Business Administration: Small Business Resources
A guide designed to help you research and locate Business Administration materials at Fisk and beyond.
Importance of Side Hustle
Small Business Reference
The Small Business Planner by ISBN: 9781600379055Publication Date: 2011-06-01The Small Business Planner is the most comprehensive book available to assist entrepreneurs in avoiding costly mistakes. Starting a new business? There is a complete check list with detailed Do's and Don'ts.
Small Business Guide
The Small Business Administration 504 Loan Program by ISBN: 9781633214668Publication Date: 2014-01-01
Business Websites
- AllBusinessThis site has nearly 1,500 articles on issues essential to running a business, over 200 business forms and agreements, calculators for estimating costs, checklists for decisions, and information in a variety of categories including human resources, insurance, legal, etc.
- Fasttrac Resource CenterProduced by the Kauffman Foundation of Entrepreneurship, this web resource for small business owners centralizes access to hundreds of entrepreneurial resources on the web, combines this with Kauffman's own content, and makes it all easy to find.
- SCORE--Counselors to America's Small BusinessThe Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) works in cooperation with the U.S. Small Business Administration to advise and assist small business. See especially their valuable list of links to additional small business information on the web.
- Small Business Development Center (SBDC) ClearinghouseSmall Business Snapshots: The popular (and free!) market research reports cover industry trends, market statistics, customer demographics, recent business articles, and links to industry trade associations. A complete alphabetized archive appears in the sidebar to the right.
Business Motivation Quotes
Tennessee Business Information
- Economy at a Glance by BLS - TennesseeU.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics for Tennessee workforce.
- Municipal Technical Advisory Service (MTAS)Established in 1949 by the Tennessee General Assembly, MTAS provides technical advice to cities and towns across the state: their governing bodies, mayors, city managers, city recorders, and city department heads.
- Tennessee Dept. of Economic & Community DevelopmentContains various types of assistance in starting or locating a business in Tennessee
- Tennessee Quarterly Business and Economic Indicators ReportsThis report is created to provide a periodic snapshot of the state’s economy based on a variety of information, including new business data from the Division of Business Services.
- Tennessee State Data CenterThe Census State Data Center (SDC) program is a State/Census Bureau cooperative program with a mission of providing efficient access to US Census data and products, providing training and technical assistance to data users, and providing feedback to the Census Bureau on data usability, as well as state and local government data needs and operational issues.
- TSBDC--Tennessee Small Business Development CentersTSBDC offers free assistance to help Tennessee business owners develop successful businesses. Their web page has a description of their services, an entrepreneur's manual, links to additional web resources and more.
Quick Links
- Fisk University Library HomepageFind general information on the Franklin Library including hours, the Special Collections Department and more.
- Franklin Library CatalogQuickly search the Franklin Library catalog to find books, articles and more!
- Interlibrary Loan Request FormA request form for books and journals that are not owned by Fisk University. Complete all the information and email to library staff.
