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

2012-2013 Resources

Handouts

• Business Planning Outline - Commerce
• Business Planning Tips
• Market Research - Slides
• Market Research - Handout
• Choosing a Legal Entity
• Financial Projections and Feasibility Analysis and SCORE financial model
• Using Intellectual Property Strategically
• Retailing
• Sample mini-plans (teams must submit a mini-plan when registering for the competition)

NEW: Business plan entries volunteered by participants since 2009 are now available through the Wisconsin School of Business Library online. Plans are added on a rolling basis and are continually updated.

Nonprofit Organization Information

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).

Copyright and Patent Resources

• Online Patents
• Copyrights
• WARF (Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation)

Websites Mentioned in Previous Talks

• Research an industry - Wisconsin School of Business Library research guide
• Identifying trade journals - Ulrichs
• 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