SESSION:5 Identifying Entrepreneurial Opportunity

Suggested Resources

Entrepreneurship | Leadership Development – Micro-Learning Session

Rice University 2020 | Michael Laverty, Colorado State University Global Chris Littel, North Carolina State University| https://openstax.org/details/books/entrepreneurship

5.2 Researching Potential Business Opportunities

American Fact Finder (market research): http://factfinder2.census.gov/main.html

FedStats (statistics from more than 100 federal agencies): https://www.usa.gov/statistics

FindLaw Small Business Center (business forms): https://smallbusiness.findlaw.com/

National Federation of Independent Business: https://www.nfib.com/business-resources

The Small Business National Center: https://sites.google.com/a/uca.edu/sbanc/home

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA): www.sba.gov

Top Franchises of 2019: https://www.entrepreneur.com/franchise500/2019

U.S. patent and Trademark Office: https://www.uspto.gov/

General Business Statistics: https://www.census.gov/eos/www/naics/, http://www.census.gov/library/publications/2011/compendia/statab/131ed.html

Consumer Statistics: https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/G19/, https://www.cpsc.gov/Research–Statistics

Demographics: https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml, http://www.bls.gov/bls/demographics.htm

Economic Indicators: https://www.bls.gov/cpi/, bea.gov

Employment Statistics: https://stats.bls.gov/bls/employment.htm

Income Statistics: https://www.bls.gov/cps/earnings.htm, https://www.bls.gov/data/#employment

Money and Interest Rates: https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h15/, https://www.federalreserve.gov/data.htm

Production and Sales Statistics: https://www.bea.gov/data/consumer-spending/main,

Trade Statistics: https://www.bea.gov/data/economic-accounts/international#bop, https://usatrade.census.gov/

Statistics of specific Industries: https://www.census.gov/eos/www/naics/, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/susb.html

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