GUIDES & RESOURCES
Small Business
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.
You may also be interested in these Info Guides:
Websites
- Business Owners Guide to State Government
- Find out about general requirements for starting your business and about Indiana specific licenses and permits.
- Indiana Secretary of State
- Includes Business Entity Name Search, Indiana Trademark search and registration, and An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Starting a Business in Indiana.
- Indiana Department of Revenue - New and Small Business Education Center
- Internal Revenue Service - Small Business and Self-Employed Tax Center
- Indiana Department of Administration
- This multi-purpose agency's responsibilities include administering the state's procurement and professional services contracting, and minority and women owned business programs. Search list of state certified minority and women’s business enterprises.
- Indiana Economic Development Corporation
- Includes information on relocating your business in Indiana, international business information, and permit and regulatory assistance.
- Indiana Small Business Development Center
- Indiana entrepreneurs and small business owners are assisted through one on one counseling, education, and business resources. Online Business Classes are also available.
- SBDCNET National Information Clearinghouse
- SBDCNET contains links useful to entrepreneurs, established small business owners, and the business researcher including: business plans, industry information, and associations. the research services of SBDCNET, however, are available only to SBDC business advisors assisting clients.
- Business Owners Toolkit
- Wide range of small business information made available by Commerce Clearing House.
- Indiana Business Research Center
- Economic and demographic statistics specific to Indiana counties and cities.
- Indy Site Finder - Indianapolis Property Site Locator & Market Data Resource Center
- Use for site selection, business data, and demographic information for Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana.
- Small Business Adminstration
- Since 1953 the SBA’s mission has been to help Americans start, build and grow businesses.
- Center for Business Planning
- Includes a collection of business plans that were entered in the Moot Corp® Competition at the University of Texas.
- Entrepreneurship
- From the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, information on starting, growing and managing your business.
Library Materials
Online Databases
- Business and Company Resource Center
- Database of detailed company and industry news and information (company profiles, brands, rankings, histories, investment reports).
- Business Source Premier
- Provides full text for more than 2,800 scholarly business journals. Locate articles from well-known business periodicals.
- DemographicsNow
- DemographicsNow offers simple, ready-to- use demographic data reports that can be customized by geography.
- ReferenceUSA
- Searchable national business directory with listings for over 12 million US businesses.
- Small Business Resource Center
- Users will find complete small business management resources via a combination of unparalleled periodicals and reference content.
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
- 111 Monument Circle, Suite 2450
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(317) 226-7272 ext.120 Paul Wyatt, Counseling Programs & Information
- 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.
