Below are some valuable resources for your review. Please see LEGAL below regarding third-party links. VEC is not affiliated with any of these companies. The resources are here as a means of education to facilitate the flow of creativity. *Links are subject to change
Resources
Favorite Books
Successful Business Plan: Secrets & Strategies – Abrams
LLC or Corporation?: Choose the Right Form for Your Business – Mancuso
The 4-Hour Workweek – Ferris
The Art of The Start – Kawasaki
Managing Artist in Pop Music: What Every Artist and Manager Must Know to Succeed – Weiss & Gaffney
The Nonprofit Handbook – Grobman
All You Need to Know About the Music Business: – Passman
Bronner’s Rhyming Phrases Dictionary – Bronner
Muic Publishing: The Complete Guide – Winogradsky
10 Steps to Successfully Managing Recording Artists – Scates
The 11th Step I Missed: 10 Steps to Successfully Managing Recording Artists – Scates
Business Compliance & Regulations
(FL) Secretary of State/Florida Division of Corporations – https://www.sunbiz.org
Internal Revenue Service – https://irs.gov
MyFLicense (FL) Business Professional Regulation – https://www2.myfloridalicense.com/
Florida Department of Revenue – https://floridarevenue.com/Pages/default.aspx
(FL) My Florida Legal – https://www.myfloridalegal.com
U.S. Copyright Office – https://www.copyright.gov
United States Patent and Trademark Office – https://www.uspto.gov
Small Business Administration – https://www.sba.gov
US Chamber of Commerce – https://www.uschamber.com
Service Corp of Retired Executives (SCORE) – https://www.score.org
Nonprofit Information
Grassroots International – https://grassrootsonline.org
GuideStar – https://www.guidestar.org
Charity Navigator – https://www.charitynavigator.org
IRS Tax Info for Charities Other & Non-Profits – ttps://www.irs.gov/charities-and-nonprofits
Top Nonprofits: Guide to Creating Mission & Vision Statements https://topnonprofits.com/mission-vision-statements/
Business Plans & Marketing Insights
Successful Business Plans – https://planningshop.com
Business Plan Pro – https://www.businessplanpro.com
Liveplans – https://www.liveplan.com
Google Analytics – https://analytics.google.com
Quantcast.com – http://www.quantcast.com
UE3 Promotions – https://www.ue3promotions.com
Leadership & Development Training
Landmark Education – https://www.landmarkworldwide.com
Dale Carnegie – http://www.dalecarnegie.com
Tony Robbins – http://www.tonyrobbins.com
Klemmer & Associates – http://www.klemmer.com
Secrets of The Millionaire Mind – http://www.millionairemindevents.com
Mind Tools – http://www.mindtools.com
Myers-Briggs Personality Types – https://www.mbtionline.com
Free Personality Test – https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test
Jung Typology Test – http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp
Licensing & Sync
Harry Fox Agency – https://www.harryfox.com
BMG – http://www.bmg.com
Motion Picture Licensing – http://www.mplc.org
Swank Motion Pictures – http://www.swank.com
A&G Sync – http:/agsyncmusic.com
Songtradr – https://www.songtradr.com
Taxi A&R – https://www.taxi.com
Audio Network – https://us.audionetwork.com
Music Vine – https://musicvine.com/
ReverbNation – https://www.reverbnation.com
Major Labels
Universal Music – http://www.universalmusic.com
Sony Music – http://www.sonymusic.com
Warner Music Group – http://www.warnermusic.com
Indie Labels
XL Recordings – https://www.xlrecordings.com
Artist Publishing Group (APG) – https://www.artistpg.com
Glassnote Records – https://glassnotemusic.com
Matador Records – http://www.matadorrecords.com
JarJour Co – https://www.jarjourco.com/
Ghostly – https://ghostly.com/
Island Records – https://www.islandrecords.com
Epitaph – http://www.epitaph.com
Reservoir Media Management – https://www.reservoir-media.com
Victory Records – http://www.victoryrecords.com
MNRK Music Group – https://www.mnrk.com
Performing Rights Organizations
SESAC – http://www.sesac.com
BMI – http://www.bmi.com
ASCAP – http://www.ascap.com
SOUND EXCHANGE – http://www.soundexchange.com
Major Conferences/Festivals
South by Southwest (SXSW) – http://sxsw.com
NAMM – http://www.namm.org
Midem – http://www.midem.com
Cannes Film Festival – http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en
Sundance Film Festival – http://www.sundance.org
Savor Cinema/Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival – http://www.fliff.com
Publications
Consulting Magazine – http://www.consultingmag.com
Billboard – http:://www.billboard.com
Rolling Stone – http://www.rollingstone.com
Vibe – http://www.vibe.com
Fortune – https://fortune.com
Forbes – http://www.forbes.com
Vanity Fair – http://www.vanityfair.com
Artist House Music – https://www.artisthouse.world
Xposure Music – https://info.xposuremusic.com
Soundcharts – https://soundcharts.com/en
ROSTR – https://hq.rostr.cc/
Musiccontracts.com – https://www.musiccontracts.com
Talent Agencies
WME – https://www.wmeagency.com/
CAA – http://www.caa.com
IMG WORLD – https://www.img.com/
Film/TV – Important Information
Nielsen – http://www.nielsen.com
MPAA – http://www.mpaa.org
Film Ratings – http://filmratings.com
The Creative Coalition – http://thecreativecoalition.org
Parent Television – http://www.parentstv.org
The TV Parental Guidelines – http://www.tvguidelines.org
The Actors Studio – http://www.theactorsstudio.org
Film Studios – just a few
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer – http://www.mgm.com
Paramount – http://www.paramount.com
20th Century Fox – http://www.foxstudios.com
WarnerBros – http://www.warnerbros.com
RKO – http://www.rko.com
Lionsgate – http://www.lionsgate.com
Dreamworks – http://www.dreamworksanimation.com
Lucas Films – http://lucasfilm.com
Pixar – http://www.pixar.com
Important Organizations
Grammys – www.grammys.com
Oscars – http://oscar.go.com
SAG-AFTRA – http://www.sag.org
WGA East – http://www.wgaeast.org
WGA West – www.wga.org
NARIP – http://www.narip.com
NSAI – http://www.nashvillesongwriters.com
National Association of Service Managers – http://www.nasm.com
National Contract Management Association – http://www.ncmahq.org
MPA – http://www.mpa.org
Producer Guild of America – http://www.producerguild.org
Artist Management Association – https://artistmanagementassociation.org