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Small Business Research Guide - LSC-North Harris
State/Local
- Business Organization Code Forms from the Texas Secretary of State
- City of Houston One Stop Business Center
- Greater Houston Partnership
- The Texas Business Advisor (from the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)
National
- Current Industrial Reports (from Census Bureau)
- Forbes The 100 Best Small Companies in America
- NFIB (National Federation of Independent Business - advocacy organization representing small businesses.)
- North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
- Small Business Administration
- Small Business Resource Center (from the U.S. Department of Labor) - see also Bureau of Labor Statistics
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission - Small Business Information
- Wall Street Journal - Small Business Information (includes how-to, franchising, financing, technology, and running a business sections)
Business News
- Bloomberg Business Week
- CNNMoney - Business, financial, personal finance, news
- Entrepreneur Magazine
- Forbes (search for specific dates, types of articles, or authors at advanced search; review articles in the Entrepreneur section)
- Fortune (search back issues using the search box on this page)
- Houston Business Journal (search 39 business journals in the U.S.)
- Houston Chronicle Interactive
- Inc. Online (search back issues using the search box on all pages)
- PR Newswire
Business Plans, Business Law, Taxes and Venture Capital
- Financing Your Business - U.S. Small Business Administration - Financial Assistance (see also, The Business Plan section)
- Getting Financing for Your Business from Business Owner's Toolkit
- Planning Your Business - from Business Owner's Toolkit
- Sample Business and Marketing Plans - from Palo Alto Software
- Small Business/Self-Employed - from the IRS
- Virtual Business Plan - breaks down the sections of a business plan that you can review by section -click each section on the left side of the screen
Directories
- Inc. 500 - list of the nation's fastest-growing private companies from Inc. magazine
- Internet 800 Directory - toll-free phone numbers
- Switchboard - business and residential phone numbers
- Thomas Register of American Manufacturers
- U.S. Postal Service ZIP Code Lookup
281.618.5707 
