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Business Plan Handbook

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Sample plans from business in the manufacturing, retail, and service industries.
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Universal Class

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Learn on your own time. Video-based courses for people interested in professional or personal growth. Get feedback from professional instructors and connect with other students. Courses available 24/7

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Reference Solutions

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Online reference and research tool providing users access to information on U.S. businesses and U.S. residents.

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Gale LegalForms

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Provides access to professionally written legal documents covering a wide area of law.
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Having trouble connecting?  Many of these resources are made available to all Alabama residents by the Alabama Virtual Library. Check for these databases in the "All Resources" section of AVL's website.

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Gale OneFile | Business

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Provides access to business and trade publications covering all business disciplines.
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Business Source Premier

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Curation and indexing of open access journals, with a growing collection of over one thousand active open access journals.
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Gale Business | Insights

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Explore the world's companies through SWOT analyses, financial statements, case studies and articles from academic journals, trade magazines, news outlets and more.
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Regional Business News

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Provides full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.

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Having trouble connecting?  Many of these resources are made available to all Alabama residents by the Alabama Virtual Library. Check for these databases in the "All Resources" section of AVL's website.

Other helpful resources:

Sample business plans
   Sample plans at Bplans - many sample business plans. Must enter name, email, etc. to download samples.
   SBA Sample Plans
Business plan templates
   Template at Bplans - must enter name, email, etc. to download template.
   SCORE Template
Market research for business plans
   SBA: Market research and competitive analysis

Ascent - Free platform for women entrepreneurs from SBA
Mobile Area Black Chamber of Commerce

SARPC: Business and Career Expo - South Alabama Regional Planning Committee
Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce: Small Business Awards - they also do Small Business Week and Startup Weekend events
Alabama Launchpad - Shark Tank-like competition from the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama (EDPA)