Quick Lubes, Java Joints, and Pet Parlors:
The Keys to Writing an Effective Business Plan
Annual BRASS program
June 23, 2003
Toronto, Ontario
Financial Data Bibliography
Bobray Bordelon
Pliny Fisk Librarian of Economics and Finance
Princeton University Library
WEB SITES
Angel Capital Electronic Network
https://acenet.sr.unh.edu/pub
Bank of Canada
http://www.bankofcanada.ca
Bplans.com
http://www.bplans.com
- includes Start up cost information
http://www.bplans.com/common/startcost/index.cfm?affiliate=sba
Business Development Bank of Canada
http://www.bdc.ca/en/home.htm
BusinessFinance.Com
http://www.businessfinance.com/
Canada. Customs and Revenue Agency.
http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/tax/business/menu-e.html
Canada. Small Business Data Centre
http://www.gdsourcing.ca/SBDC.htm#CIP-cat
Canadian Venture Capital Association
http://www.cvca.ca/
Commercial Finance Online
http://www.cfol.com/
Federal Reserve District Bank Publications
http://www.federalreserve.gov/otherfrb.htm
London Public Library. (Ontario Canada). Financing/Financial Planning Guide
http://www.londonpubliclibrary.ca/info_by_subj/info_by_subject.php?subject_uid=90
National Venture Capital Assocation
http://www.nvca.org
Shaking the Money Tree: Selected Resources for Business Capital (Business Reference in Public Libraries Committee, ALA Annual Conference, June 16, 2001)
Available from http://www.ala.org/rusa/brass under Professional tools -- BRASS presentations and handouts
Statistics Canada. Industry Sources
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/
- includes Strategis Performance Plus
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/internet/inpp-pp.nsf/vwGeneratedInterE/h_pm00059e.html
United States. Bureau of Economic Analysis
http://www.bea.gov
United States. Business Advisor.
http://www.business.gov/
United States. Department of Commerce
http://www.commerce.gov/
United States. Internal Revenue Service
http://www.irs.gov/
United States. Small Business Administration.
http://www.sba.gov
- includes Financing Your Business Hotlist.
http://www.sba.gov/hotlist/busfin.html
United States. Small Business Development Centers
http://www.sba.gov/sbdc
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Annual Statement Studies. Philadelphia: Robert Morris Associates, Annual. (Also available electronically).
- Financial Ratio Benchmarks
- Industry Default Probabilities and Cash Flow Measures
Bangs, David H. Business Planning Guide: Creating a Winning Plan for Success. Chicago, Dearborn, 2002.
Directory of Venture Capital and Equity Firms, Domestic and International. Millerton, NY: Grey House Publishing, Annual.
Financial Performance Indicators for Canadian Business. Ottawa: Statistics Canada, Annual. (Also available electronically)
Financial Studies of the Small Business. Arlington, VA: Imprint Varies.
Galante’s Venture Capital and Private Equity Directory. Wellesley, MA: Asset Alternatives, Annual. (Also available electronically)
Gale Encyclopedia of Associations. Detroit: Gale Research, Annual. (Available electronically as Associations Unlimited)
Handbook of North American Industry. Washington, D.C.: Bernan, 1999.
Industry Handbooks. Dun & Bradstreet/Gale Group, Irregular.
Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios. New York: Dun and Bradstreet, Annual. (Also available electronically)
Information, Finance, and Services USA. Detroit: Gale Group, Biannual.
Manufacturing and Distribution USA. Detroit: Gale Group, Biannual.
Mergent Industry Review. New York: Mergent, Biannual.
Pratt’s Guide to Venture Capital Sources. Wellesley Hills, Mass.: Venture Economics, Annual. (Also available electronically)
Rogers, Steven. Entrepreneur’s Guide to Finance and Business. New York: McGraw Hill, 2003.
Standard and Poor’s Industry Surveys. New York: Standard & Poor’s. (Also available electronically through S&P Net Advantage)
State of Small Business: A report of the President Transmitted to the Congress. Washington, D.C.: US GPO, Annual.
Thomas Register of American Manufacturers and Thomas Register Catalog File. New York: Thomas, Annual. (Also available electronically at http://www.thomasregister.com)
Thomson/Polk Bank Directory. Skokie, IL: Thomson Financial, Semi-annual.
Troy, Leo. Almanac of Industrial and Financial Ratios. Paramus, NJ: Prentice Hall, Annual. (Also available electronically)
Quick Lubes, Java Joints, and Pet Parlors: The Keys to Writing an Effective Business Plan
BRASS Program, ALA Annual Conference, June 23, 2003
View the webcast of these presentations
- Weaver presentation
- Tripp presentation [not available]
- Bordelon presentation
- Bordelon bibliography
- Court presentation [not available]
Disclaimer: This publication has been placed on the web for the convenience of BRASS members. Information and links will not be updated. Posted 22 September 2003.
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