Additional Business Resources
Planning Links
Business Plans
- Small Business Administration: Create Your Business Plan
Essential elements of a good business plan - Bplans.com
Sample business plans, marketing plans, tips for presenting plans and other useful links - About.com Business Plans Writing
Planning templates, downloads, reviews, help and advice - Business Owner's Toolkit
Downloadable sample plans that illustrate required content - More Business
Sample business and marketing plans, contracts and more - Entrepreneur Magazine: How to Create a Business Plan
Step-by-step guide for creating a business plan
Marketing Plans
- How to Write a Marketing Plan
How to write a marketing plan for a library and information service - Small Business Marketing: How to Develop a Marketing Plan
Step-by-step guide to developing a marketing plan - Small Business Administration: How to Market Your New Business
An article on growing your business with a marketing plan.
Market and Demographic Data
Profiles & Statistics
- United States Census Bureau
United States demographic information for all states, including sex, age, race, relationship, household type & housing tenure - American Factfinder
Statistics about population, housing, industry & business - FedStats
Official statistical information available to the public from the Federal Government, tracks economic and population trends, health care costs, aviation safety, foreign trade, energy use, farm production & more - Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage
Electronic version of Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys - Industry Research Desk
Tools for researching specific companies, industries and manufacturing processes, including a tutorial on how to learn about an industry or a specific company, industry data, industry home pages & manufacturing process home pages - Hoovers Online
Click the Companies & Industries button from the menu for industry snapshots - Federal Reserve of St. Louis
Economic Database housing a wide variety of economic data including Pricing, Production, Population, Trade Balance, the Business Cycle, & much more
Industry Classification
Industry Data
- North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
Common industry definitions for Canada, Mexico and the United States, along with information about new industries and sectors as well as correspondence information between NAICS and the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system - Standard Industrial Classification Code Search
The 1987 version SIC manual
General Small Business Information
- Small Business Administration
Financial, technical and management assistance to help you start, run and grow your businesses - Entrepreneur.com
Articles from Entrepreneur Magazine and resources for business developers - Service Corp of Retired Engineers
Counseling and workshops for business owners
Utah SBDC Network
Utah SBDC Website
Register for training and counseling at any center in the state.
Utah SBDC Locations
- Blanding
435-678-8102
715 W. 200 South
Blanding UT 84511 - Brigham City*
435-734-2277 ext 257
265 W. 1100 South
Brigham City UT 84302 - Cedar City
435-865-7707
77 N. Main St.
Cedar City UT 84720 - Ephraim
435-283-7376
150 E. College Ave., Box 1019
Ephraim UT 84627 - Kaysville
801-593-2202
450 S. Simmons Way
Kaysville UT 84037 - Logan
435-797-2277
1300 E. 700 North, R124
Logan UT 84322 - Moab*
435-678-8102
217 E. Center, Suite 250
Moab UT 84532 - Orem/Provo
801-863-8230
812 W. 1250 South, Room 110
Orem UT 84058 - Price
435-613-5435
Price UT 84501 - Richfield*
435-893-2252
800 W. 200 South, Room 155W
Richfield UT 84701 - Sandy
801-957-5441
9750 S. 300 West, MCPC 200
Sandy UT 84070 - St. George
435-652-7741
1071 E. 100 South, Bldg C, C7
St. George UT 84770 - Tooele*
435-843-3129
47 S. Main Street
Tooele UT 84074 - Vernal
435-789-6100
320 North Aggie Blvd.
Vernal UT 84078
* Denotes a satellite center
Other State and Federal Resources
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