Wolters Kluwer
Small Business Guide: What Are Your Goals?
This site discusses the economic, personal, and retirement goals of an entrepreneur. The importance of goals and quantifying them in relation to business plans are linked.
Wolters Kluwer
Small Business Guide: Do You Have the Right Stuff to Run a Small Business?
Very comprehensive site with links to all of the roles you must be experienced in to run a small business successfully. Roles such as tax collector, manager/boss, sales/marketing/advertising executive, accountant, etc. are discussed.
Other
Babson College: Define Entrepreneurship
A large collection of informal definitions of entrepreneurship gathered from present and past students and affiliates of this business college. Excellent material to stimulate discussion.
Employment Spot
Employment Spot: Entrepreneurs
Starting your own business can be a daunting task. But for many, the idea of working for themselves rather than a large corporation is a dream come true. And although it can be a lot of hard work, owning your own business can be...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Entrepreneurship: Creating a New Business
In this lesson students will explore the steps involved in starting a new business. This will include preparing a ten-page Business Plan, building a model of the business, and presenting the business idea in a role-play situation where...
US Senate
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
The Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship is working on exciting new projects for young companies. Check out the "Breaking News" link to find out up to date information.
Biz Move
Biz Move: Free Home Based Business Plan Sample
This site covers all aspects starting up a home-based business. Within this site is useful information on setting up your office or workspace area.
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta: What Is an Entrepreneur?
Introduces students to the motivations and decision making of entrepreneurs and discusses their economic impact.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Business Tycoons
Ouline of the blooming business industry and the development of entrepreneurs, big business, and the pursuit of financial success in 19th Century America.
Other
Entrepreneur Magazine
Are you looking for articles or information about entrepreneurship? Entrepreneur Magazine offers an online edition that has a wide variety of helpful resources.
Other
Entrepreneur: Taxing Matters
This Entrepreneur Magazine article provides "Everything you wanted to know about payroll taxes, and then some," and includes a good explanation of FICA (social security and medicare) withholding.
Other
The Mint: Take the Entrepreneur Challenge
Answer a series of questions to help decide if you would be a good entrepreneur.
Other
Small Business Advisor: Homepage
The qualities of an entrepreneur are discussed in detail. This site from the Small Business Advisor guides you through a series of questions for a self-evaluation. Link to The Advisor under Contents followed by Starting a Business.
Other
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City: Do I Have What It Takes Entrepreneur? [Pdf]
A series of lessons which introduces the concept of entrepreneurship and its importance in today's global economy.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Famous Entrepreneur Scavenger Hunt
This instructional activity will help students learn about entrepreneurs in today's society and how they got started in the world of business and became successful at it. This instructional activity reinforces textbook chapters on the...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Entrepreneurship
In this lesson, students become entrepreneurs and they will create a community of businesses by selling goods and services for profit. This lesson requires students to work in groups. Each group will have its own business to develop....
Other
U.s. Scouting Service Project: Merit Badge: Entrepreneurship
This site provides an outline for the entrepreneur to follow when thinking about starting a business.
Other
Business Week: Maggie Walker: A Rich Legacy for the Black Woman Entrepreneur
Learn about this famous African American entrepreneur and how she rose to success in the world of banking.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Our Business
Students (working with a partner) will create a business. This project can be used at the end of the year as a major project or divided up into smaller lessons. Project incorporates all of the content standards.
Lectric Law Library
'Lectric Law Library: Small Business and the Sec
This site covers information pertaining to small businesses and the SEC. Learn about various topics including how to make a small business go public.
Other
Business Owners' Idea Cafe
Have you ever wanted to start your own business? The Idea Cafe provides a variety of resources to assist you in taking the first steps towards business ownership.
Other
Small Business Association: Is Entrepreneurship for You?
In the U.S. Small Business Administration's Small Business Startup Kit, this section walks you through the characteristics required to be an entrepreneur. It concludes with the advantages of owning your own business.
PBS
Nh Pbs: Outlook on Money: Growing a Business
Meet a vegetable farmer from Hooksett, NH, who shares his experiences as a small business owner. Gives tips and advice for starting a business and for how to take advantage of helpful resources to pursue entrepreneurial dreams. Includes...
Biz Move
Biz Move: Free Home Based Business Plan Sample
This Bizmove site contains information on starting a business at home, including an "entrepreneurial personality" self-test and basic budget formation.