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Financing
America’s Business Funding Directory This site strives to provide the most up-to-date content
available to help businesses obtain capital, gain support, find government programs, get expert help and
more.
U.S. Business Exchange provides a complete and professional M&A solution. The USBX Resource
Center contains content, expertise, tools and services to assist existing and prospective buyers and sellers.
General Small Business
AARP Small Business Center The AARP Small Business Resource Web Site is filled with small
business links, information on discounted small business products and services and an e-newsletter for
entrepreneurs.
Business Owners’ Idea Café This small business gathering place offers “a fun approach to serious
business.” This site spotlights successful people in business and has a Biz Grant Center.
Family Firm Institute According to the Family Firm Institute (FFI), family firms comprise 80-90 percent of
all business enterprises in North America and 30-40 percent of Fortune 500 companies. FFI is a
professional organization dedicated to helping family firms increase their knowledge of family business
advisors, educators, researchers and consultants.
National Business Association Today there are more than 900 business incubator programs in the
United States. NBA offers information on business incubation and strategies for helping early stage
companies grow.
PeerSpectives PeerSpectives is a Web site produced by the Edward Lowe Foundation for second-stage
business owners who are ready to take their companies to the next level. PeerSpective.org facilitates peer
learning and networking and contains hundreds of articles on growing a business.
Service Quality Institute The Service Quality Institute helps businesses retain customers, build market
share and improve the performance of their workforce. The site features a customer service discussion
forum, customer service articles and a downloadable book on e-service.
Government
FirstGov This site connects users to government information and services. It is the official U.S.
Government portal with access to 47 million government pages. FirstGov has a powerful search engine that
looks for words on all government pages in a quarter of a second.
U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) The SBA provides financial, technical and management
assistance to help Americans start, run and grow their businesses.
Human Resources
eLance eLance is a leading marketplace for the online home working community. Buyers tap into
professional talent to get a wide range of projects completed. Service professionals find a global market for
their services.
Employment Screening Resource ESR is a consumer reporting agency and human resources
consulting firm providing pre-employment screening reports to employers and human resources and security
departments.
HRZone This site contains online information on human resource issues, including hiring, firing, worker's
compensation, legal issues, discrimination and more.
Salary.com Salary.com is a leader in online compensation information. The site provides compensation
data for most industries and thousands of job titles gathered via proprietary research and published reports.
International
Export.Gov Export.gov is run by the U.S. Commercial Service, a global business solutions unit of the U.S.
Department of Commerce. From this site, users can access a global listing of trade events, international
market research and tools to help with every step of the export process. Resources are for small and mid-
sized businesses.
GlobalEdge Run by Michigan State University, globalEDGE is a global business knowledge Web portal
that connects international business professional worldwide to resources and information on global
business activities. This site features information on cross-border business transactions, cross-cultural
management and e-commerce.
GlobalTrade.com GlobalTrade.com is devoted to helping entrepreneurs and small businesses go
global. GlobalTrade.com provides affordable global marketing and strategy services to small businesses.
MyExports.com MyExports is a public-private partnership of the U.S. Department of Commerce and Global
Publishers LLC. The goal of the Web site is to give U.S. exporters an easy, fast and convenient way to
establish contacts and conduct business. U.S. exporters can add a free profile to the U.S. Exporters’ Yellow
Pages.
Organization of Women in International Trade The Organization of Women in International Trade
(OWIT) is a nonprofit professional organization designed to promote women doing business in international
trade by providing networking and educational opportunities.
Law
Nolo.com Nolo.com’s mission is to make legal information more accessible. Nolo.com has a small
business legal center that includes legal information on choosing a business structure, business taxes and
protecting business intellectual property.
Leadership
Venture Up Venture Up specializes in fun, interactive team building and experiential learning programs to
promote team spirit and organizational success.
Council of Growing Companies The Council of Growing Companies is a professional organization for
entrepreneurial CEOs. The organization’s members are CEOs who are aggressively, growing their
companies by leveraging the knowledge of peers.
Young Entrepreneurs’ Organization YEO is a professional organization for owners, founders, co-
founders and controlling shareholders in companies with annual sales of $1 million or more. This peer-to-
peer volunteer group of 4,000 members under the age of 40 provides an entrepreneur support network.
Young President’s Organization The Young President’s Organization (YPO) is a professional
organization for entrepreneurs who are under 50. Potential members should apply before their 44th birthday.
The business must be a corporation and revenue must be a minimum of $6 million.
Women President’s Organization The Women President’s Organization (WPO) is a professional
organization for women presidents who have grown their businesses to at least $2 million in annual sales or
$1 million in annual sales for service businesses. The purpose of WPO is to empower women presidents to
achieve increased business, financial success and personal growth.
Marketing
Direct Marketing Association The DMA Newstand on the home page provides top-level national news
about direct marketing, industry trends and association news. The site features a library section that has
white papers on a number of related topics.
EMarketer This site contains a wealth of e-commerce stats and trends information free of charge, as well
as for-fee research documents. If you’re interested in e-commerce, this site offers a wide variety of free email
newsletters.
Trade Shows News Network This site is the leading online resource for the trade show and exhibition
industry. Its database contains information on more than 15,000 trade shows and conferences and more
than 30,000 seminars.
Public Relations
Gebbie Press Gebbie Press is a great place to start if your client is interested in publicity outreach. This
Web site allows users to find addresses and phone numbers of daily and weekly newspapers and radio and
TV stations.
Taxes
FileTaxes.com Thousands of businesses are using FileTaxes.com to file W-2's, 1099's and 941's 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. FileTaxes.com is owned by Greatland Corporation,
which has more than 50 years of experience in tax form development.
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.
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. "Ask a CPA" is a free service that lets users chat real time with a CPA.
Technology
Intranets.com Many companies use an Intranet to enchance collaboration and inter-office
communication. Intranets.com is committed to providing secure, customizable, easy-to-set-up and scalable
Intranet solutions for small and medium-sized businesses.
Small Biz Tech Talk Small Biz Tech Talk gives easy-to-understand technical information on how to save
money on small business computer support costs. This site is a good resource for anyone using or
supporting PCs. WhatIs.comWhatIs.com is an online tool to help people understand the world of information
technology. The site has more than 3,000 individual encyclopedia definitions/topics in these categories:
software, Internet, computing, hardware, PCs, networking and telecom.
WorkZ.com This Web site offers resources for small businesses that want to market and managing a
Web site and maximize its online e-commerce opportunities. Newsletters and articles provide the how-to
checklists, utilities, resources, references, and tools needed to build, manage, promote, and maintain a
profitable online business.
Retail
National Retail Federation This site contains information about trends in retailing. The site has a wealth
of information about retailing in the Headlines and What’s Hot sections.
Stores Magazine This site features current articles on major aspects of retailing as well as an excellent
archives that provide perspective on how to be a successful retailer.
Valuation
BizownerHQ.com This site helps owners find out how much their business is worth. BizownerHQ.com
provides an online system that enables small business owners to quickly obtain an expert and customized
valuation report. The valuation report is generated in an hour.
