New York Small Business Resources
The Department of Small Business Services (SBS) makes it easier for businesses in New York City to form, do business, and grow by providing direct assistance to business owners, fostering neighborhood development in commercial districts, and linking employers to a skilled and qualified workforce.
Books about Green Business
Greening Your Business: The Hands On Guide to Creating a Successful and Sustainable Business by Daniel Sitarz.
Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things by William McDonough and Michael Braugart
Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future by Bill McKibben
Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage by Daniel C. Esty and Andrew S. Winston
Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution by Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins , L. Hunter Lovins
The Triple Bottom Line: How Today's Best-Run Companies Are Achieving Economic, Social and Environmental Success -- and How You Can Too by Andrew W. Savitz, Karl Weber
Entrepreneurial Management
The Portable MBA in Entrepreneurship, 2nd ed. by William D. Bygrave, Editor
The Start-up Entrepreneur by James R. Cook
The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Business Law by Constance Bagley and Craig E. Dauchy
Engineering Your Start-up: A Guide for the Hi-Tech Entrepreneur by Michael L. Baird
New Venture Creation: Entrepreneurship for the 21st century, 4th ed. by Jeffry Timmons
High Technology Marketing
How to Drive the Competition Crazy by Guy Kawasak
Marketing High Technology: An Insider’s View by Bill Davidow
The One-to-One Future by Don Peppers et al.
Resources for Business Plan Writing
Below are a few suggested Web sites to help get you started in the preparation of your business plan. These sites provide information on a wide range of entrepreneurial subjects.
Ernst & Young: "Outline for a Business Plan"
Deloitte & Touche: "Writing an Effective Business Plan"
Suggested Executive Summary Format
The Successful Business Plan: Secrets and Strategies by Rhonda Abrams
Entrepreneurial Edge Online - An on-line resource center and magazine for entrepreneurs. Check out the section called Business Builders.
Small Business Administration - Information on legal issues, business planning, software, and other resources.
Developing Your Business Plan Workshop - This page from the Small Business Administration Web site contains a basic step-by-step approach to writing a business plan.
Business Essentials Library - Palo Alto Software - Palo Alto Software produces business planning software. There are several sample business plans available as well as tips, planning outlines, and other information.
Resources to Green Your Company
NYSERDA: Focus CRE is New York State's new business-focused solution to translate energy efficiency into higher asset value. Through a simple, re-engineered process, Focus CRE enables commercial building owners and tenants to achieve their financial and environmental objectives
Friends of the Earth Scotland: Their Online Audit is designed to answer office-related environmental questions and whether certain strategies are affordable for your business.
California Waste Management Board: Learn where and how to recycle your goods.
Co-op America: Founded in 1982, this not-for-profit membership organization's mission is to harness economic power to create a socially just and environmentally sustainable society.
The Green Office: This online retailer offers recycled, environmentally friendly, and sustainable business products, school supplies, and paper.
Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH): Dedicated to accelerating the development and use of technologies that radically improve the quality, durability, energy efficiency, environmental performance, and affordability of America's housing.