Small Business

Small Business (resources)

American Express Small Business Exchange: Provides information in over 15 categories to address most small business issues. http://home.americanexpress.com/home/open.shtml?

America’s Business Funding Directory:: This is a very popular site which provides a search routine to help borrowers find lenders who specialize in the type of loan they require. The search engine at the site is organized by the following types of loans: venture capital, commercial, real estate, equipment, government, and investment. http://www.businessfinance.com/

BOC Online: Provides resources for small and home-based businesses and start-up information. http://www.boconline.com

Business Owners Idea Café: Provides a wide variety of news, management assistance, help information and links covering all aspects of small business. http://www.businessownersideacafe.com/

Department of Labor Regulatory Compliance Assistance: Provides valuable online publications to assist in human resources issues dealing with labor. The valuable "Small Business Handbook" is available on the site. http://www.dol.gov/osbp/sbrefa/main.htm

Entrepreneur Magazine Online: Provides articles, how-to-do-it information, links, and tips. Articles from "Entrepreneur Magazine," "Business Startups Magazine," and "Entrepreneur International" are included. http://www.entrepreneur.com/Magazines/MA_FrontDoor/0,4430,,00.html

Entreworld: A valuable site sponsored by the non-profit Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership. It provides vast content for small businesses. http://www.entreworld.org

Home Business Magazine: Provides articles covering every aspect of the home-based business market including subjects such as business operations, marketing, mail order, the internet, franchising, the home office, and network marketing. http://www.homebusinessmag.com

Inc Online: Provides articles, aids, management techniques, planning tools and links of value to small businesses from the publisher of the magazine. http://www.inc.com/home/

Microsoft BCentral: This is a comprehensive portal with an array of services. You may choose from site building and hosting, e-commerce, and a calendar that lets customers schedule appointments online. You can also get your site listed on multiple search engines, shop for insurance and office supplies and get e-mail. These services are available for a fee. The free services include a HTML download to monitor traffic and some useful suggestions about how to improve your business. http://www.bcentral.com/Default.asp

The Mining Co. - Small Business Info: Provides articles and links for resource for the small or home-based business owner. http://sbinformation.miningco.com/

The Small Business Library: Almost ANY question you might have about small or home based business can be answered here! Hundreds of articles to help you with every aspect of running your business. http://www.bizoffice.com/library/library.html

Small Business Administration: Excellent resource for small or home based businesses full of downloadable articles and software. http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov/ Small Business Administration Sample Business Plan: Provides a sample outline of a business plan for a small business. Text and download version are available. http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html

Small Business Advancement National Center: Provides an online database of procedures and proceeding related to the establishment and maintenance of a small business and entrepreneurship. http://www.sbaer.uca.edu

The Small Business Advisor: This award-winning site contains a wide variety of on-line info for the entrepreneur and small business owner. http://www.isquare.com

Small Business Taxes & Management: Provides authoritative tax and management help for small to medium-sized businesses including daily news, references, forms and tax rates. http://www.smbiz.com

Smartonline.com: A source of information, business forms, and software. http://www.smartonline.com/servlets/syngen/site/hometab_c/

U.S. Business Advisor: This site is built by Small Business Administration to be used as an entrepreneur's online guide. You may choose from an abundance of articles and advice about taxes, regulations, workplace issues, business law and others. There is advice and online counseling about how to start and grow a company and even shut one down. There are links available for small business with international interests too. http://www.business.gov/

Yahoo: Links to info for small businesses. http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Business_to_Business/Small_Business_Information/

ZDnet Small Business Advisor: ZDnet Small Business Advisor has great resources, tips and product info for the small business owner. http://image.com.com/graphics/smallbiz/smbiz_land.html