Starting a Business

Harford County Public Library has lots of materials on this topic.


Try searching under Keywords Starting Business

Harford County Public Library offers a free Start your own Small Business Course through Gale Courses.


Click on the Business tab on the left to browse the business courses.

Linkedin Learning—a premier online learning resource offering more than 16,000 courses covering technical skills, creative techniques, business strategies, and more—is now available FREE with your library card.


Search on Starting a business. You can choose to take just one course such as “20 Questions to Help You Start a Business” or you can work through several related courses called “Learning Paths”.

Other Local Resources for Starting a Business

Harford County Economic Development’s website has some great information on starting a business. Choose “Doing Business” and check out the section on Startup & Small Businesses.

This site has some great Webinars to help you understand Federal taxes for small businesses.

Enoch Pratt State Library Resources has a page full of useful links for small businesses.

The State of Maryland also provides useful resources to help new business startups.