http://www.bplans.com/start.cfm

This site is dedicated to supplying information about real implementable plans for small and medium sized businesses.

http://www.bizplans.com/

This is a site about business plans and business planning. It is presented by Palo Alto Software, Inc., publisher of Business Plan Pro™.

http://www.sb.gov.bc.ca/
smallbus/workshop/workshop.html

The online small business workshop includes five training sessions from evaluating a good idea through getting started.

http://www.ouc.bc.ca/libr/
connect96/search.htm

A workshop designed to teach you how to best surf the web and find what you want.

http://www.fuld.com

The Internet Intelligence Index is designed to help you gather competitive intelligence information. It contains links to over 300 intelligence-related Internet sites.

http://www.imarketinc.com/

Free demographic information by industry. Requires registration. Mailing lists and more information available for a fee.

http://www.stat-usa.gov/stat-usa.html

Government supplied information for national, regional and international economic accounts. Full service requires a minimum registration fee of $50 for three months.

http://www.clearinghouse.net/

This site was recommended in several publications as a large collection of guides to Internet resources. I had trouble accessing the category information.

http://blue.census.gov/statab/www/

An abridged version of the popular compilation of statistics.

http://www.census.gov/

All sorts of social, demographic, and economic statistics available.

http://www.oseda.missouri.edu/
uic/uicapps/xtabs3.html

Nice demographic reports summarizing information by groupings such as metropolitan area, zip code, or tracts.

http://www.findsvp.com/

Includes a catalog of market research reports, some have free summaries.

http://www.marketingtools.com/

An archive of American Demographics articles with a search engine.

http://www.maritz.com/mmri/apoll/

Maritz AmeriPoll^® is an award-winning consumer opinion poll that reflects the opinions and attitudes of Americans on a variety of topics. Many results are available free of charge.

http://www.clark.net/pub/lschank/

web/ecostats.html

A meta site with links to many, many types of statistical data.

http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/
Documents.center/stats.html

University of Michigan supports this site of well-organized links to international statistics.

http://www.ipocentral.com/

Find similar companies that are going public. Includes access to their SEC filings. Search by metropolitan area, industry, or underwriter.

http://www.easidemographics.com/

Includes the census results as well as other free information. Requires user registration.

http://www.netscape.com/netcenter/
businessjournal/

Personalize your search for industry news and corporate information.

http://www.utk.edu/libraries/

Includes links to free Medline searches (under Medical Libraries) as well as other research resources, both online and at the university.

http://www.prnewswire.com/

Database of company press releases, many of which are never published.

http://www.businesswire.com/

Another database of company press releases. Recent press releases are on the website.

http://www.tech2020.org/
vbrc/info_broker.htm

Article by Susan Suggs, an Oak Ridge professional researcher.

http://hoovers.com/

Great source for company information.

http://www.knowledgeexpress.com/

Specializes in technologies available for licensing. CorpTech includes detailed information on 40,000+ U. S. technology developers and manufacturers. Determine who has the technology and who needs it. Used for sales prospecting and analysis, investment evaluation, and company research

http://www.iac-insite.com/

IAC InSite provides quick and easy access to thousands of the world's business publications. Fixed fee subscription required.

http://www.dialogselect.com/

One of the first and a widely used commercial database. Includes a form query interface that simplifies command searching.

http://www.lexis-nexis.com/

Includes legal, medical, business content and much more. Professional searchers can simplify the process and reduce costly downloads.

http://www.ovid.com/

Includes full text Harvard Business Review articles plus many of the databases in Dialog and Lexis-Nexus. Each month a featured database is accessible free of charge.

http://www.palo-alto.com/
html/sampleplans.htm

Two sample business plans download in Adobe's .pdf format. The files are examples of Palo Alto Software's output. Demo software is available for downloading.

http://www.americanexpress.com/
smallbusiness/resources/starting/biz_plan/

They've distilled the typical business plan into seven key elements. For each element you will find a description and instructions for creation. The "Toolboxes" full of samples, worksheets, and glossaries that are worth checking out.

http://www.sb.gov.bc.ca/
smallbus/cbcbsc/ibp.html

The IBP assists entrepreneurs with preparing a 3 year business plan for their new or existing business.

http://www.moneyhunter.com/
htm/btemp.htm

Includes a business plan template that can be downloaded. Requires registration but no money. I had trouble with the actual download.

http://www.siliconvalley-sbdc.org/
outline.html

Sample business plan outline

http://www.webcom.com/
seaquest/sbrc/busplan.html

A detailed report which includes an outline and examples.

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http://www.dtonline.com/
writing/wrcover.htm

Using the process described enables you to tell prospective investors about your firm's marketing plan, financial condition, and more.

http://edgeonline.com/main/
bizbuilders/index.shtm

Includes self-paced training modules that walk through the step-by-step procedures of marketing, managing, promoting and growing your business. The self-calculating worksheets, search engines and assessment tools in the Interactive Toolbox section are provided free.