KPL Website and Catalog Topics
International, national, state & local associations information. Mailing label format available.
Company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals.
Provides marketing information on both public and private companies.
Covers political and economic information of over 250 countries and territories, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.
Industry analysis, statistics, business development and market research
Search by company name, yellow page heading or geographic location. Search residential listings by name, address or telephone.
Business, trade and economic information from the U.S. Department of Commerce. Please ask at Reference Desk for username and password. Available in Library-Central Only
Evaluations, updated quarterly, of the financial strength of life, health, and annuity insurers, property and casualty insurers, HMO's, banks and savings and loans. In addition, they track the risk-adjusted performance of over 20,000 mutual funds and more than 6,000 stocks.
Home Access
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Newspapers and Magazines
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Black Enterprise
Business Outlook: Quarterly Report for West Michigan
Business Week
CPI Detailed Report (DOC) L2.3 8/3
Crain's Chicago Business
Crain's Detroit Business
Economic Indicators (DOC) Y 4. EC7:
Economist
Employment and Earnings (DOC) L 241/2:
Enterprise
Entrepreneur
Export America (DOC) C 61.18/2:
Forbes
Fortune
Harvard Business Review
Inc
Kiplinger Washington Letter
MIBIZ
Michigan Business Report (DOC) HD5725.M5P37
Minority Business Entreprenreur:MBE
Monthly Labor Review (DOC)L 2.5:
PPI Detailed Report (DOC) L2.61
Selling Power
Survey of Current Business (DOC) C59.11:
Wall Street Journal
Community Resources
Phone 269-381-4000
The Kalamazoo Regional Chamber of Commerce is the largest business organization in the county, with more than 2,000 member companies. We are a private, non-profit, voluntary, membership organization which advocates for business, its members range from sole proprietorships to multi-national corporations.The Chamber serves as the collective voice for business on issues affecting business and the Kalamazoo community. Its members are committed to enhancing the local business climate and maintaining a high quality of life in the community. They are able to accomplish together what no one business could do alone.
Phone 269-387-6004
The Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center regional office, affiliated with Haworth College of Business at Western Michigan University is one of 12 offices statewide, providing services and support to the Michigan small business community in the areas of counsel, training, and research.
Phone 1-269-342-5655
Training course and micro-loans to graduates of the training program.
Phone 269-492-1460
Grant or sponsor paid six week administrative program including training in office etiquette, computer programs, multi-line telephone operations, and job search skills.
Phone 269-381-5382
The Kalamazoo Chapter of SCORE offers free counseling, workshops, and other resources to entrepreneurs and small business owners. If you are looking for assistance with the preparation of a business plan, accounting and taxes, marketing, and loan applications, SCORE can help.
Websites
Business Planning
60 + free sample business plans.
Search for records of corporations, limited liability companies, and limited partnerships authorized to transact business in the State of Michigan.
A fun approach to serious business. Helpful hints and useful products to start and run small businesses.
Tools that can help you focus on what you want your business to be and help you manage and implement your goals.
The Small Business Administration's information on how to construct business plans.
Business plans from competition winners.
Extensive tips, hints, products, and resources of starting and maintaining a successful business.
Creating your business plan, including editor's picks, about topics that impact day to day operations of your business.
This free business development service is available to qualifying companies throughout the state.
Resources for starting a new business.
Español
Spanish language version of the SBA business resources site.
Franchising
Looking for business news and trends, information about franchising, marketing, home business ideas, and more? This site has a bit of everything having to do with the business world and entrepreneurial startups.
Comphrehensive franchise opportunity directory. Browse profiles, research opportunities, and locate franchises.
Search hundreds of franchises and business opportunities for sale.
Extensive listing of franchises and information resources.
Marketing
Relevant marketing information, including marketing trends, strategies, training, and products.
Marketing and publishing ideas.
Questions and answers about marketing your business products, web links and marketing strategies articles.
Information products about marketing and advertising to the interested enterpriser.
A full-service, fully automated virtual marketing communications service with many marketing tools and resources.
Strategic and tactical marketing know-how to Internet and offline marketing professionals.
Useful case studies, and best practices data about marketing, advertising, and media relations.
Money and Finance
Overview of income statements.
Monthly data on changes in the prices paid by urban consumers for a representative basket of goods and services.
Champions the cause for women's economic independence by providing access to business loans, consultation and education.
Comprehensive national online directory of licensed accountants on the Internet.
Many useful links that contain information about business and economic related statisitics, compiled data, reports, and trends.
Links about funding for businesses and economic development.
An online directory of financial statement resources.
Other Business Resources
Dedicated to fostering fair and honest relationships between businesses and consumers.
Locate statistical data, financial reports, and industry information.
Human resource forms.
Official business link to the U.S. Government.
Center for Urban Studies provides demogrphics. Michigan Metropolitan Information Center (MIMIC) files contain the full complement of census tables organized by geography – counties, census tracts, block groups, etc.
Notices of proposed government procurement actions, contract awards, sales of government property, and more.
Business resources that help U.S. businesses participate fully in the growing global marketplace.
This page provides links to basic federal tax information for people who are starting a business.
Demographic information provided via Kalamazoo County Government
MeL has data and information on starting a business.
Full range of services for a variety of small businesses that are emerging and growing throughout Michigan.
National Green Pages is a directory listing nearly 3,000 businesses that have made firm commitments to sustainable, socially just principles, including the support of sweatshop-free labor, organic farms, fair trade, and cruelty-free products.
Business classification system.
Business classification system.
FREE Trade Magazine Subscriptions & Technical Document Downloads.
Links to labor statisitcs including demographics, unemployment, inflation, consumer spending, occupations, and census.
Census data compiled on people, employment, geography, business, housing, and much more.
Employment research data center.
Pricing
Extensive tips, hints, products, and resources that cover all aspects of starting, maintaining, and pricing a business.
Resource center dedicated to pricing professionals.
Small Business Regulations
Employment laws assistance for workers & small businesses
Resources on global business activities.
Michigan Consumer and Industry, Dept of-Professional & Occupational Licenses;Construction Codes; Liquor Control; Finance & Insurance Services. A one-stop shop for business creation and development.
Information about Michigan tax forms, financial and public institutions, local government news, and administrative services for individuals, businesses and non-profit organizations.
Occupational regulations, legislation, events, & news.
Information about trademarks, patents, contact information, or the policies and laws that regulate intellectual property matters.
Site provides access to information regarding pollution prevention and environmental compliance for the small business owner.
Information about safety regulations, occupational safety requirements, current legislatation, OSHA facts, and more.
Information about initiatives, regulations, and safety programs.
Maintains and distributes EPA publications in hardcopy, CD ROM and other multi-media formats. Inventory includes over 7,000 titles.