So You Want to Start a Business...

 You Have an Idea - Now What? 

Starting a business is a challenge. 

Where do I start? 

Is my idea viable?

What's a business plan?

Luckily, there is a wealth of information available to Michigan entrepreneurs looking for advice and guidance. You don't have to do it alone! See full post for more information. 

More New Books!

The Business Center received the following new books just yesterday. Books can be requested from the "My Account" link on our homepage (click the Genesee District Library tab above), and sent to any of our 19 branches in Genesee County!

1. The Art of Being Brilliant

2. The Benefit and the Burden: Tax Reform, Why We Need It and What It Will Take

3. Beyond the Call: Why Some of Your Team Go the Extra Mile and Others Don’t Show

4. Business Plans Handbook, vol. 25

5. Cheaper, Better, Faster: Over 2,000 Tips and Tricks to Save You Time and Money Every Day

6. Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business

7. Creative Conspiracy: The New Rules of Breakthrough Collaboration

8. The Do-It-Yourself Bailout: How I Eliminated $222,000 of Credit Card Debt in 18 Months and Saved Nearly $150,000.

9. The Encore Career Handbook: How to Make a Living and a Difference in the Second Half of Life

10. Get Your Shift Together: How to Think, Laugh, and enjoy Your Way to Success in Business and in Life
11. Harvard Business Review Guide to Better Business Writing

12. How to Make Money in Stocks Success Stories: New and Advanced Investors Share Their Winning Secrets

13. How to Retire Happy: The 12 Most Important Decisions You Must Make Before You Retire

14. I’m Sorry I Broke Your Company: When Management Consultants Are the Problem Not the Solution

15. Leading the Learning Revolution: The Expert’s Guide to Capitalizing on the Exploding Lifelong Education Market

16. Ninja Innovation: The Ten Killer Strategies of the World’s Most Successful Businesses

17. The Secret Financial Life of Food: From Commodities Markets to Supermarkets

Market Your Business with Our Help!

A Targeted Marketing Approach is Critical...We Can Help!

The Genesee District Library Business Center wants your business to thrive. Engaging the community can be daunting, and professional marketing can be expensive! Over the past few weeks I have demonstrated one of our online resources, ReferenceUSA, to business owners interested in attracting professional clientele. 

How can ReferenceUSA help your business grow?

1. Locate local, regional, and national competition, and see how they're doing

2. Locate companies with which you'd like to partner

3. Use the mapping function to target areas in which your services might be needed

So I know an area in which I'd like to market my services, now what?

This is where Bresser's, a print reference guide becomes invaluable. It is similar to a phone book, but instead of listing individuals by Last Name, First Name by city, it is organized by street name. This will allow you to collect the mailing addresses for a given area should you wish to contact individuals or businesses. This publication is library-use only, but well worth your time if direct-mail marketing is your goal.  

If you'd like more information about our online resources, please click on "contact us" at the top of this page to call the Business Center or email a librarian. Feel free to drop by and we will be happy to show you how to best search the database.