Resources

Sources

The following list of resources are provided for your information and do not constitute an expressed or implied endorsement from the SBDC.

Business Resources

Small Business Administration - www.sbaonline.sba.gov
FastLinksolutions - www.fastlinksolutions.co.uk
Startup Journal - www.startupjournal.com
Small Business Knowledge Base - www.bizmove.com
Inc.com - www.inc.com
Entrepreneur.com - www.entrepreneurmag.com
EnterWorld.org - www.entreworld.org
Quicken.com - www.quiken.com
Bplans.com - www.bplans.com
Center for Business Planning - www.businessplans.org
Bizjournals.com - www.bizjournals.com
The Small Business Knowledge Base - www.bizmove.com
US Business Advisor - www.business.gov
Idea Café - www.ideacafe.com
Entreworld.org - www.entreworld.org
NOLO Law for All - Small Business - www.nolo.com/lawcenter/ency/index.cfm/catID/19B45DBF-E85F-4A3D-950E3E07E32851A7
Business Nation - www.businessnation.com

Local Business Resources

Lehigh's Small Business Development Center - www.lehigh.edu/sbdc
Ben Franklin Technology Partners- Northeastern PA - www.nep.benfranklin.org
Ben Franklin Technology Partners - Southeastern PA - www.sep.benfranklin.org

Pennsylvania Business Resources

PA Open for Business - www.paopen4business.state.pa.us
TeamPA's Business Resource Network - www.teampa.com
Pennsylvania Small Business Development Center - www.pasbdc.org
SBDC Business Information Resources - http://www.pasbdc.org/what/resources/default.asp
PennTap - www.penntap.psu.edu

Community Resources

Welcome to Allentown - www.allentownpa.org
Allen Township - www.allentownship.org
Bethlehem, PA Online - www.bethlehempaonline.com
City of Bethlehem - www.cityofbethlehem.org
Bethlehem Township, PA - www.bethlehemtwp.com
Bushkill Township - bushkilltownship.com
Welcome to the Coal Region - www.coalregion.com
Welcome to Easton - www.easton-pa.com
Borough of Emmaus - www.emmausborough.com
Forks Township - www.forkstownship.org
Hanover Township - www.2crpd.com/hanto.htm
Hellertown Borough - w1.igateway.com/clients1/Hellertown/index.stm
The Jim Thorpe Network - www.jimthorpe.net
Lehigh County - www.lehighcounty.org
Lower Saucon Township - www.lowersaucontownship.org
Lower Nazareth Township, PA - www.lowernazareth.com
Northampton County - www.northamptoncounty.org
The Palmerton Borough - palmertonpolice.ptd.net/palbor.html
Welcome to Pen Argyl - www.penargylborough.com
Ski Pocono.com - www.skipocono.com
Quakertown - www.quakertownboro.com
Roseto - ww2lafayette.edu/~rosetotc/roseto/roseto.htm
Upper Macungie Township - www.uppermac.org
Upper Saucon Township - www.uppersaucon.org
The Borough of Wilson - www.wilsonborough.org
Wind Gap Borough .org - www.windgapborough.org

Competition

CCH Guidebook. Available: http://business.lycos.com/cch. 7 May 2002.
Rhonda Abrams for Your Successful Business. Available: www.rhondaonline.com.
7 May 2002.
"Marketing Your Small Business and Beating the Competition." Available: www.powerhomebiz.com/vol2/competition.htm. 6 May 2002.

US Demographics

U.S. Bureau of the Census - www.census.gov
Stat-USA - www.stat-usa.gov
Statistical Abstract of the USA - www.census.gov/statab/www
Population Reference Bureau - www.prb.org
Demographic Profile Generator - mcdc2.missouri.edu/websas/xtabs3v2.html
William H. Frey PHD Demographer - www.frey-demographer.org/usdata.html
US Department of Labor - www.dol.gov
Business and Economics Numeric Data - www.mansfield.edu/depts/lib/ecostats.html
FedStats - www.fedstats.gov
The Right Site - http://www.easidemographics.com/
State Data Center - www.census.gov/sdc/www
Statistical Universe - web.lexis-nexis.com/statuniv
US Counties - govinfo.kerr.orst.edu/usaco-stateis.html
American Demographics - www.inside.com/?entity=AmericanDemo
Statistics - www.rba.co.uk/sources/stats.htm
NUA - nua.ie/surveys/about/index.html
Dun and Bradstreet - www.dnb.com

Lehigh Valley Demographics

Lehigh Valley Demographics - www.lehighvalley.org/de-demo.html
Lehigh Valley Planning Commission - www.lvpc.com
Financial Highlights - http://www.pplweb.com/investors/research+tools/
Team PA - Lehigh Valley -
www.teampa.com/new/pdf_files/region_profiles/Lehigh%20Valley.pdf

Pennsylvania Demographics

Pennsylvania State Data Center - pasdc.hbg.psu.edu/index.html
Team PA - Area Profiles - PA Select Sites : Data Center
State Data Pennsylvania - site.conway.com/ez/GetEZState1.cfm?state=PA
PA census - 204.170.24.22/Census2000/search_index.html
Penn State Population Research Institute - www.pop.psu.edu/Demography/demography.htm

Discussion Boards

Pennsylvania Chamber - www.pachamber.org/discuss/
About - Retail Industry - retailindustry.about.com/mpboards.htm
Retail Source - www.retailsource.com/directory/addrs/adg_forum0.html
Business Nation - www.businessnation.com/bbs
Smallbusinessforums.com - smbtn.com/smallbizportal/bizforums/

Federal Government Resources

First Gov - www.firstgov.gov
FedWorld - www.fedworld.gov
U.S. Business Advisor - www.business.gov
GPO Access - www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/databases.html
National Technical Information Service - www.ntis.gov
Bureau of the Census - www.census.gov
SBA Online - www.svaonline.sba.gov
Environmental Protection Agency - www.epa.gov
Internal Revenue Service - www.irs.gov
Occupational Safety & Health Administration - www.osha.gov
DefenseLink - www.defenselink.mil
Centro de Desarrollo Empresarial-www.sba.gov/espanol/Asesoria_y_Capacitacion/centro_de_desarrollo_empresarial.html

Pennsylvania Resources

Welcome to Pennsylvania - www.state.pa.us
PA Dept. of Community & Economic Development - www.inventpa.com
PA Department of State - www.dos.state.pa.us
Penn State Data Center - www.psdc.hbg.psu.edu
PA Department of Treasury - www.treasury.state.pa.us
PA Department of Environmental Protection - www.dep.state.pa.us
PA Dept. of Agriculture - www.pda.state.pa.us
PA State & Local Government on the Net - www.poperinfo.com/state/state_detail.cfm?state=Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Chamber of Business & Industry - www.pachamber.org
NASCIO State Profiles - Pennsylvania - www.nascio.org/aboutNascio/profiles/pennsylvania.cfm
Pennsylvania Newspapers - newslink.org/panews.html
Experience PA - www.experiencepa.com
Where-to-be.com - www.where-to-be.com

Lehigh Valley Resources

Lehigh Valley Online - www.lehighvalleypaonline.com
Newcomer of the Greater Lehigh Valley - www.newcomermag.com
Lehigh Valley Planning Commission - www.lvpc.org
The Morning Call Online - www.mcall.com
Lehigh Valley .Org - www.lehighvalley.org
Lehigh Valley Forum - www.lvforum.com
LehighvalleyNOW.com - www.lehighvalley.now.com
My Lehigh Valley - www.mylehighvalley.com

Legal

Internal Revenue Service - www.irs.gov
PA Open for Business - www.paopen4business.state.pa.us
Team Pennsylvania Taxes - http://www.teampa.com/foundation/
Find Law - smallbiz.biz.findlaw.com
Lawyer Locator - www.martindale.com/xP/Martindale/home.xml
Quicken.com Taxes - www.quicken.com/taxes/

Market Research

Industry Reports - www.valuationresources.com/IndustryReport.htm
Hoover's Industry Snapshots - www.hoovers.com/industry/snapshot/index/0,3517,277,00.html
emarketer - www.emarketer.com
MarketResearch.com - www.marketresearch.com
CyberAtlas - cyberatlas.internet.com
MindBranch - www.mindbranch.com
KnowThis.com - www.knowthis.com
Jupiter Research Center - www.jup.com/sps/myworkspace.jsp
Quirk's - www.quirks.com
Webmonkey - Market Research on the Web - hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/e-business/marketing/tutorials/tutorial4.html
Market Research - www.mapnp.org/library/mrktng/mk_rsrch/mk_rsrch.htm
BuyUSA.com - Market Research - BuyUSA
Bitpipe - www.bitpipe.com

Retail Industry

National Retail Federation - www.nrf.com
Retailsystems.com - www.retailsystems.com
4Retail - www.4retail.com
U.S. Census Bureau - Retail & Wholesale Trade - www.census.gov/econ/www/retmenu.html
Retail Merchandiser - www.retail-merchandiser.com/retailmerchandiser/index.jsp
About - Retail Industry - retailindustry.about.com
Retail Researcher - www.retailresearcher.com
RetailTech Online - www.retailtech.com
Retail Intelligence - www.cior.com
Visual Store - www.visualstore.com
The Master Source - www.themastersource.com
Google Retail Direcory - http://directory.google.com/Top/Business/Industries/Retail/
Retail Info Systems News - www.risnews.com
Power Retailing - www.retailing.com
Electronic Retailing Association - www.retailing.org

Traffic Count Resources

"Starting a business in Pennsylvania" -www.state.pa.us
PA Department of Transportation - highway counts
Local Municipalities - Community and Economic Development Departments,
Police/Traffic Departments
Area Chambers of Commerce
Outdoor advertising companies(especially is a bill board is located near by)
Eastern Pennsylvania Business Journal Book of Lists
Shopping Center/Mall Management
Other businesses in that location

Zoning

Additional Resources

Local Newspapers - Both the Morning Call and The Express-Times/Allentown Times utilize the socio- and international data firm. Through the sales reps you can request information regarding economic demographic information developed by Claritas, Inc, the demographics of their coverage area.

Dun & Bradstreet - primary data collector for business-to-business information
Local Government authorities - Community and Economic Development Departments in municipal and county government

The One to One Future Building Relationships One at a Time
Don Peppers and Martha Rogers, PH.D.

Getting Everything You Can out Of All You've Got
21 Ways You Can Out-Think, Out- Perform and Out-Earn the Competition
Jay Abraham

50 Powerful Ideas You Can Use to Keep Your Customers
Paul R. Timm, Ph.D

Why we buy: the Science of Shopping
Paco Underhill

Talking with your Customers
What They Will Tell You About Your Business When You Ask the Right Questions
Michael J. Wing

Small Business Marketing for Dummies
Barbara Findlay

Selling for Dummies
Tom Hopkins

Marketing Management
Philip Kotler

The One-Day Marketing Plan
Organizing and Completing the Marketing Plan that Works
Roman G. Hiebing Jr. & Scott W. Cooper

Marketing
Joel R. Evans & Barry Berman

Target Marketing
Researching, Reaching, and Retaining Your Target Market
Linda Pinson & Jerry Jinnett

Marketing
Courtland L. Bovee, Michael J. Houston, & John B. Thill

How to Generate Work of Mouth Advertising
101 Easy and Inexpensive Ways to Promote Your Business
Godfrey Harris with Gregory J. Harris

Marketing Strategies for Small Business
Richard F. Gerson

Marketing
Robert D. Hisrich

Retail Business Kit for Dummies
Rick Segel

Specialty Ship Retailing
How to Run Your Own Store
Carol C. Schroeder

How to Start and Run Your Own Retail Business
Expert Advice from the Leading Business Consultant and Entrepreneur
Irving Burstiner

Start and Run a Profitable Retail Business
A Step-by-Step business Plan
Michael M. Coltman

Listen Up
Hear What's Really Being Said
Jim Dugger

Books on Product Development

Engineering and product development management
The Holistic Approach
Stephen C. Armstrong

Product Design
Techniques in Reverse Engineering and New Product Development
Kevin N. Otto & Kristin L. Wood

Integrated Product, Process and Enterprise Design
Ben Wang

Developing Successful New Products
A Guide to Product Planning
David Allen

The New Products Workshop
Hands-on Tools for Developing Winners
Barry Feig

Product Development
Success Through Product and Cycle-Time Excellence
Michael E. McGrath, Michael T. Anthony, & Amram R. Shapiro

Bringing New Products to Market
The Art and Science of Creating Winners
John A. Hall

From Concept to Market
Gary S. Lynn

New Product Development Checklists
Proven Checklists for Developing New Products from Mission to Market
George Gruenwald

New Product Development
What Really Works
George Gruenwald

The Art of Innovation
Lessons in Creativity from Ideo, America's Leading Design Firm
Tom Kelley

Managing the Design Factory
The Product Developer's Toolkit
Donald Reinertsen

Developing Products in Half the Time
New Rules, New Tools
Preston G. Smith & Donald G. Reinertsen

The PDMA Handbook of New Product Development
Milton D. Rosenau

Product Leadership
Creating and Launching Superior New Products
Robert Gravlin Cooper

Winning at New Products
Accelerating the Process from Idea to Launch
Robert Gravlin Cooper

Creating Breakthrough Products
Innovation from Product Planning to Program Approval
Jonathan Cagan & Craig M. Vogel

From Idea to launch at Internet Speed
How to Identify and Develop Profitable Opportunities
Catherine Kitcho

Will it Sell?
How to Determine If Your Invention is Profitably Marketable (Before Wasting Money on a Patent)
James E. White

New Product Development and Marketing
A Practical Guide
Italo S. Servi

Product Design and Development
Karl T. Ulrich & Steven D. Eppinger

Books on Patents

Patent, Copyright, & Trademark
A desk Reference to Intellectual Property Law
Stephen Elias

Successful Patents and Patenting for Engineers and Scientists
Michael A. Lechter

An introduction to U.S. Patent Searching
The Process
Susan B. Ardis

Patent Searching for Librarians and Inventors
Timothy Lee Wherry

Searching Patent Documents
For Patentability and Information
Fred K. Carr

How to Make Patent Searches
Bert W. Whitehurst

Patents and How to Get One
A Practical Handbook
U.S. Department of Commerce

Patent Searching Made Easy
How to Do Patent Searching on the Internet and in the Library
David Hitchcock

The Inventors Kit
A Complete Workbook for Filing U.S. Patents, Trademarks, & Copyrights
W. J. Scott Murphy & Scott Murphy

Patent it Yourself
David Pressman

Bethlehem Area Public Library - http://www.bapl.org/
Allentown Public Library - http://www.allentownpl.org/
Easton Area Public Library - http://www.eastonpl.org/
Other Libraries in the Lehigh Valley - http://www.lehigh.edu/~inref/guides/other.libraries.html
Access Pennsylvania - http://www.accesspa.state.pa.us/
Public Library Locator - http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/libraries/liblocator/
The American Secular Holidays Calendar - http://www.smart.net/~mmontes/ushols.html
The Calendar Zone - http://www.calendarzone.com