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eVenturing: The
Entrepreneur's trusted guide to high growth
Delivers information, guidance, and contacts for entrepreneurs. This
site is divided in three major areas: Starting Your Business,
Growing Your Business, Rapid Growth.
Kauffman
Entrepreneurship Research Portal
The Entrepreneurship Research Portal seeks to create a unique,
multi-disciplinary aggregation of resources, events and data for
researchers and policy makers.
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All
Business
This small business resource site offers nearly 1500 articles in
business issues, advice to entrepreneurs in 15 different industries,
business calculators, and sample forms and agreements. The site also
offers a commerce platform for barter with inventory in key
categories.
American-corp.com
Information on incorporating online. Includes information on forming
a limited liability company, a corporation, an non-profit
corporation and an s corporation, as well as the benefits of
incorporating, how to obtain a quote, and additional services
available.
American
Express Small Business
This site provides accounting, legal, personnel and other important
services for small business owners.
BusinessCity
Internet Resource Center
Links site to 300 "best"
business sites.
The
Business Resource Center
Information to help grow a business.
The
Capital Connection
The Entrepreneur's Resource for Finance.
Corporate.com
Provides services to entrepreneurs starting or running their
business. You can also get your business incorporated online.
DigitalWork
Offers a platform that combines the company’s services and
products into a single small business center.
Entrepreneur.com:
Solutions for Growing Businesses
Resource contains information and advice for aspiring entrepreneurs,
the latest market data, e-commerce solutions, business tips, and
information for start-ups.
Forrester
Research
Offers business and technology research, such as prediction of
industry behavior, projection future market growth and much more.
Inc.com
Provides information, services, online tools for all types of
business and management tasks. Membership is free and enables users
to download free tools, create a listing in the site’s B2B
directory, and create a portfolio to save valuable resources for
their business.
Incorporated-Usa.com
Online information for those wishing to form a limited liability
company, a corporation, a non-profit corporation or an s
corporation. Includes information on each, benefits of
incorporating, and frequently asked questions.
Iowa
State University
These sites were originally
compiled as part of a class project at Iowa State University
(Management 310) to find web sites that would be useful to
entrepreneurs. Because of the vast number submitted by these
students, it seemed that a compilation of these sites would provide
entrepreneurs, and businesses in general, a helpful listing of some
of the Internet resources available to them.
James
J. Hill Reference Library
A collection of practical business information resources available
online for aspiring and current entrepreneurs.
Kauffman
Business EKG
The Kauffman Business EKG offers a series of learning modules for
entrepreneurs to track the financial vital signs of their company.
The site also provides a service where you can benchmark your
company financial performance against many other companies in your
industry.
Lycos
Small Business
This portal combines business tools, B2B, company research, business
news, and online help for you to start your own business.
Microsoft
bCentral
Offers online subscription services to improve marketing
effectiveness, respond faster to customers, manage your business
finances online, and create and manage your business Web site. This
site also offers home-office solutions, and a marketplace to help
you sell your product.
Netscape
Netbusiness
In partnership with Fortune magazine, this site offers industry
specific news, a network of other small businesses and a
customizable web site for your industry. There is no membership fee.
Office.com
Online business center that offers business news in dozens of
industries, small business solutions and tools, and a full range of
business services. The site also provides guidance to entrepreneurs
starting their business.
Palo
Alto Software Inc.
Set up your corporation or LLC online. Palo Alto also develops
business plan, marketing plan, and Web strategy software to help
small business owners get their business running.
PracticeBuilders.com
Provides assistance to help you built your practice, and decide on
the best strategy for you professional practice.
Red
Herring
Red Herring.com presents Red Herring Magazine, a publication devoted
to the in-depth analysis on multiple aspects and forces driving
innovation in technology and entrepreneurship.
The
Small Business Advocate
A community where
entrepreneurs can find ideas, answers, encouragement, and perhaps
even some inspiration to help them have the maximum opportunity to
be successful. The resources you can link to from this page deliver
on-demand support for small business owners featuring Jim Blasingame,
the Brain Trust members, and their information in multi-media
formats, including multiple streaming audio options, as well as the
written word.
SBA
– Women’s Business Center
The site offers a link to all the Women Business Centers in the
country. This centers offer assistance and training in finance,
management, marketing and many other fields for the women
entrepreneur. This service is maintained by the Small Business
Administration.
Small Biz Technology
Offers in-depth analysis and reviews that are essential reading
before you spend your money on technology, and well targeted to the
needs of the entrepreneur and business owner.
Small
Business Television Network
A web-based television network devoted to the small business and
entrepreneurial market, analyzing both new businesses and
established enterprises.
SmartOnline.com
Online solutions to start, grow, and manage your business.
Southern
Growth Policies Board
Southern Growth is a non-profit, bipartisan organization that works
to foster economic development in 13 Southern states and Puerto
Rico.
Stanford
Technology Venture Program: Educators Corner
This is a free archive of high-technology entrepreneurship teaching
resources, such as video clips, case studies, course outlines, and
recommendations for ways to get involved in the community of
entrepreneurship educators.
The
Startup Garden
A website featuring a new book by former Harvard Business Review and
Inc magazine writer, Tom Ehrenfeld, on how to start a business.
Startup
Journal – The Wall Street Journal Center for Entrepreneurs
Useful site includes a variety of business tools, relevant articles,
and other importance links and resources.
StartupNation
StartupNation offers a wealth of information not only about starting
a new business, but also growing a successful one. This is the
brainchild of entrepreneurial brothers Rich and Jeff Sloan who also
do a syndicated radio show, Web based seminars and speaking
engagements nationwide.
Startup
Zone
Startup Zone is an online resource provider for pre-IPO startups.
The site also provides products and services for startups.
TriangleEntrepreneur.com
A North Carolina web site for news and information about
entrepreneurship.
U.S.
Chamber of Commerce
Provides free business tools and resources. The site also offers
products and services, and a buy and sell online network.
VISA
Small Business
Small business resource links to
financing, current articles from entrepreneurial magazines,
government-related listings, and information for women and
minorities.
Yahoo
Small Business
This portal offers small business services, links, and articles. |
