Useful URLS
PowerPoint Presentation by Charlie Cook
The University of West Alabama
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Getting Started/General Information
ABCs of Small Business
http://www.abcsmallbiz.com
About.com: Small Business
Information
http://sbinformation.about.com
BankRate.com: Small Biz Home
Page
http://www.bankrate.com/brm/biz_home.asp
Business Owner’s Toolkit
http://www.toolkit.cch.com
Small Business Center for
Veterans Enterprise
http://www.vetbiz.gov/start/start.htm
MoreBusiness.com
http://www.morebusiness.com
PowerHomeBiz.com
http://www.powerhomebiz.com
SBA Online Women’s Business
Center
http://www.onlinewbc.gov/docs/starting
SBA: Minorities
http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/special/minorities.html
SBA: Native Americans
http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/special/native.html
SBA: Startup Guide
http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/startup/guide.html
SBA: Teen Guide to Owning a
Small Business
http://www.sba.gov/teens/
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Getting Started/General Information
SBA: Veterans
http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/special/veterans.html
SBA: Women Entrepreneurs
http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/special/women.html
SBA: Young Entrepreneurs
http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/special/young.html
Small Business Notes
http://www.smallbusinessnotes.com
Small Business Resource:
Getting Started
http://www.reni.net/guides/getstart.asp
Startups.com.
http://www.startups.co.uk
WomenBiz.gov
http://www.womenbiz.gov
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Business Plan Preparation
BPlans.com: The Business Planning Experts
http://www.bplans.com
Business Confidant: Your Business Planning
Specialist
http://www.businessconfidant.com
Business Plan Software
http://www.planware.org
Entrepreneur.com
http://www.entrepreneur.com
Solutions for Growing Businesses:
Good-to-Go Business Plans: Plans for Every
Business
http://www.goodtogobusinessplans.com
SBA: Business Plan Basics
http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/plann
ing/basic.html
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Online Magazines, Newsletters, and Blogs
Black Enterprise: Your Online Guide to
Wealth Building
http://www.blackenterprise.com
Forbes.com: Small Business
http://www.forbes.com/smallbusiness
Fortune Small Business
http://www.fortune.com/fortune/smallbusiness
Inc.com
http://www.inc.com
Journal of Small Business and
Entrepreneurship
http://www.ccsbe.org/jsbe
Small Business Advisor
http://www.isquare.com
Small Business Trends
http://www.smallbusinesses.blogspot.com
Startup Journal
http://www.startupjournal.com.
TrendTracker
http://trendtracker.blogspot.com
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Advocacy Groups
CFIB: Canadian Federation of Independent
Business
http://www.cfib.ca
Federation of Small Businesses: The UK’s Leading
Lobbying and Benefits Group for Small Businesses
http://www.fsb.co.uk
NFIB: The Voice of Small Business
http://www.nfib.com
SCORE: Counselors to America’s Small Businesses
http://www.score.org
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U.S. and International Government
Business.gov: The Business Gateway to
Federal Resources
http://www.business.gov
Internal Revenue Service: Small Bus/SelfEmployed
http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/index.
html
Small Business Administration: Your Small
Business Resource
http://www.sba.gov
Small Business Consumer Centre
http://www.grants-loans.org
Small Business Service
http://www.sbs.gov.uk
U.S. Department of Labor: Office of Small
Business Programs
http://www.dol.gov/osbp
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e-Business Help
eBusiness Help Site
http://www.ebusinesshelpsite.com
Seller Central
http://pages.ebay.com/sellercentral
Website 101: Expanding Your Business
to the Web
http://www.website101.com
Workz.com
http://www.workz.com
Yahoo! Small Business
http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com
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Legal Resources
Companies Incorporated
http://www.companiesinc.com
FreeAdvice
http://www.freeadvice.com
SBA: Business Laws
http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/legal/
buslaws.html
Small Business Environmental Home Page
http://www.smallbiz-enviroweb.org
Small Business Help Center
http://www.helpbizowners.com
TannedFeet.com: The Entrepreneur’s Help
Page
http://www.tannedfeet.com
The Company Corporation
http://www.corporate.com
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Regional Small Business Assistance
Baltimore County (Maryland) Small
Business Resource Center
http://www.co.ba.md.us/Agencies/economicdev/e
dd_smallbus.html
Central California Small Business
Development Center
http://www.ccsbdc.org
Florida Small Business
http://www.floridasmallbusiness.com
New York City Department of Small
Business Services
http://www.nyc.gov/html/sbs/home.html
North Texas Small Business
Development Center
http://www.ntsbdc.org
Office of Small Business: Small
Business Development Centers of Ohio
http://www.odod.state.oh.us/edd/osb/sbdc/
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Educational Institutions
Small Business Advancement National Center
http://www.sbaer.uca.edu
Turner Center for Entrepreneurship
http://www.bradley.edu/turnercenter
University of Scranton Small Business
Development Center
http://sbdc.scranton.edu
University of South Florida Small Business
Development Center
http://sbdc.usf.edu
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Research
BizReference.com
http://www.bizreference.com
Business Insurance for
the Small Business
Owner
http://www.insurance.ca.gov/CSD/-Ins4sbo.htm
CEP Express
http://www.ceoexpress.com
DiversityBusiness.com
http://div2000.com
EntreWorld
http://www.entreworld.org
Factiva
http://www.factiva.com
Galante’s Venture Capital
& Private Equity Directory
http://www.assetnews.com/products/dir/galante.htm
MarketResearch.com
http://www.marketresearch.com
Rutgers University
Libraries: Business
http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides
/busi/business.shtml
SBA: Finding Employees
http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/employees/finding.html
SBA: Marketing Basics
http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/marketing/basics.html
SBA: Taxes
http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/taxes/taxes.html
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Research (cont’d.)
The Entrepreneur’s Reference Guide to
Small Business Information, 3rd ed.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/guide/guide2
Venture Economics
http://www.ventureeconomics.com
Winspear Business Reference Library:
Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Information Sources
http://www.library.ualberta.ca/subject/business/
smallbusiness/index.cfm
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Small Business Loans
Acción USA
http://www.accionusa.org
BusinessTown: Finance—
Getting Money
http://www.businesstown.com/finance/money.asp
Fixed-Asset Loans for
Small Businesses
http://www.sba.gov/opc/pubs/fs70.html
Government Loans
Services (SBA e-loans)
http://sba.governmentloans.com
SBA: Financing Basics
http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/financing/basics.html
SBA: Financing Your
Business
http://www.sba.gov/financing
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IT for Small Business
Small Business Computer Security
Workshops
http://csrc.nist.gov/securebiz
Small Business Computing: Your Online
Guide to Small-Business Technology
http://www.smallbusinesscomputing.com
Small Business Software Categories
http://www.business.com/directory/small_busin
ess/software
Small Business Webopedia by Small
Business Computing.com
http://sbc.webopedia.com
SmallbizTechnology.com
http://www.smallbiztechnology.com
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