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Are there any research tools that may help me with my start-up company?

• Presentations
  

• UIUC Libraries
  

• Templates
  

• Entrepreneurship Portals
  

• Legal and Government Resources

• Other Web Resources
  

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Presentations

• Forming a Start-up Company at UIUC (HTML version)
  

• Forming a Start-up Company at UIUC (ppt version)
  

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UIUC Libraries

• Commerce Library
  

• Online Library Catalog
  

• Online Research Resources (article databases, electronic journals, reference tools, government documents, etc.)
  

• Resources on Selected Topics
  
  
  
  • Entrepreneurship
    

  • Information Consulting
    

  • Marketing Research
    

  • Small Business Consulting
    

  • Technology Entrepreneurship
    

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Templates

• MoneyHunt Business Plan Template

• PriceWaterhouseCoopers: Checklist of Considerations for Start-up and Early-Stage Companies
  

• Starting a Business in Illinois: Part I

• Starting a Business in Illinois: Part II

• U.S. Small Business Administration New Business Checklist
  

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Entrepreneurship Portals

• Accel Resources for Entrepreneurs
  

• Bplans.com
  

• Business.com: Small Business
  

• Business Owners' Idea Cafe

• EntreWorld.org: Resources for Entrepreneurs

• Quicken.com: Small Business Center
  

• Yahoo! Small Business Information
  

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Legal and Government Resources

• Business Services Department: Illinois Secretary of State
  

• Essential Links to Taxes
  

• Illinois Statistical Abstracts
  

• SBIR/STTR Gateway
  

• Statistical Abstracts of the U.S.
  

• U.N. Statistics
  

• U.S. Census Bureau
  

• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  

• U.S. Small Business Administration
  

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Other Web Resources

• Office of Technology Management (OTM): Web Resources

• techCommUnity: Resources

• Technology Commercialization Resources (Office of the Vice President for Technology and Economic Development)

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