Small Business: Business Reference

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General Business Glossaries
Washington Post Business Glossary
This business term glossary claims “more than 1,250 business terms.”

Dictionaries of Terms
AllBusiness has several topic dictionaries, including Accounting, Finance, and Marketing terms.

Small Business Glossary
This list includes definitions of many small business terms and links to related information.

Event Finding
TSNN Trade Shows
Search an extensive database of trade shows and seminars by industry, locations, and date. Also search for where a specified company will be exhibiting.

UBM Events Calendar
Search for business events, trade shows, conferences, and seminars by industry, date, or location.

Terminology
Glossary of Trade Show Industry Terms
Exhibitor Online provides this handy guide to trade show terminology.

Meetings
Simplified Rules of Order
This simplified version of Robert's Rules of Order outlines the most common procedures used to make it easier for people to work together, in meetings, committees, and other assemblies.

Planning An Effective Annual Meeting Checklist
Findlaw provides this strategic checklist for presenting an effective annual shareholders meeting.

Sample Forms & Documents
Business Tools
Here is the top level list of downloadable forms and sample documents available from The Business Owner's Toolkit.

FormNET
Here is the top level list of downloadable forms and sample documents available from the Entrepreneur's FormNET.

BizOffice Business Forms
The BizOffice site maintains this list of over 500 business forms and sample letters, in easy-to-adapt text format. Includes legal forms, including contracts, employment issues, and affidavits.

Sample Business Letters
Here are several useful sample letters, mostly for employment and financial concerns.

Printfree Office Forms
Print templates for several useful office forms, including receipts, fax cover sheet, ledger sheets, and customizable business cards.

Business Forms
SBA Business Forms
The Small Business Administration provides links to many federal business forms.

Legal Documents
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Our Reference Resources: Sample Legal Documents section includes additional form sources.