GUIDES & RESOURCES
Business Plans & Proposals
A quick guide containing links to selected websites, books, movies, magazines, online databases and other resources to help you find what you are looking for.
Websites
- Small Business Administration's Business Planner
- SCORE - Counselors to America's Small Business
- Guide to Writing a Business Plan from Missouri Small Business Development Centers
- AllBusiness.com
- BPlans.com
Library Materials
Online Databases
- Business Index ASAP
- Search for articles on how to write business plans and other business topics.
- Business Source Premier
- Provides full text for more than 2,800 scholarly business journals. Locate articles from well-known business periodicals.
- General Business File ASAP
- This multi-faceted database provides information on businesses and companies.
- ReferenceUSA
- This multi-faceted database provides information on businesses and companies.
- Small Business Resource Center
- Includes sample business plans from the multi-volume set Business Plans Handbook.
Organization Links
- Central Indiana SBDC (Small Business Development Center)
9301 E. 59th St. Room 147
Indianapolis, IN 46216
(317) 233-7232- Provides free counseling to help develop business plans and solve problems in existing businesses.
- Business Ownership Initiative of Indiana/Central Indiana Women's Business Center
- 4755 Kingsway Drive, Suite 314
Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 917-3266 - Programs include business counseling and a 20-hour Business Beginnings class. Formerly known as the Neighborhood Self-Employment Initiative.
- SBA Indiana
- U.S. Small Business Administration - Indiana District Office
8500 Keystone Crossing, Suite 400
Indianapolis, IN 46240
(317) 226-7272 - Counseling and training sessions are available to those starting or running businesses.
- SCORE (Counselors to America’s Small Business)
- 8500 Keystone Crossing, Suite 401
Indianapolis, IN 46240
(317) 226-7264 - Offers one-on-one counseling and a monthly workshop "Starting and Running Your Own Successful Small Business". Registration is required.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- Where can I find a template that I can fill in for a business plan?
- Templates for four different styles of business plans are provided by the University of Colorado.
