Small Business Resource Center

Located at the Rondo Community Outreach Library, the Small Business Resource Center offers a collection of materials specially chosen for small business owners and entrepreneurs.

The Small Business Resource Center features:

Books
Start-up Guides
Periodicals
Videos
Reference Materials
Internet and other electronic resources for planning and running a small business
Computer workstations reserved for business customers

Resources include:

Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios - comparative financial data benchmarks and trends for 192 industries
Business Plan Pro - sample business plans and business plan formats
Demographics Now - demographic information and thematic maps to analyze customer bases and spending potentials
NAICS - SIC database - identifies the NAICS and SIC numbers for business
RMA Annual Statement Studies - composite financial data for several hundred industries
Small Business Web Links

Other electronic resources available at all branches of the St. Paul Public Library include magazine databases, free access to the archives for the St. Paul Pioneer Press and Minneapolis Star-Tribune, business databases, and ReferenceUSA.

About the Small Business Partnership Project

The business center at the Rondo library is generously supported by the St. Paul Travelers Foundation.