Small Business

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Contact Information

Glenn Muske — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 09:30:00 -0600

Glenn Muske

Rural and Agribusiness Enterprise Development Specialist

Center for Community Vitality

North Dakota State University Extension Service

2718 Gateway Ave, Suite 104

Bismarck, ND 58503

701-328-9718

701-328-9721 (fax)

Glenn.Muske@ndsu.edu

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Tools for Small Business Owners

Glenn Muske — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 09:25:00 -0600

University

Purdue Extension

Business Tools

Business Planning Tool

University of Wisconsin Extension Center for Community and Economic Development

Tourism Business Development Toolbox

SBA

20 Questions to Ask Before Starting a Business
Startup Assessment Tool
Tools for Online Success
Exporting Tool

Understanding Your Market

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Patent and Trademark Search searches in addition to other online services

Other

Entrepreneur - Break-Even Calculator

Small Food Business

- Small Food Business blog

- Food Product Cost and Pricing Calculator (charge involved)

- Gredio.com - Food production tool (free for up to 5 recipes)

Data Sources

Glenn Muske — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 09:25:00 -0600

ND State Data Center

U.S. Census

U.S. Census Factfinder

U.S. County CenState data

U.S. Census Statistical Abstracts

U.S. Census Electronic Commerce activity

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

SBA Small Business Data Resources

SBA SizeUp - Benchmarking Tool

SBA Research and Statistics

SBA Small Business State Profiles

IRS Business Tax Statistics

U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

USDA

State Fact Sheets

Atlas of Rural and Small-Town America

FedStats

University of Wisconsin Extension List of Data Sites

Private Research Firms - You may need to try them out to see what best meets your needs or stop in and get information as needed.

Altimeter

Compete - A blog you might enjoy

comScore - Useful information in their blog

eMarketer - sign up for free newsletter and blog

Moody's Economic Indicators

Google Public Data

Marketing Charts - B2B - Sign up for newsletter

Nielsen

Pew Research

Research Brief from MediaPost Blogs - Helpful newsletter

Stats America

StatsAmerica - Innovation

StatsAmerica - Innovation - Any Data

YourEconomy - Edward Lowe Foundation

Broadband

Youth Entrepreneurship

Glenn Muske — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 09:23:09 -0600

North Dakota

Marketplace

ND Youth Forward

Junior Achievement

Other

BizWorld

Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education

Small Business

Sandy Erickson — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 09:20:00 -0600

Supporting North Dakota entrepreneurs and small business owners along with the communities where they live

No matter how you classify your business - sole proprietorship, micro business, copreneurial endeavor, home-based business, family business, partnership, corporation, or something else, most small businesses at some time need help so you can achieve your goals. Our task is to provide some of the help you need. This help includes:

providing working knowledge and information through education,
developing resource provider networks to support small business owners,
networking business owners, and
engaging business owners and other professionals in on-going discussions of issues, solutions, and ideas.

Our focus is to help North Dakota small business owners and entrepreneurs get started and grow. Support will be provided to all kinds of businesses with an emphasis on rural businesses and value-added agricultural enterprises. Achieving all this will mean building partnerships and networks throughout the university, including extension, research or teaching, North Dakota and the U.S. .

In addition to the resources you find here, check out our social media activity. Help others by joining the conversation. :

Contact Information:

Glenn Muske, Rural and Agribusiness Enterprise Development Specialist

2718 Gateway Ave, Suite 104
Bismarck, ND 58503
701-328-9718

glenn.muske@ndsu.edu