List of Reference Sources for Business Plans

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LIST OF REFERENCE SOURCES

Here is a great list of reference sources to use in developing a business or marketing plan. Although you'll find some references with links to websites, all of these sources should be available at your public library.

SOURCE

DESCRIPTION

PRATT'S GUIDE TO VENTURE CAPITAL SOURCES, by Venture Economics, Inc.

Sources of money

HANDBOOK OF BUSINESS FINANCE & CAPITAL SOURCES by Dileep Rao

Sources of money

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ASSOCIATIONS

Professional & trade associations

NATIONAL TRADE & PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS OF THE U.S.

Professional & trade associations

STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION MANUAL (SIC)

Classifies by type of activity, used for comparability of statistical data

THOMAS REGISTER

Name & addresses of equipment mfgrs & suppliers

INDUSTRY NORMS AND KEY BUSINESS RATIOS (Dun & Bradstreet Credit Service)

Annual listing of financial results of 800 business lines

RMA ANNUAL STATEMENT STUDIES (Robert Morris Assoc.)

Compiles current and historical financial data for industries by company asset and sales size. Used by banks for analyzing business loan requests.

SOURCEBOOK OF DEMOGRAPHICS & BUYING POWER FOR EVERY ZIP CODE IN THE USA

Source for population and income data by zip code.

VENTURE FEASIBILITY PLANNING GUIDE, Jeffrey Shuman, Natick MA: Lord Publishing Inc, 1988

Feasibility planning guide.

BAROMETER OF SMALL BUSINESSES (Accounting Corporation of America, San Diego)

Gives operating ratios for many types of small businesses.

EXPENSES IN RETAIL BUSINESSES (National Cash Register Company, Marketing Services Dept, Dayton, OH)

Gives operating ratios for many retail businesses.

QUARTERLY REPORT FOR MANUFACTURING CORPORATIONS (Federal Trade Commission-Securities & Exchange Commission, U.S. Govt printing office)

Gives raw data on manufacturing corporations in the U.S. that you can use to calculate your own financial ratios for various types of expenses.

STATISTICAL ABSTRACT OF THE UNITED STATES (U.S. Bureau of the Census)

Gives data for marketing research.

U.S. INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK

Gives data on industries.

COUNTY & CITY DATA BOOK OF THE STATISTICAL ABSTRACT SUPPLEMENT

Source of population, income, ethnic groups, etc., by county & city.

CALIFORNIA ALMANAC

Gives data on industries for California.