Featured Links

  • » Center for Rural Entrepreneurship
    The goal of the Center is to stimulate and support private and public entrepreneurship development in communities throughout rural America.
  • » National Dialogue on Entrepreneurship
    National Dialogue on Entrepreneurship (NDE) helps improve awareness of the value of entrepreneurship through informing and engaging national, regional and local policymakers. NDE produces a weekly newsletter that provides short summaries and analyses of various trends driving the innovation economy.
  • » BizMiner
    BizMiner provides business planning and research services and includes a section on free resources to help understand industry trends.
  • » SME Toolkit
    IBM and IFC created a free, small business toolkit specifically for women and minority entrepreneurs to provide business information, tools and training services usually reserved for Fortune 1000 companies.
  • » The Veterans Corporation
    The Veterans Corporation hosts a business portal for current and prospective Veteran business owners and for companies working with Veteran-owned businesses.
  • » BusinessFinance
    Businessfinance offers free business funding resources and has a database of over 4,000 sources of business capital.
  • » Inc. Gauge
    Business owners and non-profit administrators can quickly evaluate their Key Performance Indicators and discover how they compare to up to 80,000 other companies using this free, confidential analysis tool.
  • » National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO)
    NCEO is a private, nonprofit membership and research organization that serves as the leading source of information on employee stock ownership plans.

Government Resources

  • » Business.gov
    The official resource to help businesses quickly find compliance information, forms and contacts from multiple U.S. government Web sites.
  • » FedStats
    This site lists statistics from more than 100 government agencies, useful when conducting market research.
  • » Fedmarket.com
    Fedmarket.com offers free content including a “how-to” guide to small businesses interested in entering the federal marketplace. Fedmarket.com also provides products, services and federal sales training to small businesses.
  • » IRS Small Business/Self-Employed Web Site
    The IRS Web site offers a broad range of products, services and resources to educate and assist small business owners and self-employed professionals.
  • » Social Security Online
    This site allows employers to process their W-2s for their employees. The process requires no special software.
  • » U.S. Department of Commerce
    Department of Commerce offers information on foreign markets and international trade. Commerce also monitors and enforces compliance with U.S. trade laws and agreements.
  • » U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
    BLS is an agency for the Federal Government that produces labor economic data and statistics.
  • » U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
    This site contains everything you need to know about patents and trademarks.
  • » U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
    The SBA provides financial, technical and management assistance to help Americans start, run and grow their businesses.
  • » 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
  • » http://www.loc.gov/index.html
    The Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution and serves as the research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world, with millions of books, recordings, photographs, maps and manuscripts in its collections.
  • » The White House
    Welcome to "Ask the White House". This online interactive forum, the first of its kind in politics, allows you to interact with Bush administration officials and friends of the White House. Launched in April 2003, citizens have participated in over 400 online discussions with Cabinet Secretaries, Senior White House Officials, behind-the-scenes professionals at the White House, and others.
  • » General Services Administration
    GSA acts as a catalyst for nearly $51 billion in federal spending—approximately 10% of the government's total procurement dollars. The agency manages federal assets valued at nearly $75 billion.
  • » Federal Information Center
    The NCC responds to thousands of government information requests every business day, either providing the information directly or locating the source of assistance for the caller.
  • » Better Business Bureau
    The BBB promotes integrity and business ethics through self-regulation in the marketplace. Services provided by the BBB include a 24-Hour automated telephone inquiry service, which provides reliability reports on companies and charitable organizations.
  • » TreasuryDirect
    TreasuryDirect is the only financial services website that lets you buy and redeem securities directly from the U.S. Department of the Treasury in electronic form backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.
  • » SCORE
    SCORE "Counselors to America's Small Business" is a nonprofit association dedicated to educating entrepreneurs and the formation, growth and success of small business nationwide. SCORE is a resource partner with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).

Welcome to "Helpful Links"

The Connections Place provides links to information, resources and news that help small businesses owners stay informed.  We will continue to add links to the Connections Place so please come back often to see the latest resources.

 

Government Resources


Copyright Office
| Gov't Printing Office | Gvt.Research Services | IRS | Homeland Security | OSHA | US Patents | US Trademarks | All Government Agencies |
Int'l Agencies: Foreign Gov't Resources | World Bank | Government Portals: State Resource Center | US Government

Small Business Resources


SOHO Resources
| BPlans.com | Business Forms | Business Toolkit | Chambers of Commerce | EntreWorld | Government Resources | Microsoft Office | SCORE | SBA | Small Business State Profiles | Yahoo Small Business | Taxes: IRS Small Business | Tax Checklist

Statistics


Bureau of Labor Stats
| Fedstats | Int'l Stats | Internet Statistics | Population Lookup | Best Places | U.S. Statistical Abstract | Umich Documents Center | US Census Datamaps | Regional Data

Industry Specific Research


Annual Reports
| Brint Research | Corporate Info | Corporate Library | Hoover's | LexisNexis | Patents Search | Thomas Register | Thomas Regional Directory | Wall Street Research |
Associations: Professional | Trade | Web Directory | Ratings: A.M. Best | Moody's | Standard & Poor's | Online Research Tips: Citing Sources | Researching Companies

Helpful Tools for the Office


Anonymizer
| Calculators Online | Currency Calculator | Postage Calculator | Salary Calculator |
Maps: Google Maps | MapQuest | YahooMaps | Subway Navigator | Tax Info: IRS Forms: Federal | IRS Forms: State

Software to Download


Acrobat Reader
| Download.com | Kid's Software | Shockwave | Software Library | TUCOWS | WinZip |
AntiVirus: McAfee | Norton | Browsers: Firefox | Internet Explorer | Netscape | Safari (Mac) | Security: Microsoft Security Patches | VirusAlerts

Reference Websites


Britannica
| CIA World Facts | Consumer Info Center | Encyclopedia.com | Fast Facts | NationMaster | RefDesk | Translation Site | Wikipedia |
Dictionaries: Dictionary.com | "One Look" | Multi-Lingual | RhymeZone | Thesaurus | Libraries: Internet Public Library | Library of Congress | National Archives | Misc: Homework Help | Ask a Librarian | eHow | HowStuffWorks | Public Records Database | World Public Holidays | NewsResource Center | LibrarySpot | Technology Encyclopedia

Internet Search


About.com
| Alta Vista | Bing | Business.com | Clusty | Google | MagPortal | Yahoo | WolframAlpha |
Government Portals: State Resource Center | US Government | Lists: Fortune 500 | Global 500 | Private 500 | Inc. 500 | The List of Lists | Search Help: Invisible Web | Google Search Tips | How best to use a search engine | Search Strategy | Blog Search: Google Blog Search | Feedster | Technorati

 

 

 

Business Knowledge


Harvard Business Online
| INSEAD | Knowledge @ Wharton | Strategy & Business |
WhitePapers: Technology White Papers | McKinseyQuarterly: Strategy | E-Commerce | Marketing | Operations | Finance | Technologies

Business Magazines


Business Week
| CFO | Chief Executive | Economist | Entrepreneur | Fast Company | Forbes | Fortune | Inc. | Newsweek | Smart Money | Time | US News | Wired | Directory

Newsfeeds


US:
AP Wire | AP Sports | Google News | Reuters US | Topix | Opinion Feeds: Daily Me | Drudge Report | Huffington Post | Yahoo: Opinion

Package Tracking


DHL
| Express Mail | FedEx | UPS
 

 

 

 

 

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