Business Development Resources
If you are seeking to start or grow a business, it is important to do some research before you get started. This page includes several links to web articles, books and additional resources to support your small business endeavors. These resources have been recommended as “top picks” by our 11 Utah SBDC directors located throughout the state.
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Resource | How It Benefits You |
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| Customer Service on Inc.com |
In-depth full coverage of issues regarding customer service and strategy |
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| Franchising.com |
Opportunities, events, advice, and resources all about franchising |
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| Growing a Business - Paul Hawken |
Proven business growth techniques. |
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| * | Free Agent Nation: How America's Independent Workers are Transforming the Way We Live – Daniel H. Pink |
Know the new paradigm for workers and employers. |
| * | Utah's Own |
Look up companies and the network within Utah to support local businesses |
| * | A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers will Rule the Future |
Know the line between who gets ahead and who doesn't. |
| * | Advanced Selling Strategies – Brian Tracy |
Fantastic read for increasing your sales skillset to a whole new level. |
| * | Art of the Start – Guy Kawaski |
Tactics for starting a business written by a highly successful Silicon Valley guru. |
| * | Business Model Generation - Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur |
Ensure your business model strategy is up to par and with the times. |
| * | Creating You & Co: Learn to Think Like the CEO of Your Own Career – William Bridges |
Create your career, not the other way around. |
