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• Gale Business: Plan Builder – Take a step-by-step approach to completing your plan for your business or nonprofit organization, and position yourself for success. Learn the elements you need to know to write bylaws, secure funding, and build your non-profit. 
• Gale ebooks Business Plan Handbooks

2) Work on a plan that will provide the framework for your business or nonprofit

• GaleBusiness: DemographicsNow – Will help you analyze the demographics, attitudes, and spending habits of consumers in any geography in the US so that you can make the right choices for your business or nonprofit. 
• Reference Solutions – Provides profiles of public and private company and individual residence information, including information on 675,000 doctors and 180,000 dentists. Combines the power of the premier business reference and research tool with the world’s #1 job site. 

3) Explore how to get funding

• For your business – Search the Library online catalog for materials that can help you get the money and resources you need to grow your business. 

4) Find information on legal requirements

• Legal GPS – Helps entrepreneurs navigate through complex legal issues to help you start and grow your business. 
• Missouri Legal Forms – Official, state specific, federal, business, personal, real estate and general legal forms covering hundreds of legal subjects and issues specific to the State of Missouri. 

Discover other business & nonprofit resources available free from the Library!

Need a little extra research help? We can direct you to more specialized and in-depth information. From basics like forms, codes and ordinances to more in depth research reports we are here to help. Use Ask Us to contact a staff member!