Start-up resource directory
General Start-Up Information
The following sites focus on start-up topics.
AOL Small Business
Business Owners Idea Café
Business Town
Emotional Endurance Institute
Ideablob
The Kickstart Guy
More Business
Perfect Business
The Small Business Advisor
The following links on general business sites have start-up information.
AllBusiness.com
Business.gov Startup Guides
Business Week
Energy Star
FindLaw.com Startup Information
IRS
Jim Blasingame: The Small Business Advocate
Nolo Startup
Information
SCORE: Service Corp of Retired Executives
Small Biz Trends
Small Business Top News stories
Small Business Wiki page
SBANC: Small Business Advancement National Center
Business Planning
Business plan information, advice and tools:
American Express OPEN for Small Business/Creating
an Effective Business Plan
BPlans.com
Business Plan Center
Growthink Business Plan Help Center
SBA Business Plan Basics
SCORE Business Plan Templates
Business plan software:
BizPlan Builder
Business Plan Pro
Business Plan Maker
Business Plan Success
Business Plan Pro 11 Standard
PlanHQ
Plan Magic
Planware
PlanWrite for Business
Buying a Business
Acquireo
BizBuySell
BizQuest
BizTrader
BusinessBroker.net
Businesses for Sale
Business Mart
GlobalBX
Merger Network
MergerPlace
Small Biz Network
Sunbelt Network
USA BizMart
Franchising
Federal Trade Commission
International Franchise Association
Incorporation Help
101Incorporate
BizFilings
Click & Inc.
Form-a-Corp
Get Inc. Now
Inc-It-Now
InstaCorp
The Company Corporation
LegalZoom
MyCorporation from Intuit
USA.gov
Finding a Location
Alliance Business Centers
BuildingSearch
BusinessNation.com/Office Space
CityFeet
Corporate Office Centers
National Business Incubation Association provides incubator location assistance
Office Business Center Association International
Office Broker
Office Finder
OfficeList
OfficeSearchOnline
OfficeSeeker
Regus
SearchOfficeSpace
Small Business Notes/List of U.S.
Business Incubators
Business Credit Cards
American Express
Advanta
CitiBusiness
Discover
Mastercard
Visa
Home-based Business Resources
AllBusiness.com
Home-Based Business Blog
American Home Business Association
BizyMoms Home Business Ideas
Business.gov’s Home Based Business Resources
Home Based Business
The Mom Entrepreneur
Mother’s Home Business Network
MyMommyBiz
National Association of Home Based Businesses
Power Home Biz
Inventors and Idea Protection
American Society of Inventors
DonDebelak.com
Idea Next Step
Innovation Assessment Center at Washington State University
Innovation Institute
Invent Now
Invention Convention Trade Show Administrative & Communications
Center
The Inventors Assistance League International Inc.
Inventors Digest
National Congress of Inventor Organizations
National Inventor Fraud Center
Parents of Invention
United Inventors Association
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Independent Inventor
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