Mani MasoodSmall business owners are used to doing more with less. Most embrace the innovative spirit of entrepreneurship, transforming big ideas into products and services to meet market demand. Many small business owners however struggle with the tactical demands of day-to-day operations.
It is not easy to keep the engine going, positive energy flowing and new ideas keep on flowing. Hope the Startup small business – key 10 online resources help you find the information that you are looking for.
Startup small business – key 10 online resources has a few good places to start for ideas, operational strategies and motivation. I intend to add more on regular basis – if you know of a website that you have found to be of value feel free to share with me.
INC.COM
This is an online excellent resource center for small business owners in its “How to Start a Small Business” there is a Start-up Guide. This website covers everything from writing a business plan, conducting initial market research, low-cost marketing for your start-up, raising capital, how to pitch your business to investors, and more.
CNN MONEY
One of the online resources there are many standard resources in this website like strategy articles, small business news. It tells the small business entrepreneurs on how to get started. It showcases small business success stories.
DUCT TAPE MARKETING
Marketing is one of the core pillars of any business regardless of the size of business model it’s running. However, the mindset carried by most small business owners and entrepreneurs is that money is tight and marketing functions are almost always cost-prohibitive.
Monster Small Business
Part of Monster website group, which offers best online resource for the small business starters. It offers entrepreneurs of small-to-medium sized businesses a dedicated career and social network to connect with other entrepreneurs and get expert advice on building and growing a booming business.
SCORE
No list can be complete without SCORE, previously known as the Service Corps of Retired Executives, is a non-profit organization setup to help entrepreneurs and start-ups to gain from the experience of its members.
Entrepreneur Magazine
Has an excellent site, navigating and finding meaningful information may be a challenge, but if you want to learn about how others have made it – this is an excellent site.
Bplans.com
Owned and operated by Business Plan Pro, is more certainly my favorite destination. It has information on strategy, marketing, and business operations. You can find hundreds if not thousands of articles and business plans to refer to and since I am a big fan of planning that’s where I recommend that you start.
Open Forum
A site of American Express Open Business card services has great resources on budgeting and planning. Has sections on starting on you own business as well however I found them to be lacking a bit in materiality – none the less its good resource and you may find something of value.
Fast Company
Editorial resource that claims to be the world’s leading progressive business media brand, with a unique editorial focus on innovation in technology, ethonomics (ethical economics) leadership, and design.
Business 2.0
Used to be an excellent resource, it has lost its spunk since it was acquired by CNN, none the less you can still find good motivational articles and success stories.
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