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Calling all small business owners and entrepreneurs! You are invited to attend a FREE Entrepreneur Express Workshop, presented by the Virginia Department of Small Business & Supplier Diversity from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Monday, April 3, in the Tabb Library Meeting Room. [Editor's Note: This event has passed, but check out our small business resources below!]

Discover key business tools to help you move your business forward, including developing a business plan, marketing your business, and finding sources of capital. Representatives from state and local government will attend. For more events like the one above, visit www.sbsd.virginia.gov/about-us/events. 

Want to more resources on running a successful small business? Look below for a list of small business resources the library has to offer:

• The Small Business Start-up Kit: Many people dream of running a business of their own-but often don't know how to start. Sound familiar? This book can help. User-friendly and loaded with tips, The Small Business Start-Up Kit shows you how to launch a business quickly, easily and with confidence.
• The Women's Small Business Start-Up Kit: Step-by-step legal guide: This guide gives you the practical and legal information you need to kick start a successful enterprise, including a breakdown of the common issues and concerns facing women entrepreneurs of every type.
• Legal forms for starting & running a small business: Here you’ll find the forms you need to start and grow your business.
• Tax Savvy for Small Business: Year-round tax advice for small businesses: Tax Savvy for Small Business provides valuable strategies that will free up your time and money for what counts: running your business, and running it effectively.
• How to Write a Business Plan: This guide shows you how to write the right plan for your business and design a loan package necessary to finance your business and make it work.
• It's Your Business: 183 essential tips that will transform your small business: With advice from Ramberg and such notable entrepreneurs as Blake Mycoskie and Guy Kawasaki, this right-to-the-point book covers topics from human resources to finance, public relations to sales, and much, much more - all geared towards the small business owner.
• The Small-Business Guide to Government Contracts: Each year, the federal government awards billions of dollars in small-business contracts. This book helps contractors meet their compliance obligations to get a piece of the pie.
• Creating a Successful Marketing Strategy for Your Small New Business: This book presents many guidelines to follow when creating your marketing strategy, as well as warnings of things you should avoid.
• Boss Life: Surviving my own small business: Fresh out of college in 1986, Downs opened his first business, a small company that builds custom furniture. In 1987, he hired his first employee. That's when things got complicated. As his enterprise began to grow, he had to learn about management, cash flow, taxes, and so much more.
• The Sustainable Edge: 15 minutes a week to a richer entrepreneurial life: Relying on insights and proprietary tools based on decades of experience, the authors teach you how to achieve your goals across four key areas: your business, your teams, your clients, and your personal lives.

Visit our online catalog today to find more small business resources. And don't forget to visit www.sbsd.virginia.gov/about-us/events to register for the April 3 Entrepreneur Express Workshop.