Mary Stewart Center
for Entrepreneurship

at the Batesville Memorial Public Library
131 North Walnut Street    Batesville, IN 47006
812.934.4706
msce@ebatesville.com

 


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Small Business  |  Entrepreneurship  |  General Business Resources  |  Internet and E-commerce
Education and Research  |  Home-Based Business  |  Young Entrepreneurs  |  Business Planning
Taxes and Venture Capital

 

Online Instruction CenterOnline Courses: Start Your Own Small Business
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Link to Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE)
Small Business AdministrationIndianapolis Business Journal online
 

   Business Owners' Idea Cafe - The Small Business Gathering PlaceŽ           Link to Inside INdiana Business          Link to HispanicBusiness.com


Link to Asia Marketing and Management Resources  Indiana BusinessBuilder.net   Work.com: How-to guides for your business Link to business.gradschools.com
 


Small Business

  • Association of Small Business Development Centers
  • Business Owners' Idea Cafe - The Small Business Gathering Place
  • Business Owners' Toolkit
  • Business Week Online: Small Business
  • CogniTech Pro Consulting
  • Entrepreneur's Reference Guide to Small Business Information
  • FindLaw For Business 
  • Forbes.com Small Business
  • Go Big Network
  • Go.com Small Business 
  • The House Committee on Small Business
  • Idea Cafe : The Small Business Channel
  • International Small Business Consortium
  • Lycos Small Business Guide 
  • Managing a Small Business 
  • Nolo.com Small Business 
  • SBA - U.S. Small Business Administration  
  • SCORE - Service Corps of Retired Executives
  • Senate Committee on Small Business
  • Small-Business Advisor 
  • Small Business Advancement National Center
  • Small Business Information
  • The Small Business Journal 
  • The Small Business Knowledge Base 
  • Small Business Link - Wall Street Journal
  • Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council
  • Tax Information for Businesses - IRS
  • U.S, Business Advisor
  • U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business Center

Entrepreneurship

  • 1099 : The Magazine for Independent Professionals
  • Best Franchise Opportunities
  • Center for Rural Entrepreneurship
  • Commerce on the International Space Station 
  • Edward Lowe Peerspectives
  • The Entrepreneur Network 
  • Entrepreneur Test
  • Entrepreneur Web
  • The Entrepreneurial Parent 
  • Entrepreneur's Help Page
  • The Entrepreneur's Library
  • The Entrepreneur's Mind
  • Entrepreneur.com
  • EntreWorld Resources for Entrepreneurs 
  • Franchise.com  
  • Free Agent Nation
  • Global Entrepreneurship Institute
  • Go Big Network
  • Kauffman Foundation
  • Kelley School of Business at Indiana University 
  • Let's Talk Business Network
  • MoreBusiness.com
  • MrAllBiz.com - Steve Strauss
  • National Dialogue on Entrepreneurship
  • PriceWaterhouseCooper's Vision to Reality
  • Spare Room Tycoon by James Chan
  • Startup Journal - Wall Street Journal
  • StartUPbiz.com
  • United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship
  • USA Franchise Directory
  • Virtual Franchise Expo
  • ZeroMillion.com

General Business Resources

  • AgNIC - Agriculture Network Information Center
  • All Business Network 
  • Batesville Memorial Public Library - Business and Employment Sources 
  • Bizbuysell 
  • The Business Forum Online 
  • Business Incubators - National
    Business Incubation Association
     
  • Business Know-How 
  • Business News - from National Public Radio
  • Business Opportunities 
  • Business Reference Services - Library of Congress
  • BusinessForSale.com - Buy or sell a business
  • Business.gov
  • BusinessTown.com 
  • Crumb and Associates
  • employers.gov
  • ENTERWeb 
  • Fambiz.com
  • FindLaw for Business
  • ForFarmers.com - Ag marketplace and job opportunities
  • GlobalBX Business Exchange
  • HispanicBusiness.com
  • Indiana Business Owner's Guide to State Government
  • Indiana Chamber of Commerce 
  • Indiana Economic Digest
  • Indiana Small Business Development Corporation
  • Indiana Venture Center - Purdue University
  • Inside INdiana Business with Gerry Dick
  • Inventors' Digest
  • KnowThis.com 
  • NASE - National Association for the Self-Employed 
  • Online Women's Business Center  
  • The Riley Guide : Steps in Starting Your Own Business
  • Sell-a-Biz.Com
  • Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) 
  • Small Business Development Centers
  • smartbiz.com
  • Strategy + Business
  • Unit of 1 - Supporting entrepreneurial independent professionals
  • Web Biz Broker
  • Working Solo

Internet and E-commerce

  • BII - Business Internet Index - Cornell University, Johnson Graduate School of Management Library
  • Cylution - Internet Marketing Resources
  • Doing Business on the Internet - Library of Congress
  • E-business News from CNET
  • The E-Business Research Center
  • Ecommerce Guide 
  • eCommerce Guidebook
  • eCommerce Info Center
  • E-Commerce News
  • E-Commerce Research
  • E-Commerce Times
  • Electronic Commerce - About.com
  • Electronic Commerce and the European Union
  • Free Ebusiness Tips and Strategies
  • Growing a Business On The Internet 
  • International Small Business Consortium
  • ITtoolbox E-Business

Education and Research

  • Online Courses: Start a Small Business
  • 2001-2003 Statistical Abstracts of the United States - in PDF (Portable Document Format)   Requires Adobe(R) Acrobat(R) Reader
  • Annual Reports
  • Ask an Expert - Author Steve Strauss answers your questions about entrepreneurship.
  • Ball State University - MBA via Distance Education
  • Bureau of Business Research - Ball State University
  • BusinessGradSchools.com
  • Business Reference Services - Library of Congress
  • Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education
  • Entrepreneurship Research & Policy Network
  • IHETS - Indiana Higher Education Telecommunications System - (Available at BMPL) 
  • IN Context - IN Dept. of Commerce & Indiana Business Research Center
  • Indiana Business Research Center Kelley School of Business - Indiana University
  • Institute for Entrepreneurship - Ball State University
  • Kelley School of Business - Indiana University 
  • Indiana College Network - (College credit courses available at BMPL)
  • International Journal of Entrepreneurship Education
  • Marketing Research Association
  • My Own Business - A free Internet course on how to start your own business.
  • Midwest Entrepreneurial Education Center - Ball State University 
  • Patent Cafe
  • Patents and Patent Searching
  • Researching the Competition
  • Top 50 Business Schools
  • Top 100 Entrepreneurial Colleges

Home-Based Business

  • Business@Home 
  • Chief Home Officer.com
  • The Dabbling Mum
  • HomeBiz Advice
  • Home Business Guides
  • Home Business Journal
  • Home Business Magazine
  • Home Business Online
  • Home Business Research and Information Center
  • Home Office Association of America 
  • HomeWorkingMom.com
  • Small and Home-Based Business Links 
  • Starting and Managing a Business From Your Home
  • U.S.A. Home Based Business Internet Superhighway
  • WAHM.com - for Work At Home Moms
  • Work at Home Directory

Young Entrepreneurs

  • GenX Startup at Idea Cafe 
  • Hot Shot Business - simulation game for kids
  • Junior Achievement, Inc.
  • Teen Business Link - from the SBA
  • Young and Successful
  • Young Entrepreneur Journey
  • Young Entrepreneur.com
  • Young Entrepreneurs' Organization 
  • YoungBiz - for Entrepreneurs age 8 - 18
  • Young Entrepreneurs - from the SBA
  • Your Young Entrepreneur: Help Your Child Start a Business 
  • Youth Entrepreneurship 
  • Youth Venture 

Business Planning

  • American Express Small Business Plan Resources
  • BizPlanIt.com
  • Bplans.com 
  • Business & Marketing Plans 
  • Business Plan Advice
  • Business Plan Center
  • Business Planning
  • Creating an Effective Business Plan
  • Developing a Successful Business Plan
  • Interactive Business Planner - from Canada Business Service Centres
  • MiniPlan - from the Wall Street Journal
  • Planning Your Business
  • PlanWare
  • Sample Business Plan
  • SBA - Business Plan Basics
  • So You Wanna Write a Business Plan?
  • Writing a Business Plan - BusinessTown

Taxes and Venture Capital

  • Business and Finance
  • Business Taxes - Legal Information from Nolo.com
  • The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
  • Cayenne Consulting
  • Community Foundations by State
  • Funding Through State Government
  • Garage.com
  • Indiana Venture Conference
  • International Funding
  • Kiva Change the world one loan at a time
  • The Myth of Free Government Money: A Perennial and Pernicious Scam from BusinessWeek Online
  • National Venture Capital Association
  • Small Business Funding Sources 
  • Small Business Taxes & Management
  • Tax Information for Business - IRS 
  • U.S. Government Grants from Deborah Kluge, Independent Consultant 
  • Ventureseek 
  • Venture Capital Resource Directory

Libraries Mean Business

How can the library help your small business?The Batesville Memorial Public Library in Batesville, Indiana, is home to the Mary Stewart Center for Entrepreneurship.  The MSCE is open to the public during regular library hours:

Monday through Thursday ... 9:00 am - 9:00 pm
Friday ... 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Saturday ... 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sunday (October through April) ... 1:00 - 5:00 pm


The public may use any materials from the MSCE while in the library.  To check out materials, you must have a valid Batesville Memorial Public Library borrower's card.



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