The Kutztown SBDC consultants suggest you review the following websites to help you build marketing, strategic, and business plans. For your convenience, we organized the sites into general resources and categorized resources. The general resources contain Federal and State agencies designed to help small business people. The categorized resources include competition, distribution, labor, and legal structure information.
Knowledge@Wharton (http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/)
Knowledge@Wharton is a free web-based research and business analysis journal of the Wharton
School. It currently has more than 1,500 articles and research papers in its database and is growing
every week. With more than 450,000 registered users in 181 countries and subscriptions are growing at
6,000 to 8,000 per month. Also, Knowledge@Wharton has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Business
Week, the Financial Times, the Economist Intelligence Unit, and several more publications.
Bernadette Ward and Ladd Forsline
Colorfin, LLC
Traditionally, pastel colors are packaged as sticks; however, Co-founders Ladd Forsline and Bernadette Ward of Colorfin have manipulated the pastel formula, resulting in a lowdust, erasable, softer pastel, so soft it is packaged in a pan much like a makeup compact, called a PanPastel™. With help from KU SBDC consultants Alex Whan and Martin Brill, Colorfin has transformed its novel product into a booming international business. Read More