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Business Plans Handbook

Examples of how to approach, structure and compose business plans. Includes a collection of actual business plans compiled by entrepreneurs seeking funding for small businesses throughout North America.

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Business Source Premier

Business Source Premier is a business research database, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals, including more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles. This database provides full text back to 1886, and searchable cited references back to 1998.

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Business-to-Business Marketing 2025

Richard K. Miller & Associates (RKMA) publishes annual business reference eBooks focused on marketing and the consumer marketplace. Each eBook includes market assessments and forecasts, sector trends, profiles of market leaders, and statistics. In addition to in-depth analyses, the eBooks include links to hundreds of websites for additional information.

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Consumer Behavior 2025

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Consumer Marketing 2025

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Consumer Use of the Internet & Mobile 2025

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CustomGuide

Learn by doing, not just watching. Take interactive classes and earn certificates for training in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint); Google apps (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Google Classroom); email systems (Outlook, Gmail); virtual platforms (Google Meet, Skype, Teams, Zoom) and much more. New users need to create an account.

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Data Axle (formerly known as Reference USA)

Data Axle (formerly Reference USA) contains information on 100 million businesses and 297 million consumers.
Additionally, this resource includes lifestyle and consumer data on many market segments to help identify new market opportunities.
Data Axle also includes 2.5 million job and internship postings.

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DemographicsNow

Delivers the data you need to make sound business decisions. With Demographics Now you can analyze the demographic and market potential of any geography in the U.S. Includes mapping.

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Entertainment & Leisure Market Research 2025

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Gale Business: Plan Builder (formerly Gale Small Business Builder)

Gale Business: Plan Builder (formerly Gale Small Business Builder) is a step-by-step online planning tool for starting, managing and optimizing a business or nonprofit. The program’s intuitive dashboard walks users through five areas of exploration to develop a business plan focused on long-term success.

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Gale Directory Library

This database includes Encyclopedia of Associations (National, International, Regional, State and Local Organizations).

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Gale Legal Forms

Provides access to thousands of customizable online legal documents that are designed for Colorado residents.

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GreenFILE

GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,000,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 15,000 records.

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Industrial Revolution Reference Library

Covers the ideas and social turmoil that marked this transition as well as the machines, manufacturing processes and energy sources that spurred it on.

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LinkedIn Learning

Learn business, creative, and technology skills, plus much more to achieve your personal and professional goals. Formerly lynda.com.

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Morningstar Investment Research Center

Morningstar Investment Research Center provides data on over 14,500 stocks, 24,800 mutual funds, 1,500 exchange-traded funds, and 700 closed end funds. Morningstar also provide analyst reports on over 3,500 securities, offering in-depth background and analyst opinions on top investments.

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Regional Business News

This database provides comprehensive 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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Restaurant, Food & Beverage Market Research 2025

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Retail & E-Commerce Market Research 2025

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Sports Marketing 2025

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The Gazette

Colorado Springs’ daily newspaper from April 2, 1988 to present.

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Travel & Tourism Market Research 2025

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U.S. Cities & Communities 2025

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Wall Street Journal

Coverage: 1984 - present

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SimplyAnalytics

SimplyAnalytics is a mapping, analytics, and data visualization application that makes it easy for anyone to create interactive maps and reports using thousands of demographic, business, and marketing variables. Use the database as a guest or create an account to save your projects. Recommended for use with laptops and desktop computers.
Information from Simply Analytics is not to be used for commercial purposes.

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XI Survive & Thrive: Applications Open!

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EforAll Business Accelerator

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Survive and Thrive

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Thrive Program Applications Open!

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Climber Loan Fund

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Permit Partners

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Funds for Worker Training

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Business Funding: All Stages of Business

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Entrepreneur in Residence

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Exponential Impact Survive and Thrive Propel COS Grants

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Call for Entrepreneur in Residence

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National Veterans Small Business Week: Nov. 1-5, 2021

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