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Business Links on the Internet

Small Business

Business Week: SmallBiz
Tips, advice, and encouragement to small business owners in articles.

Entrepreneur.Com: The Online Small Business Authority
Maintained by Entrepreneur Magazine to support new business ideas and growing companies, it contains articles from the publication and resources for business developers. In "Small Business Tools" section download ready-made business forms See also the software library and links to categories of franchising opportunities.

Edward Lowe Peerspectives
A "quick search" area for finance, human resources, leadership and management, legal issues, marketing, operations and technology.

Entrepreneur's Reference Guide to Small Business Information
From the Library of Congress - Introduction, Getting Started, Raising Capital, Managing Your Business, Human Resources, Marketing, Doing Business with Government, International Opportunities, Research and Information Gathering, Looking At the Numbers, Handbooks and Guides, Information about Companies, Indexes, Databases, Other Information Sources, Keeping Current etc.

Entreworld
Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership
Wide range of subjects divided into three categories: Starting your Business, Growing your Business and Supporting Entrepreneurship.

Fambiz.Com
Provides 300 family business articles covering such topics as Inter-Generational Issues, Sibling Rivalry, Strategic Planning and Non-Family Managers/Employees.

Idea Cafe: The Small Business Channel
Resources, ideas, practical advice, business news, and humor

Insure U for Small Business
From National Association of Insurance Commissioners - includes information on the following subjects:  workers' compensation, business property & liability, commerical auto, group health & disability, group life & Key Person life, and home-based businesses.

Online Women's Business Center
Training web site for entrepreneurial women dedicated to the development of professional and personal skills. Content sections are marketing, finance, management, technology and procurement

Patent Cafe
Patents and trademarks, resources for invention and innovation, manufacturers and suppliers, U.S. Government Offices, international inventors.

The Riley Guide: Steps in Starting Your Own Business
Links on funding, legal concerns, getting started, and getting help.

StartupNation
Community space, articles, podcasts, online seminars and other information on all things small business.

U.S. Small Business Administration
Official starting point for resources and programs offered by the SBA....Starting Your Business, Financing Your Business, and, Expanding Your Business. Includes links to startup questions (FAQs), informative articles, a startup kit, and locations of Small Business Development Centers throughout the U.S. The primary destination for seeking financing. BusinessLINC ("Learning, Information, Networking, Collaboration") site contains business plans and a mentors network.

U.S. Business Administration
Starting your business, hiring employees, legal and tax considerations, and other information. Provides a section for minority- and women-owned small businesspeople.

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