Business
Entrepreneurship
Data Sources

• American Fact Finder -- create your own custom data sets from census bureau data. A fabulous site!! (Click on 'data sets' on left menu bar) Site includes economic data as well.
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Business Statistics--a big collection of links to demographic, economic and financial data
• Fast Company/Monitor Group Social Capitalist Awards -- top 20 companies engaged in social entrepreneurship. Otherwise known as social capitalism or social enterprise, an interesting concept.
• the Inc. 500.
• Iowa Profiles -- demographic data for Iowa and the surrounding Midwest states
• Local Small Business Resources -- From the U.S. government. Click on the state.
• National Small Business Development Centers
• Online Women's Business Center -- articles on many business issues related to women.
• Scirus -- "Scirus is the most comprehensive science-specific search engine on the Internet." It now indexes 13 million patents from all over the world.
• State Small Business Profiles--state by state roundup of statistical data for 1998-2002, on number of small businesses, people employed in them, self-employed persons, etc.