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Small Business Classes

Mondays, Sept 27 - Nov 15th - 5:30 PM

Do you have an idea for a new business? Or do you already own a small business? If so, this could be the class for you!!!! The Lopez Island Family Resource Center, in collaboration with the Lopez Library, will be holding classes on Monday evenings at the Lopez Library beginning September 27th.

The course will cover the basics of how to start a small business as well as what it takes to keep a business sustainable. It is geared to individuals considering starting a business as well as already existing small businesses whose owners are interested in learning more about business basics. All participants should come with a business idea if they are not currently a small business owner.

The class will begin with personal finance, organization, and self-evaluation and apply these fundamentals toward developing a business plan. Additional topics covered by the course include financial goals and tools for measurement, market analysis, cost analysis, exploring profitability, feasibility analysis, marketing and operating plans, recordkeeping and taxes.

We will be sending out more information soon. Call LIFRC 468-4117 for more information.

Business Resources

Your public library is serious about making business resources available for your business. Whether you are a budding entrepreneur or a mega-corporate CEO, you'll find a sizable collection of information to turn ideas into reality.

Regional Breaking News

• KOMO-4 TV Business News

• San Juan Islander Local News

• Boeing Boeing News Releases/Statements

Publications

• The Wall Street Journal

• Value Line - Ratings & Reports

• The Bellingham Herald

• Skagit Valley Herald

• Morningstar - Mutual Fund

• Consumer Reports

• The Economist

• Environmental Building News

• Harper's

• Inventors Digest

• Home Power

• Kiplinger's

• Money Magazine

• PC Magazine

Non-Fiction Books

• Business - 650

• Business enterprises - 338.7

• Business in the home - 658.1141

• Business letters - 808.06

• Business plans - 658.1522

• Finance, personal - 332.024

• Finance, public - 336

• Home economics - 640

• Investing - 332.6

Business Links

ONLINE SEARCHABLE DATABASES

• ABI/INFORM global: Business periodicals and newspapers

• CareerOneStop: Your pathway to career success. Tools to help job seekers, students, businesses, and career professionals. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor

• EDGAR database of corporate information: Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis & Retrieval (Securities Exchange Commission)

• Financial Trend Forecaster: Stock market trends, inflation and rates

• Hoover's Online: A one-stop reference for business directories, tools, and resources.

• InfoTrac Business Articles: General OneFile - news, periodicals, business, computers current events, economic; LegalTrac - includes over 1,000 additional business and general interest titles; General reference Center Gold - business & industry trends.

• IPL Business & Economics: The Internet Public Library directory of commerce and industry, the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services and the management of economic systems. The Internet Public Library is a public library for the world wide web. Students from a consortium of colleges and universities with programs in information science develop and maintain the IPL!

• Morningstar Online - Top finanical stories, real-time quotes, personal finance, investment research. You can browse online or create your own log-in for more in-depth services.

• U.S. Patents: Invent a widget and become a millionaire.

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