Indiana: small: business reference: guide.

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GENERAL RESOURCES

Bureau of Business Research Miller College of Business Ball State University

The Bureau of Business Research is a premier economic policy and forecasting research center housed within the Miller College of Business. Research in the Bureau encompasses health care, public finance, regional economics, transportation and energy sector studies. The Bureau publishes the American Journal of Business, a peer-reviewed scholarly journal, and the Indiana Business Bulletin, a Web site with weekly commentary, analysis and data on economic, business and demographic trends in Indiana. In addition to research, the Bureau hosts the Executive Economic Exchange, and also serves as the forecasting element in the Muncie area--hosting five state and federal economic forecasting roundtables. 765-285-5926

Web site www.bsu.edu/bbr/

Do-It-Yourself Incorporation

The Business Services Division of the Secretary of State's office publishes the Entrepreneur's Guide, which contains information on creating a business in Indiana. The guide is free and can be downloaded from the Internet. Other forms and helpful information are available at the Secretary of State's web site. In May of 2007, Do-It-Yourself Inc. launched its INbiz New Business Entity Registration applications online. You can now form/register an entity online within a matter of minutes. The seven categories are domestic nonprofit corporation, domestic limited liability company, domestic limited partnership, foreign limited partnership, domestic limited liability partnership and Foreign limited liability partnership. Indiana Secretary of State 317/232-6576

Web site www.in.gov/sos The Entrepreneur's Guide www.in.gov/sos/business/corps/guide.html Business Owner's Guide www.in.gov/sic/owners/ INbiz New Business Entity Registration www.in.gov/ai/appfiles/ sos-registration/landing.html ESC, Programs of Junior Achievement

The ESC Management Assistance Consulting Program provides valuable management and organizational consulting services, including business planning, strategic planning, executive mentoring, board development, financial consulting, human resources, and other organizational management areas by tapping into a community resource of experienced professional and business leaders who bring many years of leadership and management experience along with proven, reality-based, problem solving skills. The nonprofit organizations, businesses, and government entities assisted by ESC are as varied and diverse as our community and span a broad spectrum of need. 317/252-5900

Web site www.escindy.org Rainmakers Marketing Group

This organization is a business-to-business professional networking organization committed to helping people connect, develop and grow. As Indiana's fastest growing business networking organization, Rainmakers views networking as a chance to find a relationship that will bring you an annuity stream of business rather than a one-time sale. Rainmakers is based on the idea of "giver gain" Rather than passively flipping leads, members actively prospect for each other's companies. We become strategic advisors to our current customers while at the same time picking up additional customers for other Rainmakers.

866/375-RAIN

Web site www.gorainmakers.com/rainmakers Indiana Business Research Center Kelley School of Business Indiana University

The Indiana Business Research Center (IBRC) is the major economic outreach service of Indiana University's Kelley School of Business. The iBRC serves the economic information needs of the state's business, government and nonprofit organizations, as well as users of such information throughout the nation. IBRC maintains extensive databases on income, employment, taxes, activity in different sectors of the economy, education, demographics and a host of other economic indicators for the nation, the state and local areas. In addition, the center conducts original research to generate needed information when existing data are not available or sufficient. The STATS Indiana Web site is a one-stop resource. Indiana Business Review is published quarterly in print and also available online. IN Context is published bimonthly in print and also available online.

317/274-2979, 812/855-5507

Web site www.ibrc.indiana.edu STATS Indiana www.stats.indiana.edu Indiana Business

Review www.ibrc.indiana.edu/ibr IN Context www.incontext.indiana.edu

Indiana Chamber of Commerce

With more than 16,000 members and customers, the Indiana chamber is the state's largest broad-based business advocacy organization. The chamber is dedicated to enacting legislation that positively affects Indiana's economy and job...

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