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Business resources are categorized under the following topics:

 

Accounting

 

IRS.gov

IRS Publication 583 "Starting a Business and Keeping Records"

Minnesota Revenue Quick start for business taxpayers

Accounting Coach free tutorial

 

Business Plans

 

www.bplans.com

• 500+ sample plans, videos, how-to articles, business calculators and links to numerous related resources

 

Inc: Business Plan Summary

Mission Statements Ideas and inspiration for defining your own mission statement

SBA: Writing a Business Plan

Virtual Business Plan Template

 

Company Information and Research

 

Edgar Access quarterly and annual financial statements filed with the Security and Exchange Commission

Hoover's Online Profiles for public and large private companies. Some information available only if you register.

ThomasNet Contains information on American and Canadian industrial companies. Search by company name, product or service.

 

e-Commerce

 

U of M Extension http://srdc.msstate.edu/ecommerce/learningcenter/

Google Business Solutions

 

Financing

 

Business Finance requires registration

CFDA (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance) Lists all federal grant and assistance programs

SBA Loan Programs

 

 

General Resources

 

About.com

• Small Business Information

eHow.com

• How to Start a Small Business
• How to Start a Small Virtual Assistant Business
• How to Finance a Small Business

 

Entrepreneur Resources  

Finding the Right Business for You

Home Based Business

Inc.: Startup

Investing in a Business Website

MyOwnBusiness.org

NFIB National Federation of Independent Business

SBA.gov

SBA: Starting a Business Tutorial

Tutorial: Researching Companies Online

 

Local Resources

 

Morris Area Chamber of Commerce

Steven County Economic Improvement Commission

SCEIC Business Resource page

 

Management

 

Management Guide

Six Personality Traits Small Business Owners Should Have

Small Business Entrepreneur Profiler Take this $5 test to determine how well you match the profile of a successful entrepreneur

What Great Bosses Know Free podcasts in Itunes-U from Jill Geisler of Poynter Institute

Great Bosses Column by Jill Geisler

 

Marketing

 

"Facebook Offers Free Ads to Small Businesses"

American Marketing Association

Business Cards for Inspiration]

Design a Trade Show Display Board

How to Write a Marketing Plan

How to Write a Marketing Plan

• A Google book preview by John Westwood

 

Inc.: How to Write a Marketing Plan

Marketing Plans Free sample marketing plans, articles, calculators and related links

Marketing Tool Kit

Survey Tool Free online tool allows you to ask 100 people up to 12 questions.

Top 100 Business Cards

Web.com Build your own website

http://businesswebsitebuilders.com/

Webs.com   Personal or business websites

 

Minnesota Resources

 

Atomic Training

Cole Eklund, sales representative - corporate and consumer

ceklund@atomictraining.com

866.259.6890 Ext. 218 Toll Free

320.639.5962 Direct

603.215.0106 Fax

www.atomictraining.com

 

• Targeted, facilitated e-learning for your employees. Each topic has at least one free tutorial you can preview before subscribing.
• MS Office
• MS Applications
• MS Operating Systems
• Adobe
• Apple
• Google
• Sun (OpenOffice)

 

Minnesota Small Business Assistance

 

Tech Tools

 

10 Teleconferencing Services

30 Web Conferencing Tools

Mail Chimp

• maintain mailing list of up to 1,000 names for free

 

Media Temple

• web hosting

 

Small Business Tech Toolkit 2010

The Best Cheap Tech Tools to Get Your New Business Going

Top 10 SMB Tech Tools of 2010