General Business Websites
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Allbusiness.com
A comprehensive source of business advice, news, forms, market research, services and stories -
America's Business Funding Directory
A free databse of over 3,600 sources of capital; provides instruction manuals for the preparation and presentation of funding requests -
BizStats
Free business industry statistics; topics include but are not limited to: total number of US businesses, industry market size, average sales per store location, industry financial ratios, and inventory turnover ratios by industry -
Business Owner's Toolkit
Small business strategies, news and resources through free membership; concepts are introduced by large companies and developed to fit the small business environment -
Community Resource Center
Creates opportunities and resources to develop community groups and nonprofit organizations; tools include grant guides, seminars and workshops and helpful links -
EconData.net
Provides over 1,000 links to socioeconomic data sources, broken down into economic activity by subject and provider; government websites and publications included to ease the search process for economic and demographic statistics -
Edward Lowe Foundation
Searchable online database for business-related articles, book chapters and SBA publications
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Encyclopedia of Small Business
Thorough list of valuable and comprehensive data on a variety of small business topics -
EntreWorld (Kauffman Center)
Provides a variety of training materials for entrepreneurs and small business leaders -
INC Magazine
Variety of business trends, videos, blogs and industry information -
National Federation of Independent Business
Non-profit providing current news and information at national and state levels -
North American Industrial Classification System
Tracks economic development in Canada, Mexico and US -
The Wall Street Journal's Start-Up Journal
Articles geared to entrepreneurs and small business owners; topics include financing, technology, marketing, legalities and general business "how-to"
