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Written by Rolanda Pruitt   
Friday, 26 September 2008 14:30
Online information has exploded over the years and there is a vast amount of information both online and in print available to entrepreneurs. The following is a sampling of sites and resources that entrepreneurs may find useful as they develop and grow their businesses.

Entrepreneurship

Business Resource Center http://www.morebusiness.com

EntreWorld
http://www.EntreWorld.org/Default.cfm

Global Entrepreneurship Institute
http://www.gcase.org

National Business Incubation Association
www.nbia.org

National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship
http://www.nfte.com

Online Women’s Bus. Center
http://www.onlinewbc.gov

Small Business Exchange
http://home3.americanexpress.com/smallbusiness//resources/tools/

Business Planning

Business Planning & Strategy
http://sbinformation.about.com/MSUB6.HTM?pid=2737&cob=home

Entrepreneur Magazine
http://www.entrepreneur.com/Magazines/MA_FrontDoor/0,4430,,00.html

Micro-finance
http://www.bellanet.org/partners/mfn/links.html

Small Business Association
www.sbaonline.sba.gov/lynx/index-lynx.html
http://www.sba.gov/hotlist/minor.html

Small Business Low Doc Loan
http://www.sba.gov/financing/frlowdoc.html

Franchising

Franchise Handbook
www.franchise1.com/

The Franchise Partnership
http://www.franchisepartnership.com/

Franchise Directory
www.franchisedirect.com/

Federal Government Resources

U.S. Small Business Administration U.S. SBA Advocacy
http://www.sba.gov/

US Business Advisor
www.business.gov

U. S. Copyright
http://www.copyright.gov/

U.S. Patent & Trademarks
http://www.uspto.gov/web/menu/pats.html

Internal Revenue Service (small business site)
http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/prod/bus_info/bus_help.html

(Tax-Exempt Status Info.) SBA Business Law
http://businesslaw.gov

Investment Banking Merrill Lynch
http://www.ml.com/

TD Waterhouse
www.tdwaterhouse.com

Law Sites

American Bar Association
www.abanet.org

Law Bulletin & Links
http://www.lawbulletin.com

Find Law.com
http://www.findlaw.com

National Bar Association
http://www.nationalbar.org

National Non-Profit Organizations

AICPA (Accountants)
http://www.aicpa.org/

Kauffman Center on Entrep. Leadership
http://www.EntreWorld.org/

National Commission on Entrepreneurship
http://www.entrecoalition.org/entre

National Dialogue on Entrepreneurship E-Newsletter
http://www.publicforuminstitute.org/nde/news/enews.htm

Initiative for a Competitive Inner City
http://www.icic.org

National Association for the Self Employed
http://www.nase.org/

National Urban League
http://www.nul.org

Periodicals

Black Enterprise
http://www.blackenterprise.com

Crains Chicago Business
http://www.crainschicagobusiness.com

Entrepreneur Magazine
http://www.entrepreneurmag.com

Inc. Magazine
http://www.inc.com

Trademark Search Companies

NameProtect.com
http://www.nameprotect.com

Thomson & Thomson
www.thomson-thomson.com

Trademark Register, The
http://www.trademarkreg.com/

Trademark Research Corp., The
www.cch-trc.com

Libraries

The University of Chicago’s D’Angelo Law Library
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/law/

Cornell University
http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/library/

Chicago Public Library
http://www.chipublib.org

Northwestern University Library
http://www.library.northwestern.edu/

Harold Washington Library
http://cpl.lib.uic.edu/001hwlc/001hwlc.html

Entertainment

Black Talent News
http://www.Blacktalentnews.com

The Entrepreneurs Coalition
http://www.entrecoalition.org/entre/stories/robert-johnson.html

International Urban Music Conference
http://www.iumconline.com

Black Enterprise
http://www.BlackEnterprise.com


Chamber of Commerce United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
http://www.ushcc.com/

National Black Chamber of Commerce
http://www.nationalbcc.org/

Information Technology Black Data Processing Associates
http://www.bdpa.org

Local sites of interest

City of Chicago Mosaic
http://www.ci.chi.il.us/htm/WhatsNew.html

Consumer Information Center
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov

Silver Spring Center
http://www.silverspringcenter.com

igive.com
http://www.igive.com

 

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