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ASSISTANCE
A list
of agencies and organizations that offer counseling, training, and
other forms of assistance to small business
Contact
HPL
InfoAnytime (Reference 24/7)
LIBRARY WORKSHOPS
Check our
event
calendar and register online.
View:
1. Business Self-Assessment
2. How to Sell Your Product or Service to Government
3. Online Marketing for Artists
Listen to:
1. Hiring and Working with Immigrant Workers
2. Insurance for the Future: Building Tomorrow's Workforce
3. Speaking of Business: Public Speaking for Entrepreneurs
EMAIL NOTIFICATION
Join HPL's email
list for small business owners and entrepreneurs. You will receive
announcements of small business classes and workshops at the Library
and, occasionally, notification of new resources, other programs or
services, or news items of interest.
Join now
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New!
ONLINE BUSINESS
REFERENCE
SHELF
You will be asked for your Hartford Public Library card number,
if you are outside the Library.
Business Plans Handbook
containing over 250 sample business plans
Encyclopedia of Small Business
containing 600 detailed articles and overviews of all the
key information needs of small business owners and
entrepreneurs
TOPICS
Business plans
QUOTE OF THE MONTH
When
I started out in business, I spent a great deal of time
researching every detail that might be pertinent to the deal
I was interested in making. I still do the same today.
People often comment on how quickly I operate, but the
reason I can move quickly is that I've done the background
work first…
Who said it?
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DATABASES
Access
business databases (directories,
magazines, newspapers, and more) from home, school, or business with
Hartford Public Library card.
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES
HPL catalog
Biz Book Talk
Books for Business
BusinessWeek Best-Seller List
New York Times Best Sellers Lists
New!
Start-up guides for specific types of businesses, including Entrepreneur Magazine's
Step by Step Startup Guides
SOFTWARE
All
sites offer
public access computers equipped with Microsoft Office products
and Internet Explorer.
ONLINE COURSE
Business Writing Success Skills: six classes in business writing
basics from LearningExpressLibrary (Access from home, school, or
business with a Hartford Public Library card.)
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