Collection spotlight | St. Charles City-County Library

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The Small Business Administration lists 10 Steps to Start Your Business. The Library can help you work through the first five.

Step 1	Conduct Market Research
Analyzing Market Size and Demographics Use Gale Business: DemographicsNow (tutorial here) to analyze the demographics, attitudes, and spending habits of consumers in any geography in the US so that you can make the right choices for your business or nonprofit.

Step 2	Write Your Business Plan
Follow a Guided Path Take a step-by-step approach to completing your business plan, and position your business or nonprofit for success with Gale Business: Plan Builder.

Step 3	Find Funding
Financing Your Business The financial aspect of running a business or nonprofit is an important component of a company’s operations. Find articles, sample business plans, news, links to relevant websites, important resources and more in Gale Business: Entrepreneurship.

Step 4	Pick Your Location
Choosing a Business Location Use data from a variety of reports and maps within Gale Business: DemographicsNow (tutorial here) to help make an informed choice about where to locate a new or expanded business or nonprofit.

Step 5	Choose a legal structure
Navigate the legal issues that surround starting a business Save 60 hours a year on average and over $15,000 in potential attorneys’ fees with Legal GPS.

Need More Help? Make an appointment with Brad Smith, Information Resource Manager, Business & Nonprofit Services at the Spencer Road Branch Library.

	6-week start-up : a step-by-step program for starting your business, making money, and achieving your goals by Rhonda Abrams
	How to write a business plan : win backing and support for your ideas and ventures (6th ed) by Brian Finch
	Target funding : a proven system to get the money & resources you need to start or grow your business by Kedma Ough
	Startup, scaleup, screwup : 42 tools to accelerate lean & agile business growth by Jurgen Appelo.
	Legal forms for starting & running a small business by Attorney Fred S. Steingold.