General Resources    

U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) www.sba.gov
SCORE www.score.org
Small Business Advancement National Center – University of Central Arkansas www.sbaer.uca.edu
BusinessTown www.businesstown.com
The Brandow Company – BizMiner www.brandow.com
Inc. Online: The Web Site for growing companies www.inc.com/home
Compliance Assistance Centers www.assistancecenters.net
U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization www.osdbu.dot.gov
 Business.gov www.business.gov 
National Business Incubation Association www.nbia.org
The Edward Lowe Foundation – championing the entrepreneurial spirit www.lowe.org
Kauffman Foundation Resources www.entreworld.org
Business Know-How www.businessknowhow.com
Idea Cafe: The Small Business Channel www.businessownersideacafe.com
Small Business Advisor www.isquare.com
Easi Demographics www.easidemographics.com/
Startup Nation www.startupnation.com
All About Law www.freelegalforms.net
Home Business On-Line Legal Forms www.homebusinessonline.com
Biz Info Library www.bizinfolibrary.org
Insuring Your Business www.iii.org/smallbusiness/intro

Women's Business Information

National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) www.nawbo.org
Women's Business Enterprise National Council www.wbenc.org

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Marketing

FedStats (online statistics from 70 federal agencies including labor force and industrial sectors by county and city) www.fedstats.gov
Advertising Age/American Demographics www.adage.com
Easi Demographics www.easidemographics.com/
International Council of Shopping Centers – Radius Profile by Location http://icsc.org/
iMarket: direct Marketing, Mailing Lists and Market Analysis via CD-ROM www.imarketinc.com

Industry Information

Steel www.steel.org
Building/Construction www.builderonline.com
American Booksellers Association www.bookweb.org/aba
American Nursery & Landscape Association www.anla.org
Restaurant www.restaurants.com
Industry Resources Reports www.valuationresources.com/IndustryReport.htm
Real Estate http://www.xsitevalidation.com/
 

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 Michigan Business

Accelerating Michigan Entrepreneurs-Virtual Incubator https://www.accelmich.org
Michigan Export Source – the Homepage of the Michigan District Export Council www.exportmichigan.com
Michigan Licensing Requirements medc.michigan.org/services/license
Business Entity Search www.cis.state.mi.us/bcs_corp/sr_corp.asp
AS/400 User Group Listing www.tug.on.ca/AS400ebusiness.htm
Midrange Users of Mid-Michigan www.emumm.com/
Procurement Technical Assistance Centers of Michigan www.michigantac.org
Michigan Department of Labor & Economic Growth www.michigan.gov/cis
Michigan Economic Development Corporation medc.michigan.org
Michigan Labor Market Information www.michlmi.org
The Right Place Program www.rightplace.org/Index/index.shtml
Michigan Universities Commercialization Initiative www.muci.org
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality www.michigan.gov/deq
Michigan Census www.michigan.gov/census
MEDC – Startup Information www.michigan.gov/businessstartup
UpJohn Institute www.upjohninstitute.org/regional
Michigan Electronic Library http://mel.org/ 
Travel, Tourism & Recreation Resource Center www.tourismcenter.msu.edu
Michigan State University Extension Services www.msue.msu.edu/home
Michigan Agriculture Statistical Services www.nass.usda.gov/mi/aam
Michigan Department of Agriculture www.michigan.gov/mda
Small Business Association of Michigan www.sbam.org
Detroit Regional Economic Partnership www.detroitchamber.com/business_development

Michigan Business & Professional Association – Michigan Food & Beverage Association www.michbusiness.org
Michigan Site Network www.misitenet.org
Michigan Score www.scoremichigan.org

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Human Resources

IT Michigan Talent Bank, JobStar Central www.obstar.org 
Michigan Department of Career Development www.michigan.gov/mdcd
Human Resource Planning Society www.hrps.org/
Society for Human Resource Management www.shrm.org

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 Finance

Grants.gov www.grants.gov
The Capital Network – Investor Matching www.thecapitalnetwork.com
Small Biz Cafe www.patentcafe.com/Directory/Directory.asp?cataid=6&catbid=53&catcid=134
Federal Money Retriever www.idimagic.com
The Federal Marketplace www.fedmarket.com
Access/Information: A Research and Document Delivery Co. www.access-information.com/venture-capital.html
CID Equity Partners – one of the largest Midwest firms providing private equity and debt financing to new venture, early stage and middle market companies www.cidequity.com
Venture Capital Marketplace www.v-capital.com.au
Business Capital Search Engine www.businessfinance.com/
General Financing www.getsmart.com
The Institute of Business Appraisers www.go-iba.org
Business Nation Venture Capital www.businessnation.com/library/finance.html
Credit Reports www.creditreport.com

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 International

Assess Your International Risk www.AssessYourInternationalRisk.org
Michigan District Export Council www.exportmichigan.com
Van Andel Global Trade Center www.vagtc.org
U.S. Commercial Service www.export.gov/comm_svc/
U.S. Commercial Service BuyUSA www.buyusa.gov/home
U.S. Government Export Portal www.export.gov
MSU Global Access www.msuglobalaccess.net
 

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Research

Small Business Advancement National Center www.sbaer.uca.edu
Seidman College of Business Information Services www.gvbizinfo.com
Citizens Research Council of Michigan www.crcmich.org
SmallBizBooks.com – Tools to help you plan, run and grow your small business www.smallbizbooks.com
2002 Economic Census data http://www.census.gov/econ/census02/
USA Counties www.maproom.psu.edu/mapper/usa/usacounties.html
US Census Bureau Home Page www.census.gov 
Zip Code Lookup and Address Information www.usps.com/ncsc
NAICS – North American Industry Classification System www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html
Demographics – CACI www.esribis.com/
Fedstats (offers statistics from 70 federal agencies including labor force and industrial sectors by county and city) www.fedstats.gov
 The Right Site www.easidemographics.com/
Economic trends www.econdata.net
Sauder School of Business Research Centres http://www.sauder.ubc.ca/research/research_centres/index.cfm
FDIC Regional Economic Conditions http://www2.fdic.gov/recon
U.S. Census Department Factfinder http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en
Bureau of Economic Analysis http://www.bea.doc.gov
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics http://stats.bls.gov
 

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 Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights

PatentCafe www.patentcafe.com
U.S. Copyright Office Home Page www.copyright.gov
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Home Page www.uspto.gov
Delphion Intellectual Property www.delphion.com
Wisconsin Innovation Center academics.uww.edu/business/innovate/index.html

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Technology

MI-SBTDC Technology Initiatives www.misbtdc.org/TechnologyInitiatives.asp
Symantec Small Business Resource Center smallbiz.symantec.com
Ben Franklin Technology Center www.benfranklin.org
UPC Bar Code – UCC Home Page www.uc-council.org

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SBA/SBTDC

SBA Michigan Directory http://www.sba.gov/localresources/district/mi
SBA's Government Contracting Network Home Page www.sba.gov/GC
Online Women's Business Center www.onlinewbc.gov
SBA's Office of Advocacy Ace-Net www.sba.gov/GC/acenet.html
SBA PRO-Net pro-net.sba.gov
Office of Size Standards www.sba.gov/size 
SBA On-Line Forms Library www.sba.gov/library/forms.html
Small Business Institute Directors Association www.cba.uc.edu/cbainfo/sbida/welcome.htm
Arkansas SBTDC asbdc.ualr.edu
U.S. Small Business Administration www.sba.gov
The Small Business Classroom www.sba.gov/classroom
North Carolina Small Business and Technology Development Center www.sbtdc.org
SBDC National Information Clearinghouse http://sbdcnet.utsa.edu/default.htm

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 Government

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development www.hud.gov
Social Security Online www.ssa.gov
IRS Forms and Publications www.irs.ustreas.gov
Department of Education – Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program www.ed.gov/programs/sbir
US Securities and Exchange Commission www.sec.gov
BOPI Export/Import Links www.elite.net/~bopi/eximnk.htm
Government Executive www.govexec.com
Center for Veterans Enterprise www.vetbiz.gov
Business.gov www.business.gov
Internal Revenue Service Small Business www.irs.gov/businesses/small/
Federal Procurement Opportunities www.fedbizopps.gov
Official Government Gateway www.firstgov.gov
U.S. Department of Agriculture www.usda.gov/
U.S. Department of Labor www.dol.gov/
TACOM – Warren Procurement Network http://contracting.tacom.army.mil/sbo/sbo.htm

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 Non-Profit Organization Resources

Nonprofit Good Practice Guide www.npgoodpractice.org
Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy www.gvsu.edu/philanthropy
Council of Michigan Foundations www.cmif.org
Nonprofit Enterprise at Work www.new.org
MSU Funding Center Guide www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/grants.htm

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 Inventor Resources

Innovation Institute www.innovation-institute.com
National Inventor Fraud Center www.inventorfraud.com
Inventor Digest Online http://www.inventorsdigest.com/ME2/default.asp
Inventor www.inventors.about.com
Inventor's Network www.inventnet.com

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