LibGuides: Small Business Guide: Home

Using Additional Resources

This guide was designed with local small business in mind. Most of it is free open access information, and guides for establishing contacts locally. If you are a student, staff or faculty member, there are additional resources linked from the tab above called Murray State Students/Faculty. You will need to log-in to use these.

All Kentucky citizens may use the Kentucky Virtual Library which has some of the proprietary resources available to students/faculty. For citizen info on using the KYVL, look at the Kentucky Virtual Library tab above.

Interesting Opportunities

AdAge "Facebook Launches Program to Help Small Businesses"
"The social-media giant is partnering with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Federation of Independent Business to conduct outreach in the small-business community. The first step is to circulate webinars, case studies and tips, which will be made available starting this week, but Facebook also intends to sponsor a series of road shows in cities across the country starting in October to promote its 'Small Business Boost'."

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"The third piece of the program will kick off in January 2012, when Facebook will look to award a $50 ad credit to 200,000 businesses, amounting to $10 million in free advertising."

Contacts for Entrepreneurs

Center for Economic and Entrepreneurial Development
We provide no-cost, confidential consulting on starting, growing, and fixing businesses. Specialty Services include disaster protection, importing and exporting, and government bid match.
Purchase Area Development District
The Purchase Area Development District (PADD) offers a diverse collection of services, touching every aspect of life in the Purchase Region. Located in the far-west Kentucky, PADD services include programs for human support, community infrastructure planning, economic development, and special projects – the blending of these offerings provides a well-rounded approach to meeting the current and future needs of our region.
Kentucky Career Center
Offers services in the areas of unemployment, veterans support, vocational rehabilitation, SNAP benefits, and more.

Join Today!

"KyBizInfo connects a network of hundreds of nonprofit Resource Partners that provide business-building services to one another and to the Kentucky small businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs in need of assistance."

Business Insurance -- organizational site with an excellent assortment of links, guides, suggestions. (Recommended by a user)

WickedStart

WickedStart
Wicked Start is an online resource aimed at helping new business with the startup process. The site includes several resources and how-to videos.

Kentucky SBDC

Website: http://www.ksbdc.org/

Assistance to New, Established, and Distressed Businesses

Training -- Resources -- Services