additional business" description from Ebsco where full text is available to current students.

"The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation created entrepreneurship.org as an online resource for people growing great ideas." The site contains articles, videos, & podcasts on all aspects of starting and growing a business.

SBA's Learning Center offers dozens of free training videos/courses on various aspects of starting and running a small business.

Supported by the US Small Business Administration, SCORE is a non-profit that works to help small businesses get a successful start. Join a local chapter, find a mentor, attend a workshop, or get advice. This site has plenty of resources and free or low-cost help for entrepreneurs.

Browse SCORE's free content library, which includes articles/blog posts, templates, eguides, and more, all on small business topics. Narrow by topic, format, entrepreneur type, industry, and business stage (pre- or in business).

"The SBA provides you with a wealth of information unique to small business through monthly chat events, electronic newsletters, podcasts and a myriad of business resources to support your business needs."

"Learn the steps to start a small business, get financing help from the government, and more."

Provides a list of financial resources for small businesses.

From the US Small Business Association (SBA): "Your business plan is the foundation of your business. Learn how to write a business plan quickly and efficiently with a business plan template."

This site includes sample plans, tips, a template, and a tutorial on writing a business plan.

From the e-commerce-hosting company Shopify, this guide is tailored to the needs of entrepreneurs and businesses launching e-commerce stores.

From Growthink, a company who helps entrepreneurs grow their business. This page has multiple business plan templates and tips to creating your plan

The BBB works to advance marketplace trust by accrediting businesses with high standards for customer service, transparency and ethical business practices; assisting with resolution with complaints about businesses from customers; tracking scams; and providing other information.

Created by the International Business Center at Michigan State University (IBC), globalEDGE is a knowledge web-portal that includes information, insights, and learning resources on global business activities. This site's many features include a global resource directory, online course modules, and data comparison tools.

Serves as a forum for innovation in business practice, giving cutting-edge thinking from over 200 Harvard Business School faculty. Articles touch on a wide range of of business and finance-related topics.

Website of the US government agency responsible for research and recommendations on improving workplace safety and preventing occupational injuries and illness. Users can search or browse by industry/occupation, disease/illness, hazard/exposure, chemical, and other topics.

Part of the U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA was created "to assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance." The OSHA website has sections for Workers and Employers as well as information on current laws and regulations, training, and more.

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research.

Today's international headlines

"The SBA provides you with a wealth of information unique to small business through monthly chat events, electronic newsletters, podcasts and a myriad of business resources to support your business needs."

National, international, state and local economic information as well as industry accounts.

Compare economic traits of various countries, such as GDP, stock of money, and resource production

"The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services. Indexes are available for the U.S. and various geographic areas. Average price data for select utility, automotive fuel, and food items are also available."

This project provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms in 189 economies and selected cities and countries.

"EconBiz is a subject portal for economics and business studies. It offers: A literature search across important German and international databases, including the holdings of ZBW [Leibniz Information Centre for Economics]; Access to free and licensed full texts on the internet; A calendar of events for scholarly conferences and summer schools; The reference service Research Guide, EconDesk, which answers your questions about the search for literature and statistical data; The section research skills with the online tutorial Guided Walk on how to search, evaluate and cite scholarly publications."

The EPI is "a non-profit, non-partisan think tank...created in 1986 to broaden discussions about economic policy to include the needs of low- and middle-income workers."

The central bank of the 19 European Union countries using the euro monetary system. ECB develops and issues euro banknotes, supervises euro banks, manages financial infrastructure, and works to preserve financial stability.

All aspects of federal economic data both historic and modern.

from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce

"Each quarter from public regulatory filings dispersed across Federal Banking Agencies, we collect, generate interactive data, and then publish internet-ready content about Banks, Domestic Financial and Bank Holding Companies, Thrifts and Credit Unions."

"The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an organization of 190 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world."

The Peterson Institute for International Economics is a private, nonprofit institution for rigorous, intellectually open, and in-depth study and discussion of international economic policy.

"Free and open access to data about development in countries around the globe." Find world development indicators, open finances, open government data toolkits by country or topic.