Download valuable research data on the Central Massachusetts marketplace. Worcester Business Journal's popular annual lists, in easy-to-download Excel or PDF formats. With a few clicks you can download valuable research data on the Central Massachusetts marketplace, and you can also create your own customized reports.
Worcester SCORE provides a link to the Massachusetts website of tools and resources to help you succeed in MA business. Business webpage (with many useful sub-pages) for the state of Massachusetts:
Website of the US Patent & Trademark Organization.
Public Search allows for free searching of the Massachusetts Corporation database; helpful for competitive research.
City-Data.com is helpful if you ever need to research any U.S. city, zip code, or neighborhood for any reason. Worcester SCORE provides their link to all MA cities and towns.
BUSINESS PLAN - a five-page comprehensive, bulleted outline as a helpful, short model. Here is a Web link to a relatively "friendly" five-page outline for a comprehensive generic Business Plan. Some Worcester SCORE mentors like its brevity and ask new clients to draft a Word document using it as a model (initially without financials), for their subsequent review and discussion. Search "Browse the Library" page for additional Business Plan guides and templates which include more detailed instructions for drafting various types of Plans.
