Guide to Starting a Business in Michigan: Michigan Economic Development Corporation
http://ref.michigan.org/medc/services/startups/?m=12;7

Starting a Business in Oakland County
http://www.oakgov.com/globaloakland/business_services/bc_start-up.html

Other Business Services in Oakland County
http://www.oakgov.com/globaloakland/business_services/bc_index.html

Entrepreneur.com: State Business Profile
http://www.entrepreneur.com/stateguide/us.html

Michigan Information
http://mich.info/michigan/

Government and Law
Michigan State Government
http://www.michigan.gov/

Michigan Manual
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(rtjael55ty0vif55l41sax55))/mileg.aspx?page=PublicationHomePage&PublicationHomePage=16

ICLE: Michigan Legal News
http://www.icle.org/

Michigan Legislature: Search for bills and Michigan Compiled Laws by keyword
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(01y3v4f12vrlgl450iq5i445)/mileg.aspx?page=home

Michigan Courts
http://www.courts.michigan.gov/

Michigan Licensed Occupations
http://www.michigan.gov/mdcd/0,1607,7-122--60358--,00.html

Business Licensing Look Up
http://ref.michigan.org/medc/services/license

Jobs
Career Education Consumer Report for Job Seekers
http://www.mycareereducation.org/sites.asp

Libraries
Interactive Library Directory
http://envoy.libraryofmichigan.org/isapi/4disapi.dll/directory/search.html

Michigan Academic Libraries
http://lists.webjunction.org/libweb/Academic_MI.html

DALNET Detroit Area Library Network
http://www.dalnet.lib.mi.us/

Michigan Public Libraries
http://www.publiclibraries.com/michigan.htm

Media
Channel 4: WDIV
http://www.wdiv.com/

Channel 7: News Detroit
http://www.wxyz.com/

Fox 2 WJBK Television
http://www.fox2detroit.com/

PBS Online Channel 56
http://www.pbs.org/

Newspapers and Magazines
Crain's Detroit Business
http://www.crainsdetroit.com/

Detroit Free Press
http://www.freep.com/

Detroit News
http://www.detnews.com/

Observer & Eccentric Newspapers
http://www.hometownlife.com/

Macomb Daily
http://www.macombdaily.com/

Metro Times
http://www.metrotimes.com/

Statistics and Economics
Michigan County Business Patterns
http://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/00cbp/cbp00-24.pdf

Michigan Census Quick Facts for Counties
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/26000.html

Economic Profiles of Michigan's 83 Counties
http://ref.michigan.org/medc/miinfo/places/?m=13;4

Michigan Demographic Data
http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-51170_51841_51848---,00.html

Michigan Census Highlights
http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-51170---,00.html

U.S. Census: Demographic Profiles
Select Michigan and then type city or county name
http://censtats.census.gov/pub/Profiles.shtml

Southeast Michigan Council of Governments or SEMCOG
Select Data, Community Profiles, then a county and city for a community profile of that city
http://www.semcog.org/

Michigan Economic Indicators from Senate Fiscal Agency
http://www.senate.michigan.gov/sfa/Publications/Econind/econind.html

Michigan Regional Economic Indicators: Northeast Midwest Institute
http://www.nemw.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=60&Itemid=242

Michigan House Fiscal Agency
http://www.house.mi.gov/hfa/home.asp

Michigan Business and Economic Development
http://www.michigan.gov/som/0,1607,7-192-29943---,00.html

Michigan Maps: A Collection of Maps Depicting Selected Economic Aspects of the State of Michigan
http://ref.michigan.org/medc/miinfo/MiMaps/imap.asp

Michigan Labor Market Information
http://www.milmi.org/

Michigan Current Industry Employment Statistics
http://www.milmi.org/?PAGEID=67&SUBID=174

Grand Rapids Statistical Information
http://rightplace.org/Business/stats.shtml

Oakland County
http://www.co.oakland.mi.us/

Oakland County Community Profiles: Planning and Economic Development
http://www.co.oakland.mi.us/communities/

Oakland County Community Profiles 2009
http://www.co.oakland.mi.us/peds/info_pub/community_profiles_index.html

Oakland Country 2008 Financial Summary
http://www.oakgov.com/fiscal/info_pub/2009_cafr.html

Oakland County Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
http://www.oakgov.com/fiscal/info_pub/