Miss a session on a key subject? Powerpoints and helpful references from the Seminars for Success follow below. New materials are added regularly, so check back following seminars offered this year!

2011-2012 Resources

Handouts

• Business Planning Outline - Commerce
• Business Planning Tips
• Market Research Resources
• Choosing a Legal Entity
• Financial Projections and Feasibility Analysis
• Using Intellectual Property Strategically
• Retailing

For market research on nonprofit organizations, please use the Business Library Associations Unlimited database or try GuideStar for financial information (you may obtain micro-detail from the Form 990s the service makes available for free).

Choosing organizational forms

Copyright & Patent Resources

• Online Patents
• Copyrights

Websites mentioned in previous talks

• Market research reports for purchase - Market Research
• Research an industry: Business Library research guide
• Madison Int'l Trade Association (MITA)
• Government consumer and economic data - Census
• Registering a business - Wisconsin Dep't Financial Institutions
• Trademark search - U.S Patent & Trademark Office
• Copyrights - U.S. Copyright Office
• Slide presentations - Presentation Zen
• Salary data for projections - Salary.com

2010-2011 Resources

Handouts

• Financial planning seminar materials: slides, feasibility check for new company (pay attention to page 8 in particular), timeline and sample financial spreadsheet model.
• Using intellectual property strategically (slides)
• Retailing seminar material (slides)

2008-2009 Resources

Handouts

• Approaching the media: slides, tweetchat transcript with media experts. Alternatively, please log into Tweetchat.com, enter your Twitter username and password, and enter #bizpitch for the room to enter.

NEW: Business plan entries volunteered by participants in 2009 are now available through the Wisconsin School of Business Library online.