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Start Your Own Business: Be Your Own Boss
Small Business Development

START-UP

Birthing the Elephant: The Woman’s Go-For-It! Guide to Overcoming
the Big Challenges of Launching a Business
Karin Abarbanel and Bruce Freeman, 2008
658.022 / ABA

Crush It!: Why Now is the Time to Cash in on Your Passion
Gary Vaynerchuk, 2009
650.1 / VAY

Design and Launch an On-Line E-Commerce Business in a Week
Entrepreneur Press and Jason R. Rich, 2008
658.022 / DES

The E-Myth Enterprise: How to Turn a Great Idea into a Thriving Business
Michael E. Gerber, 2009
658.11 / GER

Launching Your First Small Business: Make the Right Decisions
During Your First 90 Days
Edited by John L. Duoba, 2009
658.11 / LAU

Leap!: Ditch Your Job, Start Your Own Business and Set Yourself Free
Ian Sanders. 2008
658.11 / SAN

Small Business Development The One Minute Entrepreneur: The Secret
to Creating and Sustaining a Successful Business
Ken Blanchard and Don Hutson with Ethan Willis, 2008
658.11 / BLA
Book on Disc / 658.11 / BLA

Retire, and Start Your Own Business
Dennis J. Sargent and Martha S. Sargent, 2008
658.11 / SAR

Spare Room Start Up: How to Start a Business From Home
Emma Jones, 2008
658.11412 / JON

The Weekend Small Business Start-Up Kit
Mark Warda, 2007
658.022 / WAR

What’s Stopping You?: Shatter the 9 Most Common Myths Keeping
You From Starting Your Own Business
Bruce R. Barringer and R. Duane Ireland, 2008
658.11 / BAR

Young Guns: The Fearless Entrepreneur’s Guide to Chasing Your
Dreams and Breaking Out on Your Own
Robert Tuchman, 2009
658.11 / TUC

FINANCING

Bankable Business Plans
Edward G. Rogoff, 2007
658.4012 / ROG

Business Loans From Family and Friends: How to Ask, Make it
Legal and Make it Work
Asheesh Advani, 2009
658.1526 / ADV

Freesourcing: How to Start a Business With No Money
Jonathan Yates, 2009
658.11 / YAT

Small Business Financial Management Kit for Dummies
Tage C. Tracy and John A. Tracy, 2007
658.1592 / TRA

LEGALITIES

Legal Forms for Starting and Running a Small Business
Fred S. Steingold, 2010
346.0652 / STE

Legal Guide for Starting and Running a Small Business
Fred S. Steingold, 2008
658.022 / STE

The Small Business Start-Up Kit: A Step-By-Step Legal Guide
Peri H. Pakroo, 2010
346.0652 / PAK

MARKETING

Branding Only Works on Cattle: The New Way to Get Known
(and Drive Your Competitors Crazy)
Jonathan Salem Baskin, 2008
658.827 / BAS

Guerrilla Marketing: Easy and Inexpensive Strategies for Making
Big Profits From Your Small Business
Jay Conrad Levinson with Jeannie Levinson and Amy Levinson, 2007
658.8 / LEV

Managing Brand You: Seven Steps to Creating Your Most Successful Self
Jerry S. Wilson and Ira Blumenthal, 2008
650.1 / WIL

Rubies in the Orchard: How to Uncover the Hidden Gems in Your Business
Lynda Resnick with Frank Wilkinson, 2009
658.8 / RES

MANAGEMENT

The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Managing Growth and Handling Crisis
Theo J. van Dijk, 2008
658.022 / DIJ

Hiring Your First Employee: A Step-By-Step Guide
Fred S. Steingold, 2008
658.311 / STE

The Home Office From Hell Cure: Transform Your Underperforming
Time-Sucking Homebased Business into a Runaway Success
Jeffrey A. Landers, 2008
658.041 / LAN

Reality Check: The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging,
and Outmarketing Your Competition
Guy Kawasaki, 2008
658.11 / KAW

Warren Buffett’s Management Secrets: Proven Tools for Personal
and Business Success
Mary Buffett and David Clark, 2009
650.1 / BUF

STRATEGY

Billion Dollar Lessons What You Can Learn From the Most Inexcusable Business Failures of the Last Twenty-Five Years
Paul B. Carroll and Chunka Mui, 2008
658.04 / CAR

Closing the Innovation Gap: Reigniting the Spark of Creativity in a
Global Economy
Judy Estrin, 2009
658.4 / EST

Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose
Tony Hsieh, 2010
658.4 / HSI

Finding the Sweet Spot: The Natural Entrepreneur’s Guide to
Responsible, Sustainable, Joyful Work
Dave Pollard, 2008
658.11 / POL

The Knack: How Street-Smart Entrepreneurs Learn to Handle
Whatever Comes Up
Norm Brodsky and Bo Burlingham, 2008
658.11 / BRO

Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision
and Reality
Scott Belsky, 2010
650.1 / BEL

Success Made Simple: An Inside Look at Why Amish Businesses Thrive
Erik Wesner, 2010
650.1 / WES

The 10 Laws of Enduring Success
Maria Bartiromo with Catherine Whitney, 2010
650.1 / BAR

Think Like a Champion: An Informal Education in Business and Life
Donald J. Trump with Meredith McIver, 2009
650.12 / TRU

32 Ways to Be a Champion in Business
Earvin “Magic” Johnson, 2008
650.1 / JOH

WEBSITES

www.allbusiness.com
This “Champion of Small Businesses” site, sponsored by Dunn & Bradstreet, covers a wide-range of articles, videos and blogs for the small business owner, including a Finance Resource Center.

www.business.gov
Official site of the U.S. Small Business Administration, this site provides valuable legal information for the novice entrepreneur.

www.business.illinois.gov/startup.cfm
The State of Illinois Business Portal contains information on starting and running a business, with helpful links to additional sites.

www.businessownersideacafe.com
Idea Café provides a light-hearted view of real business owners dealing with everyday problems.

www.entrepreneur.com/bizstartups/index.html
Maintained by Entrepreneur magazine, this easyto-use site is an excellent starting source for the would-be small business owner.

www.sba.gov
The U.S. Small Business Administration site addresses every stage of the small business lifecycle, including links to local resources.

www.score.org
SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives) is committed to helping small businesses. Their site provides mentoring and training as well as a local-SCORE locator.

www.business.gov/finance/financing/grants
This site is a good source for procuring grant money from state and local programs, including low-interest loans and venture-capital financing.

LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS

Champaign County Economic Development Corp. Small Business Development Center
http://www.champaigncountyedc.org/sbdc.html
217-359-6261
This group facilitates business start-ups as part of its overall mission of promoting economic development in Champaign County.

Illini Entrepreneurship Center Network
www.illiniecn.org
217-359-6261
Functioning as a “clearinghouse” for entrepreneurs, this organization can refer you to the service provider best suited to your situation.

Parkland Business Development Center
www.parkland.edu/bdc
217-351-2235
Staff of the center provide education, customized training, and professional development resources for businesses both large and small.

For more resources—and for resources on specific types of businesses—try searching The Urbana Free Library’s Online Catalog using these subject search terms: