GETTING STARTED

*Idea Cafe Site www.ideacafe.com is a fun look small business investing. Includes sample business plans. Clicking on “Financing Your Business” on left side bar includes topics on Basic Financial Package Projection, Advice on how to reduce taxes and a special link on minority and female business financing

* Entrepreneur.com www.entrepreneur.com Typical startup costs, marketing, and sales for 400 businesses categories

*Service Counselors to America’s Small Business (SCORE) www.score.org/ an available network of 10,000 previous business executives that will help you one on one. Several workshops at the site i.e. how to price services .etc

*Southern Methodist University Cox School of Business www.cox.smu.edu/intranet/bic/guides/AZ Free access to the Cox School of Business repository of business information. A small sampling of information at the site includes the County business pattern, business demographics and information specifically available for entrepreneurs.

*The Internet Public Library Site www.ipl.org/ contains a series of weblinks by library category. Click on the left side bar under business to display a listing of business sites

*Springboard Enterprises www.springboardenterprises.org/ Organization’s purpose is to offer programs that educate, showcase and support women entrepreneurs as they seek equity capital and growth in their companies Springboards Learning Center coaches the female businesswoman via education in such topics as creating your pitch, doing the deal and Equity Capital Market Fundamentals

*Ladies Who Launch www.ladieswholaunch.com/ provides content and community to help women start and expand their businesses and creative ventures. Through their events, e-mail newsletter, website and in-person Incubator programs Ladies Who Launch provides a venue for motivated women to exchange products and services, ideas, and strategic relationships. Ladies Who Launch connects thousands of women to each other by giving them multiple forums in which to connect and ultimately propel their entrepreneurial visions forward in ways they may never have dreamed possible

*New York City Resource Center www.nypl.org/research/sibl/smallbiz/sbrc/pages/index.cfm The New York Public Library Resource Center is free access. It contains such topics as guides in structuring a business, locating/expanding a business, employee guidelines, marketing, protecting your ideas, international trade and tax planning and running a small business. Even though some of the information is tailored to New York City business much of the procedures can be equally applied to businesses in other parts of the country

* eVenturing-Kauffman www.eventuring.org/ Free site containing many guides for entrepreneurs on the path to high growth. The site articles, written by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs, and aggregates “the best of the best” content on the Web related to starting and running high-impact companies. Site covers all facets of entrepreneurship from product pricing, pricing strategy, financial management, funding sources, sales, staffing management etc

*Edward Lowe Foundation www.lowe.org/ Foundation supports existing small business that are successful and want to move up to the next level Hundreds of articles and briefs from presidents and business owners exist on the site. Some articles in the Entrepreneurs' Resource Center include Building and Inspiring an Organization and Defining and Serving a Market

* Enter Web www.enterweb.org/ Site is an annotated meta-index and information clearinghouse on enterprise development, business, finance, international trade and the economy in this new age of cyberspace and globalization. The main focus is on micro, small and medium scale enterprises, cooperatives, community economic development, both in developed and developing countries. Information on the site is rated as to value. Find out the best resources on business education and business administration

* Quicken Site www.quicken/small_business includes free information on such topics as getting licenses and permits, how to start, run and grow a business. Also visit the Quicken Learning Center for topics on advertising standards, hiring employees.hiring problems and how to qualify your corporation etc

* Advertising Age www.adage.com/ You can subscribe to the site/magazine but the site offers many free full articles on business news.

*BizJournals.com www.bizjournals.com/ Source of business new for many major US cities. Site includes information on sales leads, tips in choosing a market by city and technology Free registration allows you to search the archives.

* BusinessWeek www.businessweek.com/ Includes a lot of free articles on small business plus current magazine. Full access is available for a fee