Business Planning Resources
Build a strong foundation for your business with these business planning tools:
DemographicsNow
DemographicsNow provides access to robust and highly detailed U.S. demographic data. It is ideal for gaining consumer and market insight when opening a business, finding an untapped audience for products/services, analyzing the shifts and needs of a given population, and so much more.
Gale Business Plan Builder
Gale Small Business Builder is a step-by-step online planning tool to help aspiring entrepreneurs and experienced small business owners plan, start, and optimize a small business or nonprofit. Ideal for self-guided business planning, the intuitive program guides users through five areas of exploration: entrepreneur profile, business ideation, break-even analysis, business plan, and financial projection. Use Gale Small Business Builder in conjunction with Tulsa City-County Library's other free tools for expert business research.
Small Business Reference Center
Small Business Reference Center offers a wide variety of information on small business and entrepreneurial subject areas, common business types, a help and advice section, and provides information on how to create business plans that lead to successful funding.
Industry News Resources
Use these databases to keep up-to-date with industry news:
Business Source Premier
Trade and business news magazines offer the latest news and developments in entrepreneurial circles. This source searches through hundreds of publications looking for your keywords and retrieves full text articles for you about hot companies and industries.
Regional Business News
Local business papers such as the Journal Record highlight up and coming companies, industries, and the entrepreneurial climate from a regional perspective in an online full text format.
Tulsa World
Search this full text paper online for articles about local businesses, start-ups and growing industries.
Business Planning Assistance
Contact these organizations for advice and assistance with your business plan:
- Oklahoma Small Business Development Center (OSBDC)
The center's mission is to enhance economic growth through business development and innovation. OCBDC consults with and provides assistance to existing and prospective businesses. - Tulsa SCORE SCORE is a national nonprofit organization of retired business people whose members work with new and existing businesses to help them grow and become successful.
Funding for for Startups
Contact these organizations to learn more about how you can fund your startup:
- i2E | Innovation to Enterprise
An organization that works with companies, inventors, researchers and entrepreneurs to turn technological innovations into business opportunities. i2E is affiliated with the Oklahoma Technology Commercialization Center. - Oklahoma Small Business Development Center (OSBDC)
The center's mission is to enhance economic growth through business development and innovation. OCBDC consults with and provides assistance to existing and prospective businesses. - Tulsa Economic Development Corporation (TEDC)
TEDC Creative Capital supports small business development, expansion, and survival in the Tulsa region by using public and private resources to give entrepreneurs access to financial and technical assistance.
General Sites for Entrepreneurs
Check out these great sites for entrepreneurs:
- Entrepreneurship
The Kauffman Foundation’s online headquarters for entrepreneurs with a focus on innovation, growth, and the critical role of new business creation in our society. - Entrepreneur
Entrepreneur Magazine’s online source for everything from practical start-up working tools to new business opportunities.
Small Business Organizations
Find support for your small business through these organizations:
- American Indian Chamber of Commerce
The American Indian Chamber of Commerce brings American Indian business owners, Tribal Leaders, and businesses together to promote and enhance the success of all American Indian people. - The Forge
The Forge is a business incubator that strives to accelerate the development and success of start-ups and existing businesses in Tulsa. - Greater Tulsa Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (GTHCC)
GTHCC advocates, develops and advances Hispanic business interests in the greater Tulsa region and throughout the State of Oklahoma. - i2E | Innovation to Enterprise
The center works with companies, inventors, researchers and entrepreneurs to turn technological innovations into business opportunities. i2E is affiliated with the Oklahoma Technology Commercialization Center. - Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST)
OCAST fosters innovation in existing and developing businesses, helps Oklahomans develop the products, technology and treatments of tomorrow and moves those high- potential research projects into the marketplace. - Oklahoma Small Business Development Center (OSBDC)
The center's mission is to enhance economic growth through business development and innovation. OCBDC consults with and provides assistance to existing and prospective businesses. - Tulsa Regional Chamber
The Tulsa Metro Chamber invests in a variety of initiatives benefiting local small businesses, including the Small Business Council, Let's Do Business, SourceLink Tulsa, Entrepreneur's Guide, The Circuit networking series, and the Small Business Awards. - Tulsa SCORE
SCORE is a nonprofit national organization of retired business people whose members work with new and existing businesses to help them grow and become successful. - Tulsa Economic Development Corporation (TEDC)
TEDC Creative Capital supports small business development, expansion, and survival in the Tulsa region by using public and private resources to give entrepreneurs access to financial and technical assistance.
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