5.2 Researching Potential Business Opportunities
American Fact Finder (market research): http://factfinder2.census.gov/main.html
FedStats (statistics from more than 100 federal agencies): https://www.usa.gov/statistics
FindLaw Small Business Center (business forms): https://smallbusiness.findlaw.com/
National Federation of Independent Business: https://www.nfib.com/business-resources
The Small Business National Center: https://sites.google.com/a/uca.edu/sbanc/home
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA): www.sba.gov
Top Franchises of 2019: https://www.entrepreneur.com/franchise500/2019
U.S. patent and Trademark Office: https://www.uspto.gov/
General Business Statistics: https://www.census.gov/eos/www/naics/, http://www.census.gov/library/publications/2011/compendia/statab/131ed.html
Consumer Statistics: https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/G19/, https://www.cpsc.gov/Research--Statistics
Demographics: https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml, http://www.bls.gov/bls/demographics.htm
Economic Indicators: https://www.bls.gov/cpi/, bea.gov
Employment Statistics: https://stats.bls.gov/bls/employment.htm
Income Statistics: https://www.bls.gov/cps/earnings.htm, https://www.bls.gov/data/#employment
Money and Interest Rates: https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h15/, https://www.federalreserve.gov/data.htm
Production and Sales Statistics: https://www.bea.gov/data/consumer-spending/main,
Trade Statistics: https://www.bea.gov/data/economic-accounts/international#bop, https://usatrade.census.gov/
Statistics of specific Industries: https://www.census.gov/eos/www/naics/, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/susb.html
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