| America's Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network |
"America's Small Business Development Center Network is the most comprehensive small business assistance network in the United States and its territories...Hosted by leading universities, colleges, and state economic development agencies and funded in part through a partnership with the U.S. Small Business Administration, approximately 1,000 service centers are available to provide no-cost consulting and low-cost training."
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| American Management Association |
"American Management Association (AMA) is a world leader
in professional development and performance-based learning solutions. AMA
provides individuals and organizations worldwide with the knowledge, skills,
and tools to achieve performance excellence, adapt to changing realities, and
prosper in a complex and competitive world."
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| American Small Business Association |
ASBA is a partnership of many thousands of individual
citizens and small business owners like yourself whose principal goal is either
running a profitable business or living a more economical life. Our goal is
helping you get there by providing the resources you need and negotiating the
best packages and discounts on your behalf.
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| Association of Women's Business Centers (AWBC) |
"The Association of Women's Business Centers (AWBC) is a national
not for profit 501(c)(3) organization representing women business owners
through a network of women's business centers. Founded in 1998, the AWBC
supports entrepreneurial development among women as a way to achieve economic
self-sufficiency, create wealth and participate in economic development through
education, training, mentoring, business development and financing
opportunities."
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| Business Network International |
"BNI’s primary objective is to assist its members in
ways to improve their business and to educate them concerning how they can
effectively network."
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| FindLaw for Small Business |
FindLaw is the highest-trafficked legal Web site, providing the most
comprehensive set of legal resources on the Internet for legal
professionals, businesses, students and individuals.
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| Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) |
"The Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) is part of the U.S. Department of Commerce and is the
only
federal agency created specifically to foster the establishment and growth of
minority-owned businesses in America."
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| National Association for Female Executives |
"The National Association for Female Executives (NAFE), founded in
1972, is the largest women's professional association and the largest women
business owners' organization in the country, providing resources and services
through education, networking, and public advocacy to empower its members to
achieve career success and financial security."
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| National Association for the Self-Employed |
"The National Association for the
Self-Employed (NASE) is the nation's leading resource for the self-employed and
micro-businesses providing a broad range of benefits and support to help the
smallest businesses succeed."
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| National Business Association |
"The National Business Association
(NBA) is a not for profit association, specifically designed and actively
managed to assist the Self-Employed and Small Business Community in achieving
their professional goals. The NBA uses its group buying power to provide our
members with support programs, cost and time saving products, services and
valuable small business resource materials."
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| National Business Incubation Association |
"The National Business Incubation
Association (NBIA) is the world's leading organization advancing business
incubation and entrepreneurship. It provides thousands of professionals with
the information, education, advocacy and networking resources to bring
excellence to the process of assisting early-stage companies worldwide."
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| National Cooperative Business Association |
"NCBA is the lead national membership association
representing cooperatives of all types and in all industries. We are
democratically organized and operate according to internationally recognized
cooperative principles. Through our comprehensive education, co-op development,
communications, public policy, member services, and international development
programs, NCBA helps co-ops strengthen their businesses so they can better
serve their members."
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| National Federation of Independent Business |
"The National Federation of Independent Business is the nation's
leading small-business advocacy association, with offices in Washington, D.C., and all 50 state
capitals. NFIB's powerful network of grassroots activists send their views
directly to state and federal lawmakers through our unique member-only ballot,
thus playing a critical role in supporting America's free enterprise
system."
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| Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (PTACs) |
"The Defense Logistics Agency, on behalf of the Secretary of Defense, administers the DoD Procurement Technical Assistance Program (PTAP). PTA Centers are a local resource available at no or nominal cost that can provide assistance to business firms in marketing products and services to the Federal, state and local governments."
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| Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (PTACs) and the Association of Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (APTAC) |
"The Procurement Technical Assistance Program (PTAP) was authorized by Congress in 1985 in an effort to expand the number of businesses capable of participating in the Government Marketplace. Administered by the Department of Defense Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), the program provides matching funds through cooperative agreements with state and local governments and non-profit organizations for the establishment of Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (PTACs) to provide procurement assistance." The information is provided by the APTAC.
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| Small Business Benefit Association |
"The Small Business Benefit Association (SBBA) provides small
businesses with the information, tools, and support they need to succeed in
today's competitive business climate. This includes giving members access to
more than 50 key services and discounts, building a supportive community of
small business owners and experts, and offering expert one-on-one advice to
small business owners."
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| Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Locator |
Locator to find SBDC offices through the United States and its Territories
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| Small Business Notes |
"Our purpose is to provide the resources for all the information
that a small business person needs to operate their business. Consider this
site the magic box that you can go to find answers to your questions, from the
most basic to the most complex."
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| States Association for Small Business Entrepreneurship (USASBE) |
"USASBE is the leading voice in entrepreneurship research,
teaching, and application. Our mission is to advance knowledge and foster
business development through entrepreneurship education and research."
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| The Independent Homeworkers Alliance (IHA) |
"The Independent Homeworkers Alliance (IHA) is a customer-service
oriented organization, which caters primarily to those interested in working on
contract or freelance, or running businesses out of their homes. The IHA has
been serving those who work from home since 1985. We operate the largest jobs
database on the Internet geared toward this market."
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| The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) |
"The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), was founded in 1992 in Silicon Valley by a group
of successful entrepreneurs, corporate executives, and senior professionals
with roots in the Indus region. There are currently 12,000 members in 47 chapters across
11 countries. TiE’s mission is to foster entrepreneurship globally through
mentoring, networking, and education. Dedicated to the virtuous cycle of wealth
creation and giving back to the community, TiE’s focus is on generating and
nurturing our next generation of entrepreneurs."
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| U.S. Business Incubators |
Small Business Notes identifies business incubators in the United States.
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| U.S. Chamber of Commerce |
"The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the world’s largest business
federation representing more than 3 million businesses of all sizes, sectors,
and regions. It includes hundreds of associations, thousands of local chambers,
and more than 100 American Chambers of Commerce in 91 countries."
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| U.S. Small Business Administration |
"The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) was created in 1953
as an independent agency of the federal government to aid, counsel, assist and
protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free competitive
enterprise and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of our
nation."
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| Veterans Business Outreach Program (VBOP) |
Information about the VBOP that helps eligible veterans own or start a small business
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