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Description |
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Business Resources |
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| Business Plans Tips/Info* |
www.bizplanit.com |
Business Plan tips |
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www.startupbiz.com |
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www.smartonline.com |
General business resources |
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www.ideacafe.com |
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www.toolkit.cch.com |
Business Owner Toolkit - LOTS of business information and references. |
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www.enterpriseed.org |
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www.asbdc-us.org |
Association of Small Business Development Centers (education and referrals) |
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* Many of the other sites on this list also have sections with business plan tips and business resources |
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| Business Letters |
www.writeexpress.com |
Purchase products, some FREE downloads |
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www.careerlab.com |
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www.business-letters.com |
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Credit Card Resources |
www.mastercard.com |
Info about credit card products and small business resources |
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www.visa.com |
Info about credit card products and small business resources |
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www.americanexpress.com |
Info about credit card products and small business resources |
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| Credit Check |
www.qspace.com |
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www.myfico.com |
Check your own credit rating - $12.95 - Equifax and Fair Isaac |
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Employees |
www.monster.com |
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www.craigslist.org |
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www.nationaljobbank.com |
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Family Owned Businesses |
www.ffi.org |
Family Firm Institute |
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www.cba.uc.edu/cbainfo/goering/goering.htm |
Goering Institute at U.C. |
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finance.yahoo.com |
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www.greenmagazine.com |
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www.rothira.com |
Roth IRA |
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www.quicken.com |
Retirement info |
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www.401k.com |
Fidelity Investment’s 401 info |
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www.vanguard.com |
Vanguard Group = investments |
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www.askmerrill.com |
Merrill Lynch site |
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Foundations and Grants |
www.fdncenter.org |
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www.hoover.org |
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www.tgci.com |
Grantmanship Center |
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philanthropy.com |
Chronicle of Philanthropy |
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Government |
www.state.oh.us/sos/ |
Ohio Secretary of State, Corporate Filing Forms |
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www.osha.gov |
OSHA Website |
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www.irs.gov |
IRS Website |
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www.irs.ustreas.gov |
Tax information |
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www.sba.gov |
Small Business Association Website |
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www.odod.state.oh.us/edd/osb/sbdc |
Ohio Small Business Development Centers Website |
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sbdcnet.utsa.edu |
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cbdnet.gpo.gov |
Dept of Commerce, Commerce Business Daily |
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www.firstgov.gov |
U.S. Government Official Website |
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www.dscc.dla.mil |
Defense Supply Center Columbus |
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www.sbaonline.sba.gov |
Small Business Administration |
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www.odod.state.oh.us.gov |
Ohio Department of Development |
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www.connectohio.com |
Demographics for State of Ohio |
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www.dnr.state.oh.us |
Ohio Dept of Natural Resources |
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www.naics.com |
North American Industry Classification System |
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www.uspto.gov |
US Patent and Trademark Office |
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lcweb.loc.gov/copyright |
Library of Congress--Copyright registration forms |
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www.dot.state.oh.us |
Ohio Department of Transportation, traffic count info state highways |
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International Business |
www.going-global.com |
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www.unzco.com |
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www1.usatrade.gov |
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Legal |
www.lawsmart.com |
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www.mycorporation.com |
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www.nolo.com |
"The nation’s premier publisher of do-it-yourself law." |
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Marketing |
www.ama.org |
American Marketing Association |
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www.emarketer.com |
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www.marketingsource.com |
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www.wilsonweb.com |
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www.ideamarketers.com |
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www.ezinearticles.com |
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Miscellaneous |
www.sbtv.com |
Jane Applegate’s website |
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www.pasware.com |
Palo Alto Software |
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www.thecircuit.net |
The Circuit |
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www.lakeerie.edu |
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Online Freelance Work and Online Freelance Workers |
www.realjobsonline.com |
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www.sologig.com |
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www.guru.com |
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Personnel |
www.salary.com |
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Publications |
www.bizjournals.com |
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www.entrepreneurmag.com |
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www.inc.com |
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www.homeofficemag.com |
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www.mediamap.com |
Editorial calendar for magazines, newspapers, etc. |
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www.businessnation.com |
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www.tradepub.com |
Offers free subscriptions to trade publications. |
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Research |
www.libraryspot.com |
Links to 5000 libraries worldwide |
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www.dogpile.com |
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www.momma.com |
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www.yellowpages.com |
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Search Engines |
www.metacrawler.com |
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www.dogpile.com |
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www.google.com |
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Shipping |
www.usps.com |
US Postal Service |
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www.fedex.com |
Fed Ex |
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www.ups.com |
United Parcel Service |
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Taxes |
www.hrblock.com |
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www.irs.gov |
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moneycentral.msn.com/tax/home.asp |
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www.quicken.com/taxes |
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taxes.yahoo.com |
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www.kiplinger.com |
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www.smartmoney.com |
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www.money.com |
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Training/Education |
www.entrethinking.com |
Dr. Mel Gravely’s website (Training, Speaking, Coaching) |
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www.astd.org |
American Society of Training and Development |
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www.click2learn.com |
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www.trainingnet.com |
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www.executrain.com |
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www.adultlearn.com |
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www.usemets.org |
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www.smallbusinesslearning.net |
Training, tools, networking opportunities |
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Venture Capital Sites |
www.garage.com |
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www.ace-net.org |
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www.bluerockcapital.com |
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Website Affiliate Programs |
www.AssociatePrograms.com |
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Website Development and Analysis Tools |
www.webdeveloper.com |
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www.websitesthatsuck.com |
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www.yourdomainforfree.com |
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www.searchedge.com |
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Website Promotion Ideas |
www.web-sitepromotion.com |
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www.digital-women.com |
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www.bjweb.com |
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Women Owned Businesses |
www.womensnet.net |
Womens Network |
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www.onlinewbc.gov |
SBA Online Womens Business Center |
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www.nafe.com |
National Association for Female Execs |
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www.gcwn.org |
Greater Cincinnati Women’s Network |
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www.nawbo.org |
National Association of Women Business Owners |
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www.womenentrepreneurs.com |
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