Business and Careers
Business
Reference Books
Business Plans Handbook: A compilation of actual business plans developed by small businesses throughout North America. Jacqueline K. Mueckenheim, Project Editor. Complete set available online – from home log in with your library card number for full access.
Encyclopedia of Small Business, Third Edition. Arsen J. Darnay, Monique D. Magee.
Business: the ultimate resource.
Standard & Poor’s Register of Corporation, Directors & Executives
Hoover’s Handbook of Emerging Companies
General Books
How to set up your small business/Max Fallek.
The Trump card: playing to win in work and life.
Databases
Business Source Complete: Citations and selected full-text for scholarly business journals (some back to 1886 or the first issue published for that journal). Contains detailed author profiles for the 20,00 most-cited authors in the database. Additional full text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, c company profiles, SWOT analysis and more.
Ebooks
Business Plans Handbook Series. Hundreds of actual business plans easily searchable and at your fingertips in the Gale Virtual Reference Library. From within Terrebonne Parish Libraries, just follow the link. From home, enter your library card number for full access.
Encyclopedia of Emerging Industries, 2011. Provides information about the inception, emergence and current status of new and established industries and business segments that are pioneering new technologies, introducing break-through marketing strategies or implementing innovative means of serving new markets.
How to write a business plan by Mike McKeeve.
Manufacturing & Distribution USA: Industry Analyses, Statistics and Leading Companies, 2011. Presents statistics on numerous NAICS classifications in the manufacturing, wholesaling and retail industries. Compiled from the most recent government publications. Covers input-output data by industrial sector when available as well as classifications of leading public and private corporations in each industry.
Programs and Training for Small Business Owners
Louisiana Small Business Development Center at Nicholls State University
The Small Business Development Center at Nicholls offers FREE business consulting, online training seminars, and a number of other no and low cost resources for small business owners. Their mission is to help you make your small business successful. The center is located in the SLEC/SBDC building at Nicholls, 310 Ardoyne Road
in Thibodaux, 985-493-2587, lsbdc.nic@lsbdc.org.
Terrebonne Economic Development Authority- Web site offers list of contacts necessary to obtain common business related permits, licenses, and tax information. For more information or assistance on how to access a business counselor at TEDA, call (985) 873-6890. TEDA is located at 319 Roussell Street in downtown Houma.
Coastal Entrepreneurs’ Net To Success (CENTS) - CENTS is a self-employment, entrepreneurs’ program that provides training to support the development and growth of legitimate small or micro businesses. For more information, visit the web site or call program manager Brooks Lirette at 876-0490.
SLEC Entrepreneur Training Series – The South Louisiana Economic Council (SLEC) hosts an intensive, 10 week annual training series for small business owners that begin in May of each year. Elegibility and required documentation are available on the SLEC web site. Call (985) 448-4485 for more information and/or to register.
Websites
GeauxBiz.com – Louisiana Secretary of State web site for Louisiana business owners. Clearinghouse for all business related information, from searching business listings, filing a business online, to business licensing information.
Louisiana Department of Economic Development
Periodicals
Bank Note (available in print)
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