Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Business Start-up Resource List

As promised, here is a list of business start-up resources that were tremendously helpful when we launched our company:

Small Business Administration (SBA) http://www.sba.gov/

Indianapolis Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) http://www.indyscore.org/

Chamber of Commerce – Mainstreet Institute Seminars & Classes, Group Health Insurance Discount, and Networking Events http://www.indychamber.com/

Quickbooks Accounting Software http://quickbooks.intuit.com/

Google Email (Gmail) http://mail.google.com

Google Documents and Spreadsheets http://docs.google.com/

Google Talk (Instant Messenger and Internet Chat) http://www.google.com/talk/

Basecamp (Project Collaboration) http://www.basecamphq.com/

Highrise (CRM/Contact Management). http://www.highrisehq.com/

'The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It' by Michael E. Gerber http://www.e-myth.com/

'Duct Tape Marketing' by John Jantsch http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/

'Good to Great' by Jim Collins. http://www.jimcollins.com/lib/books.html

'The Success Principles' by Jack Canfield http://www.thesuccessprinciples.com/

‘Eat That Frog!’ by Brian Tracy http://www.briantracy.com/catalog/product.aspx?pid=49&cid=18

Does anyone have other helpful resources to share?

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