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Business Solutions December 1999 • Vol.5 Issue 12 |
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 For many, the chance to wear numerous hats is part of what makes small-business ownership so enjoyable. There's a downside to being a walking hat rack, though, and that is the stress created by having to make big decisions based on limited expertise. The sites listed below are places where you can draw from some of the finest minds around for information on topics as diverse as the design of your letterhead or the latest small-business case before the tax court. These are places to research your market or look for tools to help you figure how many Greek drachmas to charge for a shipment of your handy new product to a customer in Athens. We've chosen a handful as our favorites among the favorites, so if you only have time to investigate a few sites, you might want to start with these.  The Best Of The Best About.com This wide-ranging Web site features a staff of experts in just about any profession or hobby you can imagine, so there are bound to be multiple areas useful to you. Many deal with aspects of small business in general, and others relate to your specific field. Here are three excellent pages to get you started: Small-Business Information: http://sbinformation.about.com/index.htm?COB=home&PID=2737 Entrepreneurs: http://entrepreneurs.miningco.com Telecommuting: http://telecommuting.about.com/?pid=2737&cob=home American Express Small Business Exchange The American Express site publishes easy-reading articles on all facets of setting up and operating a small business, and it houses a number of interactive tools you can use for such purposes as developing your business plan, deciding whom to hire, and working out how to best protect yourself from employee theft and other forms of fraud. http://www6.americanexpress.com/smallbusiness bankrate.com This site lets you search for the best bank rates for savings, loans, or credit cards in your state or across the United States. The small-business area not only features top rates for small businesses, but it also includes articles and information about cash flow, banking, e-commerce, borrowing, and other management issues. http://www.bankrate.com/brm/biz_home.asp BizProWeb This guide to online business resources and information makes it easy for even the non-computer-oriented individual to use it. Its feature articles are good, and the links useful, but the index of downloadable business shareware makes this site a must-see. http://www.bizproweb.com Bplans.com If developing your business plan is causing you headaches, consult this site. You can browse through a variety of select sample business and marketing plans, search for plans of businesses similar to yours, or even use the online guidance to create a miniplan right on the Web site. http://www.bplans.com/start.cfm @brint.com The Business Researcher's Interests site contains a vast searchable database that is a treasure-trove of information on the entire range of business, management, and information technology issues. A great deal of it is useful to companies of any size. http://www.brint.com/interest.html CCH Business Owner's Toolkit The information on this site is good, and the organization is excellent. General articles lead into more detailed ones. The aptly named Power Tools area takes you to potent search engines, while the Business Tools area offers a wide variety of useful model documents, templates, and checklists. http://www.toolkit.cch.com EntrepreNet The simple but accurate description of this site as an electronic resource center featuring information and links for entrepreneurs and small-business owners doesn't do justice to the quality of the information. The articles are meaty and often thought provoking. http://www.enterprise.org/enet/index.html Frontiers Of Entrepreneurship Research This massive index of research on entrepreneurship helps you find hard facts on just about everything having to do with business development, operation, social interaction, ethics, and philosophy. The site, which is maintained by the Kauffman Foundation Entrepreneurship Research Conference at Babson College, covers research from 1981 through 1998. http://www.babson.edu/entrep/fer/index.html Idea Cafe: The Small Business Channel "A fun approach to serious business" is the motto of this Web site that tries to make small-business information enjoyable rather than just more hard work. You'll find assorted articles, technology and book reviews, discussion forums, and ask-the-expert areas, all presented with a lively spirit. http://www.ideacafe.com IRS Small Business Corner Taxes are nobody's idea of fun, but they're something every small-business person has to deal with, and the IRS' Web site makes them as painless as possible. This site is well designed, written in plain English, and sometimes even witty, making it the must-have tax info site for small businesses. http://www.irs.gov/bus_info/sm_bus/index.html MSNBC Small Business MSNBC is a partnership between Microsoft and the National Broadcasting Co. Its Web site includes this area devoted to small-business news and features. http://msnbc.com/news/SMALLBUSINESS_Front.asp nolo.com: Small Business Nolo is a Web site devoted to legal issues, and this area offers a wealth of short articles dealing with small-business operations from a legal perspective. The writing is short on legalese and long on clear information, including red flags about numerous issues that might not have occurred to you. http://www.nolo.com/encyclopedia/sb_ency.html SCORE The Service Corps of Retired Executives offers free advice to small businesses. This site not only gives you access to the general wisdom of top business minds, but it also enables you to get individual counseling by e-mail. http://www.score.org Small-Business Administration The Small Business Administration (SBA) offers a wealth of information on starting, expanding, and financing a business, including SBA loans and disaster assistance. And take a good look at the link to the Small Business Classroom. There you'll find numerous online and in-person opportunities to increase your expertise. http://www.sba.gov Small Business Advisor This site is run by Information International, a company that publishes books and holds seminars for small-business operators, with special expertise in online business and doing business with the government. The information on the site is free, and there's plenty of it. Click the box that says First Visit? Click here for an easy introduction to this expansive resource. http://www.isquare.com SBFocus.com Here's a searchable database of some of the best small-business articles and resources from all over the Internet. Click through the index to find the topic in which you're interested or search the database by keyword. http://www.sbfocus.com More Terrific Sites Advanced Small Business Information This is a source of a variety of easy-reading guidelines to all the basic skills small-business operation requires—financial, interpersonal, marketing, decision-making, and more. Take the Entrepreneur Test to see if you're the right personality type for the idea you have in mind. http://www.businesslead.com Advancing Women's Business Center As the name indicates, the primary purpose of this site is to help women get ahead in their business endeavors, but much of the information here is applicable to anyone. http://www.advancingwomen.com/business.html
From this one useful site you can check the credit ratings of other small businesses, shop for and apply for business loans, compare prices and coverage of various business insurance policies, and connect to a wide array of sites devoted to business products and services. http://www.smallbusinesscenter.com Association of Small Business Development Centers Across the United States, Small Business Development Centers work with the Small Business Administration, state and local governments, universities, and other organizations to help small businesses. You can start learning about this often-overlooked resource here. http://www.asbdc-us.org The Better Business Bureau Many potential customers believe membership in the Better Business Bureau is an indication that a company stands for trustworthy practices. It's worth a stop by the bureau's site to see if membership makes sense for your small business. http://www.bbb.org The Biz Resource Group Small-business trainer/consultant Wendy McClelland produces this multiple-award-winning site full of information and inspiration for entrepreneurs. Articles cover general small-business matters, marketing, and advertising. A chat room allows real-time conversation with expert guests and other business operators. Check the schedule for chat times and details. http://www.bizresource.com Business@Home This online magazine is subtitled "Making a life while making a living." The emphasis is on news and how-to articles that help telecommuters and those running businesses from their homes adapt to the ever-changing business environment. Alongside such expected categories as finance, marketing, and technology, you'll also find areas devoted to comfort and family matters. http://www.gohome.com Business Know-How This idea- and information-rich site is the product of Janet Attard, who is the main brain behind the Business Know-How forum that's long been a cornerstone of America Online's Workplace Channel. While those who have careers in larger organizations aren't overlooked, the real emphasis here is on information that can be put to immediate use in small and home-based businesses. http://www.businessknowhow.com National Business Incubation Association If you want to start a business but worry about your ability to handle the critical startup period, visit this site and learn about Business Incubators. These programs help nurture new businesses through startups with expert assistance and access to resources. http://www.nbia.org Business Opportunities with GSA The U.S. General Services Administration is the purchasing agent for the U.S. government, and it buys a mind-boggling amount of goods and services from small businesses. This site helps you find out how to add "the world's largest customer" to your own customer list. http://www.gsa.gov/bizwgsa Business Resource Center The primary resource here is business news of the sort that opens your eyes and gets your imagination working. But there's also a good selection of business shareware; sample business agreements, market plans, and other templates; startup information; and a newsletter. http://www.morebusiness.com Business Start-Ups Online This is the online edition of the print magazine Business StartUps. The articles are full of solid, useful information that applies to small businesses even when they're well past the startup phase. If you don't already subscribe to this magazine in its printed form, stop by here periodically to peruse its top stories and columns. http://www.entrepreneurmag.com/bizstarts.hts BusinessTown.com Most of the information here comes from the several business books and software items marketed on this site, but it's good information, and there's lots of it. Choose the topic of choice from the 30 items ranging from Accounting to Web Guide. If you like what you read, go ahead and order the book. http://www.businesstown.com BusinessWeek: Frontier BusinessWeek, one of the leading printed publications for entrepreneurs, has an online edition featuring stories from recent issues. Articles in this small-business section cover the same range of topics you might find in the newsstand version for all types of businesses, but you'll find more than stories here. There are also a variety of business financial calculators, market research tools, a job bank, and even online travel services. http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/index.html CBIA: Tips for Small Businesses The Connecticut Business and Industry Association publishes this online tip sheet for small businesses. Topics covered include finding sales leads, setting prices, creating marketing plans, using pre-employment background checks, improving direct mail response, and more. You'll find a lot of useful information here whether you're in Connecticut or on the other side of the continent. http://www.cbia.com/mgmtsvc/tipsinde.htm CEO Express
http://www.ceoexpress.com CNNfn: Small Business The Financial News division of the CNN cable news channel has a page devoted to items of interest to small businesses. Here you'll find recent news and news magazinelike feature stories covering legal matters, the IRS, market trends, and management issues, to name a few. http://cnnfn.com/news/smbusiness Consumer Information Center: Small Business This page isn't much to look at, but you're not going to find a more comprehensive catalog of first-rate, free (well, paid for with your tax dollars) publications for small businesses. While you can download the information on this catalog for free, some of it costs 50 cents if you wish to order the printed version. http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/smbuss.htm Court TV: Legal Help If you're starting to look for some legal advice for your business, you may find help here. There's information on finding and dealing with lawyers, as well as forms and models for simple do-it-yourself legal documents and access to a legal research service you can use to get informed before you see your lawyer. http://www.courttv.com/legalhelp/business d'Work Zone
http://www.d-workzone.com eWeb Does the academic side of entrepreneurship and running your own business interest you? Then the site of Saint Louis University's acclaimed entrepreneurship program is for you. The site includes journals, texts, dissertations, and help files on almost any small-business topic. http://www.slu.edu/eweb entreworld.org Staff of the Kauffman Center for Entrepre-neurial Leadership search the Web for what they consider the best articles and resources for entrepreneurs, and then they provide descriptions and links to them at this site. The well-organized links are grouped into three main categories: Starting Your Business, Growing Your Business, and Supporting Entrepreneurship. http://www.entreworld.org Entrepreneurial Edge The intended emphasis of this site is on entrepreneurs and small-business people learning from each other, but for now its strength is still its traditional online resources, including three newsletters, educational modules, assorted documents, and a business topic search engine. http://edge.lowe.org EPA: Small Business Gateway Few businesses can afford to operate without regard to environmental regulations. That's why the Environmental Protection Agency offers this page tailored to small businesses where you can find out about regulations, assistance and technical help, means of saving money in addressing environmental issues, and much more. http://www.epa.gov/smallbusiness Essential Links—Taxes As good as the IRS site is, it is not always the easiest place to get answers to your questions or to learn the things you might not even know to ask about. Nor will it help you with state or international tax matters. This site directs you to dozens of sites dealing with federal, state, and international tax tips, laws, and general insights. http://www.el.com/elinks/taxes Expo Guide Whatever business you're in, there are trade shows, expositions, and conferences that will help you make the most of your opportunities. If your small business doesn't have much of a travel budget, this site helps you find the ones to attend. You can look for events through a keyword search or by name, date, or location. http://www.expoguide.com fambiz.com If you have to deal with the challenges of running a family-controlled business, this Web site is for you. While it also covers news of general interest, the focus of the feature stories is on how to run a business with the rest of your family while still enjoying being a family. http://www.fambiz.com FedStats Here's a source for nearly all the statistical information compiled by the U.S. government, from the Administration for Children and Families to Veterans Affairs. That makes this resource an invaluable source of intelligence and information about target audiences, trends in cities and land use, health issues, labor matters, crime, the environment, or just about anything that might have an effect on your company. http://www.fedstats.gov Fortune & Your Company Time Inc. New Media is behind this online magazine for small-business owners. It's a full-featured virtual publication with business news and stories dealing with technology, travel, management, finance, marketing, and everything else that goes into making a business run. http://www.pathfinder.com/yourco Glossary of Insurance and Financial Planning Terms Being a small-business owner often means having to be your own chief financial officer, even if financial matters make your eyes spin. This site can help interpret the language of your accountant and other financial advisors. http://www.ucalgary.ca/MG/inrm/glossary/index.htm Go Network: Small Business Infoseek's Go Network offers an excellent Small Business area where you can spend hours exploring. Under the Small Business Guidebook heading, there's a virtual handbook for operating your company. The Small Business Workshop section takes you to articles submitted from across the Internet, each rated one star (good) to three stars (best). http://www.go.com/Center/Business/Small_business Headcount.com Will you be conducting business on the Internet? Then you should know about this site. Headcount gathers and rates Internet market research from a variety of sources to give you detailed online demographics that help you make good decisions. You'll also find articles that help you get more out of the data. http://www.headcount.com Home Business Journal The online edition of this magazine devoted to home-based businesses puts the text from feature articles on the Web where you can read them for free. Also available online is the Letters To The Editor section and a tip of the day. It's worth a read, even if only to determine whether you want to start buying the complete issues. http://www.homebizjour.com Home Business Report Online Home Business Report is a Canadian publication for home-based businesses, and the online edition offers highlights from the print version. Also included online is a weekly column, a question-and-answer column, and a free e-mail newsletter. http://www.homebusinessreport.com Home Business Research.com The emphasis of this site is on Internet-based home businesses, although you'll also find information applicable to off-the-Internet businesses. The two primary areas are Starting A Business, an online guidebook to creating and running an online company, and the Research Center, which guides you to articles, resources, and documents across the Internet. http://www.homebusinessresearch.com House Small Business Committee There's no reason for United States federal small-business-oriented legislation to catch you by surprise. You can keep track of everything happening in the U.S. House of Representatives' Small Business Committee here on its Web site. You'll probably want to at least read the latest newsletter, but you can also check on hearings, special projects, and the upcoming schedule. http://www.house.gov/smbiz How To Start A Business
http://www.inreach.com/sbdc/book Insider Reports: Small Office This site offers the usual crop of articles on running a small business, along with a library of reports on all facets of business life, including reports that some commercial sites charge money for. There are also hundreds of sample forms and business letters ready for your use. http://www.insiderreports.com/channels.asp?ChanID=SO Internet Bankruptcy Library/Worldwide Troubled Company Resources Most businesses hope they never have any reason to need the information on this site. But in case financial disaster does strike, what you learn through the links provided here can greatly minimize the damage. http://bankrupt.com Internet InfoScavenger Marketing professional Cathy DuPre has been specializing in Internet presences for businesses since before the World Wide Web. On this site she offers excellent advice and guides you to information and resources to help you get the most out of a business Internet site. Among the topics covered are building traffic, increasing online sales, analyzing log files, improving public relations, and providing good customer service. http://www.infoscavenger.com/index.htm International Small Business Consortium The consortium is a largely volunteer-operated organization to help small and medium-sized businesses succeed in times of change. Services are offered free of charge and the Web site is a central source of focused information from business experts (and the occasional wit) worldwide. It's not the easiest site to read, but the gems here make browsing worthwhile. http://www.isbc.com/isbc Internet Advertising Bureau Have you wondered about whether your business would benefit from advertising on the Internet? How would you go about it? The site of this non-profit organization has information on market research, online ad basics, how to evaluate costs, and more you should know to make wise decisions. http://www.iab.net Internet Scambusters If you use the Internet in your business, even if just for e-mail, sooner or later you'll likely be targeted by a scam. Some are easy to spot, but others can be convincing. This site contains information on some classic scams and also lets you sign up for a free e-mail newsletter that warns you about the latest rash on online frauds, hoaxes, and viruses. http://www.scambusters.org Managing A Small Business This may not be a place to get in-depth information on business management, but it's loaded with short tips to help with goal-setting, managing yourself and others, marketing, and checking the feasibility of a new product or service. You may also enjoy the section entitled The 30 Best Inspiring Anecdotes Of All Times. http://www.liraz.com Minority Business Development Agency This agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce works to support the creation, growth, and expansion of minority-owned businesses in the United States. If you have started or wish to start a minority-owned business, it's worth your time to visit this Web site to find out about programs and resources available for you. http://www.mbda.gov Money Hunt If you've seen the MoneyHunter television show on public TV, you know about its entertaining approach to teaching small-business financing. The companion site offers business plan templates, venture capital news, and articles on how to hunt for funds in the MoneyHunter spirit. And if you'd like to be on the television show, you can audition online. http://www.moneyhunter.com HomeWorkingMom.com This is a practical site filled with tips for the home-business worker who also has to juggle the requirements of being a full-time mom. The information here deals with both parenting and work issues and includes tips on business opportunities, sales matters, and networking with other home-business moms. http://www.homeworkingmom.com National Small Business United Even if you don't choose to become a member of this small-business advocacy organization, it's worthwhile to visit its site and see what it regards as the hot small- business issues on Capitol Hill and to see the positions it is taking on behalf of small businesses throughout the United States. http://www.nsbu.org A New Workplace At Home If you run your small business out of your home, or if you are looking to start a home-based business, this site offers a wide variety of ideas plus a library of sensible, useful articles. You can also sign up for a weekly newsletter. http://www.newworkplace.com Office Of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization Every year, about 40% of the U.S. Treasury's $2 billion budget goes to buying goods and services from small, minority, and women-owned businesses. If you're interested in doing business with the government, this is a good place to start learning about opportunities. http://www.ustreas.gov/sba officeproducts.com
http://www.officeproducts.com OSBP: Regulatory Compliance Assistance The Office of Small Business Programs' site, run by the U.S. Department of Labor, exists to help you stay in compliance with federal labor laws. You'll find information on programs for small businesses, brief descriptions of the primary laws likely to affect your operations, complete texts of laws, required posters, and much more. http://www.dol.gov/dol/osbp/public/sbrefa/main.htm Paul & Sarah Edwards Work-at-home consultants, authors, columnists, and talk show hosts Paul and Sarah Edwards share their expertise on this site. New tips and inspirations appear daily; new articles appear monthly; and numerous features, including Ask Paul & Sarah and Tax Tips are ongoing with periodic updates. Among the monthly features are Cool Careers, Marketing Mistakes And Masterpieces, and Best Home Businesses. http://www.paulandsarah.com Quicken.com: Small Business The folks at Intuit have done an exceptional job of putting together a site that's a valid resource for businesses rather than just a big promotion for Intuit's Quicken products. This is a fine site to visit for a quick overview of small-business headlines, downloadable business forms, and articles covering everything from starting a business to technology issues. http://www.quicken.com/small_business RISEbusiness Want to increase your knowledge of the overall state of small business in the United States? The Research Institute for Small & Emerging Business has been doing research on small and emerging business since 1976. Here you'll find reports on such diverse subjects as how self-employment can help poor women become self-sufficient and how the ethics of entrepreneurs compare to those of corporate managers. http://www.riseb.org SEC: Small Business Information Perhaps you don't want your small business to remain so small and are hoping to go public one day. That's why the Securities and Ex-change Commission provides this site to help small businesses understand about raising capital and working within the federal laws. http://www.sec.gov/smbus1.htm Simplified Tax And Wage Reporting System The U.S. Treasury Department provides this site to help employers better understand the often-confusing world of federal tax and wage reporting. It also offers links to pages where you can get similar information from state governments. You'll find information on what you must report and how to do the reporting, along with downloadable copies of necessary forms. http://www.treas.gov/stawrs/1stop.htm SmallBizManager.com The blue and green colors on this site are a little hard on the eyes, but if you get past that, you'll find a fine index of information and resources to help you set up and run your business, including some of the best places to buy products and services, as well as information to help you be more productive. http://www.smallbizmanager.com Small Business Advancement National Center This center at the University of Central Arkansas uses its Web site to give you access to lots of information, including 15 years worth of small-business research; bulletins from the Small Business Administration and Small Business Institute, among others; marketing tips; and industry profiles. http://www.sbaer.uca.edu The Small Business Advocate Here's the site of the interactive radio talk show for small-business owners by small-business consultant Jim Blasingame. If you listen to the show over a radio station, you can get more information on show topics and guests here. Or you can listen using RealPlayer. If you miss the live broadcast, you can download and play the most recent show anytime. http://www.smallbusinessadvocate.com Small Business Exchange Are you looking for places interested in receiving bids for your goods or services? Or are you seeking new suppliers of goods and services? The search engines of this site will help you find both bid opportunities and suppliers. http://www.sbeinc.com/home.cfm The Small Business Journal By now it's clear that there are so many online magazines and articles that nobody has time to read them all, but here's another virtual journal worthy of attention. Articles cover everything from business ethics to travel from the small- business perspective. http://www.tsbj.com Small Business News Online
http://www.sbnpub.com A Small Business Resource & Help Center While much of this site directs you to resources you can buy, don't overlook the wide variety of free information available, including a small-business newsletter, a number of reports on business issues, and information from the Small Business Administration. http://smallbizhelp.net The Small Business Resource Center This site, run by business consultant and avowed self-help product fanatic Bill Cornelius, offers one of the most quality-conscious sets of links to business databases, services, information providers, and book publishers. If you're seeking business products or information services online, see what Cornelius recommends. http://www.webcom.com/seaquest/sbrc/welcome.html Small Business Retirement Savings Advisor If you have any questions about developing a retirement savings plan for the employees of your small business, check out this site from the Department of Labor's Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration. Here you can look over your options and increase your knowledge of the necessary legal framework. http://www.dol.gov/elaws/pwbaplan.htm Small Business Taxes & Management Here's a top-notch site for keeping track of developments and ideas that affect your taxes. It's arranged as a newsletter, with a new issue out each month, but it's also updated with tips every weekday. It will pay to check in here at least once a month. http://www.smbiz.com Small Office Tech This free electronic newsletter on technology matters for small offices has earned rave reviews. You'll see why when you visit this site and browse through the archives of past issues. Then you can subscribe (at no charge) and receive current issues via e-mail. http://www.smallofficetech.com Smart Business Supersite The Smart Business Supersite has a goal of being "the single most important source of high-quality, ‘how-to' business information on the ‘Net." You can decide for yourself if it has reached that level, but there's no denying it features an excellent set of links to articles, trade shows, shopping, other businesses, and more. http://www.smartbiz.com SOHO—Small Office/Home Office Knowledge Center This site's organization may take some getting used to, but it's worth it. The site connects you to information on everything from getting more mileage from your business card to thorny legal issues. Registration is necessary, but there's no charge. http://www.so-ho.org Standard Industrial Classification Search If you've ever needed to figure out the Standard Industrial Classification code for your company, another company, or for a business you were trying to research—especially one that doesn't seem to fit neatly into the limited descriptions provided—you'll love this site provided by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Use keywords describing the business to get the appropriate code or put in a code to discover what type of business it represents. http://www.osha.gov/oshstats/sicser.html StartUP Do-It-Yourself Resources Walk through the process of getting into your own business with help from this site. Some steps let you use free online resources, in others the site recommends products, and for still others it leads you to useful articles. But by the time you've gone through the site, you'll have a taste of everything from prestartup research to sources of office supplies. http://www.startupbiz.com/Doit/seven.htm startup.wsj.com Dow Jones presents this Web site dedicated to those starting up a new business. You'll find articles on running a business, a small venture capital database, and business-for-sale ads from The Wall Street Journal. http://startup.wsj.com Thomas Register Of American Manufacturers If you were to suddenly need an unusual product or service, where would you look? One of the best places is the Thomas Register, which takes up shelves at your library. You can find almost any product or service in the United States with a quick search of this Web site. Membership is required, but it's free. http://www3.thomasregister.com The Universal Currency Converter Will you be doing business beyond the borders of your own country? If so, this site saves you from making daily calls to the bank for the latest exchange rates. http://www.xe.net/ucc U.S. DOL Small Business Handbook This online handbook is a detailed guide to operating a small business within the legal guidelines enforced by the U.S. Department of Labor. It covers the 28 major groups of standards with explanations of who the standards apply to, their basic requirements, how to get help from the Department of Labor, and more. http://www.dol.gov/dol/asp/public/programs/handbook/contents.htm U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Thinking about trademarking the name of your new company? Or will you be applying for patents? Stop by here first and check the database to make sure nobody has a prior claim. http://www.uspto.gov vfinance.com Do you need more help expanding your small business than your local bank is willing to provide? This site for the Venture Capital Resource Library has information on finding venture capital, and it includes databases that can help you find funding or help those with cash find you. http://www.vfinance.com The White House Conference on Small Business The 3rd White House Conference on Small Business was held in 1995, and the resulting recommendations, delivered in April 1996, remain relevant. This site tells you about the conference and its recommendations, and it provides periodic updates on what the government is doing as a result. http://www.whcsb.org Women.com: Small Business This Web site dedicated to all women's interests boasts a first-class small-business area focused on the businesswoman's needs. The major topic areas include Starting Up, Money Matters, Networking, You're The Boss, and Office Essentials. The topics cover the full range of small-business operation. http://www.women.com/smallbiz Year 2000 and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Are you sure your business is ready for potential year 2000 problems? This site brings you an array of resources and information to help you understand where problems may erupt and anticipate or avoid difficulties, or, if all else fails, better deal with them. http://www.support2000.com/sme.htm by Steve A. Glaser and Elizabeth Lewis |
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