Useful URLS

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/ Copyright © 2006 Thomson Business & Professional Publishing. All rights reserved.

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 Copyright © 2006 Thomson Business & Professional Publishing. All rights reserved.

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/planning/basic.html Copyright © 2006 Thomson Business & Professional Publishing. All rights reserved.

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 Copyright © 2006 Thomson Business & Professional Publishing. All rights reserved.

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 Copyright © 2006 Thomson Business & Professional Publishing. All rights reserved.

U.S. and International Government Business.gov: The Business Gateway to Federal Resources http://www.business.gov Internal Revenue Service: Small Bus/Self-Employed 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 Copyright © 2006 Thomson Business & Professional Publishing. All rights reserved.

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 Copyright © 2006 Thomson Business & Professional Publishing. All rights reserved.

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 Copyright © 2006 Thomson Business & Professional Publishing. All rights reserved.

Regional Small Business Assistance Baltimore County (Maryland) Small Business Resource Center http://www.co.ba.md.us/Agencies/economicdev/edd_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/ Copyright © 2006 Thomson Business & Professional Publishing. All rights reserved.

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 Copyright © 2006 Thomson Business & Professional Publishing. All rights reserved.

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 Copyright © 2006 Thomson Business & Professional Publishing. All rights reserved.

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 Copyright © 2006 Thomson Business & Professional Publishing. All rights reserved.

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 Copyright © 2006 Thomson Business & Professional Publishing. All rights reserved.

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_business/software Small Business Webopedia by Small Business Computing.com http://sbc.webopedia.com SmallbizTechnology.com http://www.smallbiztechnology.com Copyright © 2006 Thomson Business & Professional Publishing. All rights reserved.