Business Links

Biz Planning & Managing

Communications & Human Resources

Finance

Franchising

Government

International Trade

Legal & Tax

Sales & Marketing

Technology & Internet

U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)

BUZGate helps individuals to start, grow and succeed in business by connecting them to free and low-cost resources in areas such as business planning, funding, marketing, technology and counseling.

Bootstrap
Bootstrap is a site that offers start-ups resources and advice in starting a business.

Bplans.com
This business planning Web site provides samples business plans and tips on writing effective business plans.

Business.com
Business.com is an excellent site for conducting business research. The site has thousands of listings in 25,000 industry, product and service categories.

Business Know-how                                                                           
Business Know-how features how-to articles for small business owners.

BusinessWeek Online
BusinessWeek's how-to articles, interactive tools and Small Biz Resource Center give entrepreneurs information on how to start and grow a business.

Carpool Capitalists
This site offers lifestyle resources for the mom who wants to move her career home to be with her children.

CCH Business Owner’s Toolkit                                                       
CCH provides a business owner toolkit to answer business, tax and legal questions.

Center for Business Planning
This site has a collection of resources for planning your business, documenting your plan and evaluating your strategy.

Center for Rural Entrepreneurship
The goal of the Center is to stimulate and support private and public entrepreneurship development in communities throughout Rural America.

Cityfeet.com
Cityfeet.com helps small businesses with commercial real estate needs. The site offers free access to a national database of available office, retail and industrial space.

ClearFocus Group
The ClearFocus Group offers an integrated series of Web-based business management applications to help you lower employee benefit costs and improve internal efficiencies.

Corporations USA
Corporations USA offers a variety of corporate services, including creating and servicing Delaware corporations, limited liability companies and limited partnerships.

Council on Competitiveness
The Council on Competitiveness is focused on enhancing global competitiveness through technology, workforce development and support for entrepreneurship.

CourseJunction.com
CourseJunction.com connects training & learning course participants and course providers.

Easi Media
Easi Media's iEdition software contains profiles on businesses and franchise opportunities, products, services and resources. iEdition provides a fast way to find and research a wide range of industries, business topics and information.

Edward Lowe Foundation
The Edward Lowe Foundation helps emerging growth businesses and second-stage business owners.

EntreMate
EntreMate is a resource for finding business partners.

Entrepreneur
Entrepreneur.com is dedicated to empowering entrepreneurs to start and grow successful companies.

Entreworld
Entreworld, run by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, delivers useful information, guidance and contacts to entrepreneurs.

Equipment Leasing Association
ChooseLeasing.org is a one-stop, educational portal on equipment financing and leasing. Look for "10 Questions To Ask Before Signing A Lease."

FastCompany
FastCompany features articles and stories from the magazine. Also, look for the Fast Companies Database a helpful resource to help find articles, information and ways to connect with other companies.

Growthink, Inc.
Growthink is a business plan development firm. The site features a free business plan guide.

Hoover’s                                                                                            
This site offers a free database of companies and company profiles for small business owners.

The Idea Cafe
This site was created to help small business owners solve their problems, while having fun too.

Inc.com
Inc.com offers resources on business-management issues. Use them to discover strategies for starting, growing and running your business.

Independent Consultants Association (ICA)
ICA brings together independent consultants to build successful practices, serve their clients more effectively and increase business opportunities.

Insurance Noodle
This site allows small business owners to compare, buy and manage insurance.

Intuit QuickBooks                                                                         
Intuit features resources on finance and tax software solutions for small businesses.

ItsSimple.biz
The goal of ItsSimple.biz is to help entrepreneurs get their businesses off the ground. The site contains resources, tools and articles to help visitors start and expand their small business.

Ivy Sea Online
Ivy Sea Online features a wealth of articles, tip sheets and links to help foster inspired leadership, conscious entrepreneurship and effective communication.

KnowledgePoint
KnowledgePoint creates employee management software, including a tool to help you build a personnel policy manual.

Leads Club
The Leads Club is a networking organization open to business owners, professionals, sales people and managers seeking to begin or expand a business.

LinkedIn
Linked in provides online networking tools for businesspeople.

MergerPlace.com
MergerPlace.com connects business sellers with business buyers.

Michigan Telework Loan Fund
This program allows people with disabilities in Michigan to obtain low-interest loans to purchase equipment and training needed to start a home-based business.

Microenterprise Success
This site for microenterprises features microenterprise programs, technical assistance and grant and loan information.

MicroMentor
MicroMentor is a mentoring program that uses the Internet to connect micro entrepreneurs to those who have successfully navigated business ownership and business management.

Microsoft Office Tools on the Web
Microsoft's small business Web site offers "tools of the Web," including SCORE business plan templates, downloads, support articles and clip art.

MyCorporation.com                                                                         
MyCorporation.com provides Incorporation, LLC formation, and trademark search services.

My Own Business
My Own Business is an online, 11-session course that provides the basic dos and don’ts for entrepreneurs.

MyStrategicPlan.com
MyStrategicPlan.com helps entrepreneurs build and execute their business strategies through a cost-effective, do-it-yourself solution.

National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE)
NASE is the nation’s leading Web resource for self-employed and micro-businesses. This site provides a broad range of benefits and support.

National Business Association
The National Business Association keeps members up-to-date and informed on important issues impacting the self-employed and small business community.

National Dialogue on Entrepreneurship
National Dialogue on Entrepreneurship (NDE) helps improve awareness of the value of entrepreneurship through informing and engaging national, regional and local policymakers. NDE produces a weekly newsletter that provides short summaries and analyses of various trends driving the innovation economy.

National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)
NFIB is a nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy group that represents the consensus views of its 600,000 members in Washington, D.C. and all 50 state capitals.

Officefinder
If you’re seeking to lease or buy office space, this site is the place to begin.

Peachtree                                                                                        
Peachtree offers resources for accounting solutions to the small business marketplace.

Pioneer Entrepreneurs
Pioneer Entrepreneurs aims to help communities be more successful by helping entrepreneurs be more successful. The site features ideas, business models people and trends.

PlanWare                                                                   
Featured on this site are papers on cashflow, finances and strategic and business planning topics. Also, look for a freeware business plan template.

Public Entity Risk Institute (PERI)
PERI is a nonprofit that offers risk-management resources and training to small businesses. Look for their Risk Management for Small Business publication and their Workplace Safety Kit.

Prairie Business
Prairie Business is a monthly business magazine for rural entrepreneurs.

Project Enterprise
Project Enterprise is a nonprofit organization that provides business loans, technical training and peer support to New York City entrepreneurs who lack access to business financing.

Salary.com
Salary.com provides online compensation information and data for most industries. The site also lists thousands of job titles gathered via proprietary research and published reports. 

Small Business Development Centers (SBDC)
SBDCs assist individuals and small businesses by providing a wide variety of information and guidance through 58 branch locations.

Small Business Dictionary
The Small Business Dictionary gives definitions to 2,500 of the most commonly used small business terms.

SEED Institute of Southern California
The SEED Institute is a non-profit organization that helps people with disabilities start and run their own small businesses.

Small Business Computing.com
This site features news and trends on small business technology and online marketing.

Startupgarden
This Web site features information on how to start a business.

StartupJournal.com
The Wall Street Journal Center for Entrepreneurs features articles on business planning and small business management. This site includes a list of franchises.

Stat One Research
Stat One Research provides timely, detailed survey research. Their telephone studies and focus groups gather information on awareness/image, usage, satisfaction, needs and budgets.

Strategy Business Plans
Strategy Business Plans offers business plan solutions that result in funding and growth for businesses.

Subscription Network
The Subscription Network offers entrepreneurs free subscriptions to dozens of business publications.

The Retailer Owners Institute
The Retailer Owners Institute is dedicated to improving the financial professionalism of independent retailers.

The Small Business Advocate
The Small Business Advocate is a nationally syndicated weekday radio/Internet talk show.

The Veterans Corporation
The Veterans Corporation hosts a business portal for current and prospective Veteran business owners and for companies working with Veteran-owned  businesses.

TradePubs.com
On this site, order free subscriptions to leading trade magazines.

Tulenko Group
Paul Tulenko is a syndicated columnist for Scripps-Howard. His Web site is dedicated to helping business owners & future business owners attain the success they desire.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business Center
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business Center provides small business news and practical business advice.

Venture Up
Venture Up specializes in interactive team building and experiential learning programs to promote team spirit and organizational success.

WebBizBroker.com
Web BizBroker.com brings together business buyers, sellers and associated professionals.

Welcome Business USA
This site gives resources and information to help you start, run and grow your small business.

What's Working in Biz
What's Working in Biz is an online video journal that features the advice, best practices and success stories of business experts. The site contains a weekly series of clips addressing small business email marketing, branding, selling, negotiating and customer loyalty.

Winning Workplaces
Winning Workplaces' goal is to provide small and midsize employers with proven, practical and affordable people practices. The site provides tools and articles to help entrepreneurs develop strategies to improve their workplace practices.

Working Solo
Working Solo helps individuals develop a sense of personal discovery and achievement that comes from mastering self-employment and related business practices.

Advanced Survey                                                                         
Advanced survey enables online surveys for entrepreneurs that want to control their survey and information-gathering requirements.

Bizmanualz
Bizmanualz delivers manuals, training and support services to small firms seeking more effective management compliance and controls over their key business functions and processes.

Constant Contact
Constant Contact helps small businesses develop an ongoing relationship with their customers and site visitors by helping them build and manage permission-based email lists and HTML email newsletters, announcements and promotions.

Future Directives
Future Directives is an outsource provider of human resource management.

Got VMail Communications
Got VMail Communications offers a suite of outsourced voice communications services that delivers call-flow processing and call center professionalism to small and home-based businesses.

24-7 INtouch
24-7 INtouch is a communications and e-business solutions provider with call center, help desk and e-commerce services.

Health Insurance Association of America
The Health Insurance Association of America (HIAA) publishes a guide on the various types of insurance called The Insurance Guide for Business Owners.

HR PowerHouse
HR PowerHouse is an online tool designed to bring relevant, practical information to small business owners to help them deal with day-to-day human resources responsibilities.

HR Radio
HR Radio offers pre-recorded radio shows on human resource topics such as industry trends, legal, team building and benefit and compensation.

innoport
innoport provides virtual office communications solutions to small businesses. Services include fax, email, Internet faxing, voice mail and auto attendant.

Inquest Screening
Inquest Screening offers pre-employment screening services, as well as information in regards to FCRA compliance.

International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans
This organization provides benefits and compensation education.

J2 Global Communications
J2 Global Communications offers communications services to small businesses, including Web-based fax, voice mail and conference calling.

Kall8
Kall 8 is a hosted 800 number service that offers all the tools and functions of a phone system, but without all the cost associated with it: installation, maintenance and training.

MyGoalManager.com
MyGoalManager.com's Web site directs you step-by-step through prioritized goal definition, plan of action formulation, motivation reminders and guidance reviews.

PAQ Services, Inc.
PAQ offers a free dictionary of occupational titles that includes information for more than 12,000 job descriptions.

Raindance.com                                                                             
Raindance provides Web and audio conferencing solution to businesses.

Segway Communications
Segway Communications provides small businesses with telecommunication services.

Service Quality Institute
The Service Quality Institute helps businesses retain customers, build market share and improve the performance of their workforce.

Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
SHRM provides practical, time-saving resources and tools on HR topics. SHRM members can access sample forms, policies, mission statements, job descriptions, RFPs and more than 30 HR toolkits.

HealthInsuranceInfo.net
This site provides consumer guides for getting and keeping health insurance in each state.

Telephone Doctor
Visit this site for customer service training information to retain customers and boost revenue.

WebEx Inc.
This site provides multimedia communication services, including the WebEx Meeting Center—a Web-based meeting and training tool.

Webconference.com                                                                    
Webconference.com provides online meetings, web conferencing, teleconferencing and video conferencing services for business communications needs.

Accounts World Directory of Accounting Professionals
This database contains more than 35,000 tax and accounting professionals from across the United States.

AdvanceMe
AdvanceMe offers alternative funding and working capital financing to small businesses.

American Society of Appraisers
Business appraisers can help you determine the value of a business. Look for a professional business appraiser on this Web site.

Angel Investor News
Angel Investor News provides entrepreneurs and investors with information about private investment, technology trends and financing trends.

Big E-Z Bookkeeping Co.
Software to help start-ups build confidence in their bookkeeping abilities.

Billing Pros
Billing Pros is billing and mailing outsource solution provider for business owners.

Businessfinance
Businessfinance offers free business funding resources and has a database of over 4000 sources of business capital.

Business-Idea
The Business-Idea Web site features a networking forum where entrepreneurs can look for new business opportunities.

Business Literacy Institute
This organization aims to advance employees', managers' and leaders' knowledge of business and financial concepts.

Business Valuation Center
The Business Valuation Center provides business valuation services to small businesses for planning, mergers and estate settlements.

CircleLending
CircleLending.com provides the tools you need to successfully obtain affordable loans from the people you know. The service helps you approach private parties to get financing quickly on terms that fit your needs.

Commercial Credit Counseling
Commercial Credit Counseling (CCC) restructures debt in order to save companies.

CPAdirectory.com
This online directory consists of about 450,000 CPAs nationwide. “Ask a CPA” allows you to chat with a CPA.

Debt Free Today
Debt Free Today offers online debt consolidation resources.

Diamond Funding Group
Diamond Funding Group helps small business solve cash flow challenges and advises clients on how to get access to capital.

DioStro Financial Services (DFS)
DFS provides cash flow solutions to small business owners.

eBookForms
This site provides financial templates and incorporation forms. All forms are printable and can be downloaded instantly.

Express Merchant Processing Solutions
Express Merchant Processing Solutions offers a comprehensive line of payment processing solutions for your small business, such as credit card, debit card and check acceptance.

Fiducial
Fiducial is a provider of financial and business services to small businesses.

Fiscal Control
Fiscal Control provides freelance financial, accounting and operational services to small businesses.

Funding Roadmap
The Funding Roadmap SBA Loan Accelerator multiple choice business plan reporting system software, is designed to ensure that the loan submission package for SBA-backed loans meet lender and SBA criteria before being submitted. The package is sent electronically to speed up the funding process and increase the loan approval rate for such submission.

Garage Technology Ventures                        
Garage Technology Ventures is a venture capital investment bank for emerging technology companies. Garage helps entrepreneurs and investors create, build and fund early-stage technology companies.

Innovative Lease Services
This company specializes in providing equipment financing to small businesses.

Integra
Integra Information provides entrepreneurs with financial industry data for more than 900 industries. This data allows managers to benchmark with instant access to income statements, balance sheets and ratios.

Internal Public Library (IPL)                                                
IPL offers a search engine on business and economics sources for entrepreneurs.

Investor Ready Business Plans
Investor Ready Business Plans helps businesses prepare to raise money from venture capital and angel investor sources.

Live Capital
Live Capital represents several firms that provide financial services to small businesses.

MYOB
MYOB develops accounting and management software for both Windows and Mac-based small businesses.

National Association of Credit Management
NACM is a trade association for people who deal with credit and collections.

National Venture Capital Association
NVCA represents America’s venture capital community. This site contains data on venture capital investments.

National Association of Securities Dealers
NASD is the leading private-sector securities regulator and provides unbiased investor protection and education tools and information.

Premium Financial Services
This lender helps small businesses improve their cash flow, business stability and profits. Services include: accounts receivable financing, accounts receivable factoring, purchase order financing and letter of credit.

Projected Financials
Projected Financials develops financial modeling software that is available both over the Internet and on the desktop.

QuickBooks
QuickBooks offers small business accounting and tax software and Web-based solutions.

ABC-Amega                                                        
ABC-Amega is a provider of receivable management and commercial debt collection services.

The National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO)
NCEO is a private, nonprofit membership and research organization that serves as the leading source of information on employee stock ownership plans.

Valuation Resources.com                                                                 
This site provides a free resource for business owners on business valuation, industry reports, economic data and financial ratios.

Vfinance
Visit Vfinance.com to post a summary of your business idea, research lists of lenders, investment banks and angel investors.

Victorson & Associates
Victorson & Associates helps small businesses establish credit exposure procedures.

American Association of Franchisees and Dealers (AAFD)
The AAFD is a national nonprofit trade association representing the rights and interests of franchisees and independent dealers throughout the United States.  AAFD’s Web site lists accredited franchisors and has a section on buying a franchise.

American Franchisee Association (AFA)
The AFA is a national trade association of franchisees and dealers that works to improve the industry of franchising. The AFA’s Web site includes sections on networking, business and legal resources and information on franchise buying and forming an independent franchisee association.

Be The Boss
The Be The Boss Expo showcases franchising opportunities in nearly 100 different industries. The site features daily updates on the franchising options that are available to interested entrepreneurs.

Bizquest
Bizquest's business-resale listings. The site lists opportunities in 13 franchise industries.

Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
The FTC has an online section on franchises and business opportunities. The site features franchise and business opportunity FAQs, business opportunity fraud alerts, federal and state business opportunity rights and laws and information on the FTC Franchise Rule.

FranchiseBuyer
FranchiseBuyer allows you to identify franchises that best meet your criteria and then assist you through their investigation and due diligence process.

Franchise for Sale
Franchise for Sale is a business listing and franchise-for-sale Web site.

FranchiseHandbook.com
The Franchise Handbook is a quarterly publication offering franchise opportunities.

Franchise Opportunities
This site offers a franchise database for available franchises for sale and small business opportunities.

Franchise Solutions
Franchise Solutions lists hundreds of franchises and small businesses for sale in more than 90 industries.

FranchiseWorks.com
This site is an online resource for individuals looking to start a new business or franchise.

FranChoice
FranChoice calls itself the "franchise information company" and helps entrepreneurs find the right franchising opportunity based on their goals and preferences.

FranNet
FranNet's franchise consultants help with all phases of franchising, from development to prospect acquisition.

iFranchise
iFranchise's consultants help with franchise planning and implementation efforts.

International Franchise Association (IFA)
IFA is a membership organization of franchisors, franchisees and suppliers.

Minority Franchising
Minority Franchising lists companies most committed to reaching out to and supporting minority franchisees.

PRG's Franchise Resources
PRG's Web site lists franchising opportunities, resources and news.

SmallBusinessOpportunity.com
SmallBusinessOpportunity.com is a resource to anyone who is interested in starting a small business or franchise.

Startupjournal.com
The Wall Street Journal produces Startupjournal.com a Web site that provides articles, templates and information on small business. The franchising section provides articles on franchising and lists the top franchises.

Department of Homeland Security
The Department of Homeland Security's Web site includes information to small businesses about potential business opportunities and keeping employees safe in the event of a terror attack.

FedStats
This site lists statistics from more than 100 government agencies, useful when conducting market research.

Fedmarket.com                                                         
Fedmarket.com is an online community for government buyers and vendors. It is a top government contracting resource for public and private organizations.

FirstGov
FirstGov is online collection of federal, local and tribal governments, information, services and resources.

IRS Small Business/Self-Employed Web Site
The IRS Web site offers a broad range of products, services and resources to educate and assist small business owners and self-employed professionals.

Office of Special Counsel for Immigration Related Unfair Employment Practices
A wealth of immigration-related employment discrimination information can be found on this Web site.

Social Security Online
This site allows employers to process their W-2's for their employees. The process requires no special software.

The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)
The online CFDA gives access to a database of all federal assistance programs.

U.S. Census Bureau
The Census offers data on people, business, foreign trade, geography, reference and media.

U.S. Department of Commerce
Department of Commerce offers information on foreign markets and international trade. Commerce also monitors and enforces compliance with U.S. trade laws and agreements.

U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)        
BLS is an agency for the Federal Government that produces labor economic data and statistics.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
This site contains everything you need to know about patents and trademarks.

U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
The SBA provides financial, technical and management assistance to help Americans start, run and grow their businesses.

Alibaba International
This site brings together buyers and sellers in a dynamic trading environment.

Export Import Help
ExportImportHelp.com provides business-to-business resources to help businesses start or expand their global business profits.

Global Trade & Technology Network (GTN)
GTN is a USAID-funded program that helps small businesses conduct market research, build trade linkages and identify investment opportunities in developing countries.

Active Filings
Active Filings provides incorporation and LLC formation services.

BizMinutes.com
BizMinutes.com offers a way for business owners to create and store corporate records.

Business Credit Services
This company offers consulting services in the areas of business credit, incorporating, corporate compliance, book keeping and business documentation.

Business Filings
Business Filings provides incorporation services to small business product/service providers.

CompaniesInc.com
CompaniesInc.com helps entrepreneurs to lower their taxes and protect assets. Incorporate or form an LLC online in any state online.

The Company Corporation
This site provides clear and useful information about the advantages of corporations and LLCs as business structures. This site offers service to form and maintain the legal filings for corporations.

Coollawyer Inc.
Coollawyer Inc. offers business & technology legal forms, and a library and resource center.

Corporate Creations
Corporate Creations prepares and files corporate and trademark documents with government agencies, corporate kits and document retrieval services.

CPA Directory
CPA Directory is an online directory of 450,000 Certified Public Accountants nationwide. The searchable database helps you locate CPAs by name, location, area of specialization and industries served.

FileTaxes.com
FileTaxes.com allows entrepreneurs to file: W-2s, 1099s and 941s to the federal government electronically. FileTaxes.com mails the necessary copies to the recipient or employee on the forms and emails you a confirmation for each filing.

Law & Policy Institutions
The Law & Policy Institutions is dedicated to finding authoritative, timely and useful law related resources on the Internet.

Legalzoom.com
Legalzoom.com offers online services and a Law Library of articles about the legal industry.

Nolo
Nolo offers self-help legal information for small businesses. Browse their free Small Business Law Center.

Payroll-Taxes.com
Payroll-Taxes.com is a useful site for conducting payroll research.  Users can search the payroll database to find information on both state and federal forms, rates, publications, unemployment rates, labor laws, local taxes and important dates to know for filing forms.

Small Business Lawyers
Find small business lawyers in your area by zip code. Site also features small business news & legal topics.

WebTaxService.com
Quickly & easily file your taxes online with WebTaxService.com. No credit card required.

AdsGuide
AdsGuide is a directory of Internet advertising, marketing and commerce services.

AmericanMarketingLists.com
This site offers direct marketing lists for direct mail, telemarketing, fax and non-spam email campaigns.

AvantMarketer
This site offers a free Internet advertising newsletter that contains articles on email, instant messaging, banner advertising, marketing and interviews with marketing experts.

Bacon’s Information Inc.
If you’re looking for media listings, this is a great place to start. Low-cost directories are updated each year.

Business.com
Business.com is a business-focued search engine and directory.

Business Center by SuperPages.com
Search business listings and find out how to advertise your business at SuperPages.com. Advertising options include links to your Web site, Web site design and priority placement. Users may search for business listings by category, name or geography.

goWholesale
go Wholesale, a wholesale search engine, provides fast access to products, business services, auctions, classifieds, blogs and a community forum to grow your business.

LogoWorks
LogoWorks creates 4-14 unique custom logo design concepts in three days to small businesses.

Marketingfor Success
Marketing coach Charlie Cook helps small businesses attract clients. His Web site offers a free marketing guide.

Colloquy
This Web site features information on the frequency-marketing industry. Registration is free and gives you access to articles and book reviews on frequency and loyalty programs.

Data Dialog Marketing
Data Dialog Marketing is dedicated to helping you find prospects likely to buy your products or services. Data Dialog Marketing's database of business listings will help you locate prospects.

DirectMailQuotes
Have professional mailing services compete for your business at DirectMailQuotes.com.  This site also contains useful direct mail information.

Getpress.com
Getpress.com is an online public relations firm, providing quality PR products and services at a fraction of the cost of dealing with a traditional agency.

Independent-Sales-Reps.com
Independent-Sales-Reps.com is a source for finding qualified independent sales reps.

infoUSA.com
For your next direct mail campaign, use infoUSA.com's database of more than 14 million verified businesses and 250 million consumers.

Inside Direct Mail
Inside Direct Mail offers a monthly newsletter of direct-mail information.

Instant Position
Instant Position teaches businesses how to make their Web sites search engine friendly.

Just Sell
This site is dedicated to helping business owners and entrepreneurs sell better. Find industry-specific sales news, how-to articles, sales ideas and discussions.

KnowThis.com
KnowThis.com is an advertising and marketing virtual library that offers resource materials and useful links.

KudosBoard
KudosBoard helps businesses automate customer referrals by providing testimonial tools.

Logo Design Guru
Logo Design Guru develops reasonably-priced logos for small business.

Marketing Experiments.com
Marketing Experiments.com performs large-scale online marketing experiments and publishes results in its free biweekly e-newsletter. Researchers test Internet marketing methods and offer data on Web site marketing techniques that work and don't work.

MarketResearch.com                                                                   
Market Research has a comprehensive collection of published market research available on demand for entrepreneurs.

NetPost Mailing Online
With NetPost Mailing Online, all you need is a document, a list of addresses and an Internet connection to send direct mail. NetPost does the rest—printing, addressing, collating, folding, stuffing and sorting.

NewspaperAdvertising.com
Learn to advertise effectively in newpapers and magazines. Free, practical articles, resources and message boards.

Professor Print
Professor Print provides business card printing services.

PromptPR
PromptPR is a professional service that makes publicity easy by writing custom press releases, supplying targeted media contacts and providing effective media tactics.

PRO-Net
PRO-Net offers procurement information and opportunities for small businesses. 

The How-To Company
The How-To Company has a comprehensive library of small business how-to articles and guides.

ReachLocal
ReachLocal provides local businesses with online ad placement in local search results while limiting the display of the ads to users living within designated geographic areas.

Salesforce.com
Salesforce.com enables business owners to securely access, manage and share sales information across their companies—anytime, anywhere.

Sales Solutions
Sales Solutions helps small business owners both master fundamental selling skills and, if desired, cost-effectively offload the burden of managing their sales teams.

SellingSelling.com
SellingSelling.com advises small businesses on selling strategies and tactics.

Small Business Identity Solutions (SBIS)
SBIS offers complete, budget effective, corporate identity packages for small business, including design and printing services.

 

Tech-Net
Produced by the U.S. Small Business Administration, this site contains tech information and resources for and about small businesses.

Tele-Direct
Tele-Direct provides business owners with toll-free order-taking, ad and email response and credit card processing.

Trade Show Training
This site features an online training program on trade show marketing.

TSNN.com
TSNN owns and operates an online database on the tradeshow industry, containing data on more than 15,000 trade shows and conferences.

USAData.com
USAData.com specializes in the creation and delivery of Web-based business information solutions specifically for marketing, sales and planning professionals.

VerticalResponse.com
VerticalResponse.com is a Web-based direct marketing solution that allows customers to deliver email marketing and direct mail marketing campaigns.

Advent Consulting
Advent Consulting is an independent open-source technology consulting firm, offering best of breed solutions and services to help small businesses easily adapt to open source technologies. 

Aplus.Net
Aplus.Net provides Web hosting services and Web site development, with a focus on helping small businesses get up and running online.

AyaNova Service Management & Work Order Software
AyaNova offers small business software to manage all aspects of service including automated work orders, dispatching, scheduling, preventive maintenance, searchable knowledgebase, customer equipment tracking and more.

BBB Online
BBBonline is a subsidiary of the Council of Better Business Bureaus. Their mission is to promote trust and confidence on the Internet. This site helps business owners with Web sites to establish an online privacy policy program.

Bigstep.com
Build your business online and create and maintain your own Web site at Bigstep.com, the all-in-one e-business center.

Bizseed
Bizseed offers a Web Kit—a content management tool that gives business owners the ability to manage their Web site quickly, easily and affordably.

CafeID
Cafe ID offers an all-in-one solution for hosting online identities. They take care of the nuts and bolts of domain name registration, email and Web hosting, anti-spam and anti-virus filtering and online support.

Computer Consulting 101.com
Computer Consulting 101.com helps small business computer consultants sell more consulting services, boost their profits and grow their practices.

GoToMyPC
GoToMyPC is a remote access service that allows a user to access his/her work PC from any browser, anywhere. GoToMyPC PRO is designed specifically for small businesses.

Hostway Corporation
Hostway provides Web hosting services and tools. Each October, Hostway sponsors "Growing Business Month."

InkjetCartridges.com
This site sells quality inject and toner cartridges.

Internet Learning Tutor
A free online interactive training series for Web users who want to improve their Internet skills. Brought to you by SCORE and Verizon Superpages.com.

Intranets.com
This site allows companies to create their own intranets, so that remote workers can access and share documents, calendars and other information.

Joshua Feinberg’s Small Biz Tech Talk
Learn how to save money on your small business computer support costs—what your highly paid computer consultant doesn’t want you to know.

OpenAir.com
OpenAir.com offers a tool that allows small business owners to track, manage and bill employee time online.

Open Office
Open Office offers free, open-source, MS Office-compatible software that runs on a variety of platforms.

Register.com
Register.com specializes in domain name and email services as well as low-cost, template-based Web site solutions for small businesses.

SmallBusinessComputing.com
This is an online guide to small business technology that offers product reviews, news and trends.

Smart Online
Smart Online offers Web-based software applications for every phase of the business lifecycle.

SoftSearch
SoftSearch is a source for business specialty software, including commercial, financial and business software solutions.

SpinSite
SpinSite provides small businesses with an easy-to-build and maintain Web presence. Services combine innovative page layout tools and hosting.

Stack3
Stack3 offers enterprise-grade security and telephone solutions to small and medium-sized businesses.

Startupventuretoolbox
This site provides a toolbox to entrepreneurs with the tools and assistance necessary to help organized their ventures from idea to IPO.

StreetSmart Intranets
StreetSmart Intranet service allows small businesses to setup a low-cost IT infrastructure for their company. Intranet and Extranet sites include email, group calendars, document management, content management and personal portals.

VeriSign
VeriSign (formerly Network Solutions) offers domain names, email and Web sites.

Web Site Dynamics
This company offers a Web site-building solution for small businesses.

Website Pros, Inc.
Website Pros is a full-service Web site developer for small businesses.

Workz.com
Articles at workz.com help small businesses with building their Web sites and attracting customers online.

WSI Web Connection
WSI Web Connection develops Internet marketing solutions and e-marketing strategies for small businesses.

Advocacy
The Office of Advocacy conducts economic research, policy analyses and small business outreach help to identify issues of concern.

Business & Community Initiatives
The Office of Business and Community Initiatives administers programs and activities designed to provide information, education and training to prospective and existing small business owners.

Disaster Assistance
SBA's disaster assistance program helps entrepreneurs develop security strategies and offers loan assistance to businesses impacted by a disaster.

Entrepreneurial Development
SBA's Office of Entrepreneurial Development helps small businesses start, grow and be competitive by providing training, counseling and other forms of management and technical assistance.

HUBZone
The HUBZone program stimulates economic development and creates jobs in urban and rural communities by providing federal contracting preferences to small businesses.

Government Contracting & Business Development
The Government Contracting & Business Development Office is charged with making sure that small businesses get a fair share of the approximately $46 billion annual federal procurement market.

International Trade
Export information and development assistance to help small businesses take advantage of export markets.

Loan Programs
The SBA offers numerous loan programs to assist small businesses. 

Publications
The SBA has more than 200 free e-books and publications online. 

Small Business Training Network
The Small Business Training Network is a virtual campus housing free training courses, workshops and knowledge resources designed to assist entrepreneurs and other students of enterprise.

Technology (SBIR/STTR)
SBIR is a highly competitive program that encourages small business to explore their technological potential and provides the incentive to profit from its commercialization.

Training
Online business classes on creating a successful business plan, customer service fundamentals, and created Web pages. Available starting May 24, 2005, to the first 2,4000 individuals who register.