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Business Management: Getting Started

Resources about starting a business, business plans, market analysis, and regional economic development.

What is an Entrepreneur?

Highway sign welcoming drivers to Missouri

Entrepreneur- (noun) one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise. Comes from the french verb entreprendre- which means 'to undertake' -Webster's Dictionary

Entrepreneurs--Snapshot

Data table breaking down how long America's firms have been in business by gender, race, ethnicity, and more from the 2014 Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs from the Census Bureau.

US Small Business Administration--Write a Business Plan

St. Louis Business Journal Tutorial

This quick tutorial will walk you through searching for articles on the St. Louis Business Journal's website and how to access those articles as a Jefferson College student.

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)

Example of NAICS code broken down by what each number represents: sector, subsector, industry group, industry, and national industry

SWOT Analysis

SWOT analysis stands for :

  • Strengths
  • Weaknesses 
  • Opportunities
  • Threats

Use this process to identify the qualities of your business, and to create a plan that lays out future action. Check out the link below: