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Entrepreneurship

Descriptive Career Information | Online Resource Guides |Reading list from the Simmons School of Management Library

Descriptive Career Information

Career Profile - Entrepreneur
http://www.princetonreview.com/cte/profiles/dayInLife.asp?careerID=60

Entrepreneurship: An Alternate Career Choice
http://www.score.org/entrepreneurship_career.html

Online Resource Guides

Massachusetts Career Information System (MassCIS)
http://masscis.intocareers.org/
The section "Working for Yourself" (found under Occupations and Employment) offers an excellent introduction to entrepreneurship issues and options. Highlights include the "Is Self Employment Right for You?" section, an extensive local resource guide, and profiles of careers with 10% or more self-employment. (Note: MassCIS is free to all Massachusetts residents. If it's your first visit, skip over the log-in section, and just enter your town and zip code for access.)

Vault Online Career Library
Download the Vault Guide to Starting Your Own Business, a full-length e-book, or check out the Career Advice page for articles on starting your own business (under "Work/Life" section).

NOTE:
Current students and staff can access Vault on campus and remotely using their Simmons log-in:
http://0-www.vault.com.library.simmons.edu/cb/careerlib/
careerlib_main.jsp?parrefer=2336

Alumni have off-site access to the Vault Online Career Library provided by the Simmons Office of Alumnae/i Relations with Alumnet registration with Alumnet registration. To register for Alumnet, go to:
https://www.alumnet.simmons.edu/olc/pub/SNS/register/register.cgi.
To log-on to Vault through Alumnet, go to:
http://www.alumnet.simmons.edu/olc/membersonly/SNS/career_lib.html

A free version of Vault, which also contains the Vault job board, is available at http://www.vault.com.

US Small Business Administration
A comprehensive resource for entrepreneurs, this site covers all aspects of small business planning, management, and development. Includes free online training, information about financial and legal issues, resources for women and other special audiences, and links to local resources.
http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov/

Online Women's Business Center
Resources from the Small Business Administratin's Office of Women's Business Ownership, including a national list of women's business centers.
http://www.onlinewbc.gov/

Center for Women and Enterprise
Boston's local women's business center. Offers free and inexpensive workshops on topics related to starting a business. Site includes links to additional resources on all aspects of business planning.
http://www.cweonline.org/

Office of Business Development, City of Boston
Provides access to financial and technical resources for Boston entrepreneurs. Don't miss the "Boston Business Resource Guide," which includes a regulation checklist, as well as extensive annotated list of city, state, and national government agencies that provide resources, assistance, or information for business owners. (Download the complete guide at http://www.cityofboston.gov/dnd/obd/BRG/pdfs/complete_BBRG.pdf.)
http://www.cityofboston.gov/dnd/OBD/Default.asp

MA Small Business Development Center Network
Provides free management counseling services and free and low-cost seminars for small business owners.
http://www.msbdc.org/

Boston-area SBDC offices include:

Small Business Development Center National Information Clearinghouse (SBDCNet)
A gateway to web-based resources developed to help SBDC counselors assist small business owners (but anyone can use it).
http://sbdcnet.org/

SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives)
Provides free email counseling to small business owners. The SCORE website also includes online workshops, business templates, and quizzes on entrepreneurship topics.
http://www.score.org/

BizToolkit
Free access option offers an annotated gateway to quality online resources for planning, marketing, managing, and growing your business. From the James J. Hill Business Reference Library.
http://www.biztoolkit.org/

Reading list from Simmons School of Management Library

Note: Women and entrepreneurship is a special focus of the Simmons School of Management (SOM) Library. For information about the SOM Library, including hours and directions, visit http://my.simmons.edu/library/collections/som/.

Trends and Profiles:

  • The Bear Necessities of Business: Building a Company with Heart by Maxine Clark with Amy Joyner (HD62.5 .C586 2006).
    In this book, Maxine Clark, Founder and Chief Executive Bear of Build-A-Bear Workshop, outlines the tools that you need to start a company and provides examples from her life experiences.
  • The Entrepreneurial Imperative: How America's Economic Miracle Will Reshape the World (and Change Your Life) by Carl J. Schramm (HB615 .S37 2006).
    Carl J. Schramn, President and CEO of the Kauffman Foundation, outlines the importance of entrepreneurship in today’s society.
  • International Handbook of Women and Small Business Entrepreneurship. Edited by Sandra L. Fielden and Marilyn J. Davidson (HD6072.5 .I58 2005).
    This handbook contains a collection of research on women and their experiences with small business entrepreneurship.   
  • Mavericks at Work: Why the Most Original Minds in Business Win by William C. Taylor and Polly LaBarre (HD38.25.U6 T39 2006).
    An excellent read. This book profiles companies, executives, and entrepreneurs that are rethinking the way business gets accomplished and have come up with new answers.      
  • New Perspectives on Women Entrepreneurs. Edited by John E. Butler (HD6053 .N438 2003).
    A great source that contains research on women entrepreneurs.  
  • The Pampered Chef: The Story of One of America's Most Beloved Companies by Doris Christopher (HD9971.5.K584 P364 2005).
    Doris Christopher, Founder and CEO of The Pampered Chef, Ltd., describes how she founded the company and also offers advice and strategies for growing a business.
  • The Rise of Women Entrepreneurs: People, Processes, and Global Trends by Jeanne Halladay Coughlin with Andrew R. Thomas (HD6072.5 .C68 2002).
    A great resource on female entrepreneurship. It contains profiles of women entrepreneurs as well as information on global trends.
  • The Starbucks Experience: 5 Principles for Turning Ordinary into Extraordinary by Joseph A. Michelli (HD9199.U54 S736 2007).
    This book outlines the philosophies and the principles that have contributed to the success of Starbucks.

How-to Guides:

  • Entrepreneurship: A Process Perspective by Robert A. Baron and Scott A. Shane (HB615 .B369 2005).
    This resource provides information on launching and running a new business.
  • Extraordinary Entrepreneurship: The Professional's Guide to Starting an Exceptional Enterprise by Stephen C. Harper (HD62.5 .H37337 2005).
    This is a step-by-step guide to new venture creation which includes information on developing a business plan and securing funding.  
  • Lead Like An Entrepreneur by Neal Thornberry (HB615 .T49 2006).
    This book explains how to become an entrepreneurial leader.
  • Mompreneurs: A Mother's Practical Step-By-Step Guide to Work-At-Home Success by Patricia Cobe and Ellen H. Parlapiano (HD2336.U5 P366 2002; also available in the Career Resource Library "Women and Careers" section).
    This guide provides advice and instructions for creating a home-based business and contains numerous examples of mothers that have created successful home-based businesses.  
  • The Entrepreneur's Information Sourcebook: Charting the Path to Small Business Success by Susan C. Awe (HD62.5 .A96 2006).
    This step-by-step guide includes information on helpful print and online resources for entrepreneurs.  
  • You Need To Be A Little Crazy: The Truth About Starting and Growing Your Business by Barry J. Moltz (HD62.5 .M64 2003).
    This guide provides helpful advice on starting a business.

Additional titles available in Career Resource Library (P304E):

  • Businesses You Can Start Almanac, 2nd ed., by Adams Media (CRL Business 2006).
    Profiles 500 small business ideas at various investment levels (from under $1,000 to over $40,000). Also includes business basics and legal issues.
  • The Harvard Entrepreneurs Club Guide to Starting Your Own Business by Poonam Sharma (CRL Career Planning 1999).
    Geared towards college students and recent graduates, this guide offers an overview of the start-up process.
  • The Smart Woman's Guide to Starting a Business, 2nd ed., by Vickie L. Montgomery (CRL Women and Careers 1998).
    Highlights include a personal inventory, a chapter on mapping out a business plan, and networking strategies.
  • Working from Home, 5th ed., by Paul and Sarah Edwards (CRL Career Planning 1999).
    Covers issues related to the home-based business, e.g., setting up a home office, zoning and permits, time management, children, etc.

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