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Associations

American Association of Home-Based Businesses - A Non-Profit organization for those who run their businesses from their homes. www.aahbb.org

American Bar Association - Your most powerful source for legal information. www.abanet.org

American Marketing Association - www.marketingpower.com

National Association for the Self Employed - The National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE) provides America's small-business owners with news and resources, legislative advocacy and membership benefits such as affordable health insurance, discounted business supplies and scholarships. www.nase.org

National Business Association - The National Business Association is dedicated to educating and assisting the Self-Employed and Small Business community. www.nationalbusiness.org

National Business Incubation Association - The world's leading organization advancing business incubation and entrepreneurship. www.nbia.org

National Foundation for Women Business Owners - Center for Women's Business Research, founded as the National Foundation for Women Business Owners, is the premier source of knowledge about women business owners and their enterprises worldwide. www.nfwbo.org

Sales and Marketing Executives International - SME-International is the worldwide association of sales and marketing management. Founded in 1935, SME is the primary forum in which the world's top sales and marketing managers meet. www.smei.org

Franchising Your Business

The Entrepreneur's Source - The Entrepreneur's Source is America's Premier Business Ownership Consulting Organization offering coaching, training, guidance, and advice on a variety of franchise and business options.

Francorp - Francorp has been the leader in the franchise consulting industry for 25 years. We have a unique approach to franchising a business that remains unmatched by any other firm in the world.

Franchise Associates - Franchise Associates can help you franchise your business, or help you grow your franchise. Franchise answers start with FA.

Government Agencies and Resources

Department of Labor - Information about programs and workplace-related laws and regulations. www.dol.gov

Federal Trade Commission - Information relating to FTC activities. www.ftc.gov

Internal Revenue Service - Tax information including tax regulations, forms and information for businesses and individuals.

Library of Congress - For researchers, libraries and the public. www.lcweb.loc.gov

Stat-USA - Service of the Department of Commerce. This site offers economic, business and trade information as well as procurement opportunities information. www.stat-usa.gov

U.S. Business Adviser - The one-stop link to government information for business www.business.gov

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - Information about copyrights, trademarks and patents. www.uspto.gov

U.S. Postal Service - Information about services, products, current postage rates, business forms, postal business centers, and business publications. www.usps.gov

U.S. Small Business Administration - Information about SBA programs and publications, as well as information about starting, financing and expanding a business. www.sba.gov

Personnel, Recruiting and Ad Placement

JobBank USA - specializes in providing career information including job and resume database services to job candidates, employers and recruitment firms in the U.S. and worldwide.

HR Home - The HRhome web portal is your on demand solution to HR challenges. Searchable Federal and State Employment Law. Downloadable policies, forms, documents, and checklists. FAQ's. And much more. Or, Ask the HR Expert. www.hrhome.com. HR Questions. Answered.

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Resources

Home Based Business Opportunities Guide - Your Ultimate Home and Online Businesses Guide. http://www.home-based-business-opportunities-guide.com

Work at Home Land.com - Work at Home Land is the leading work at home business search engine and directory designed to help its users find the best home business opportunities.
http://www.work-at-home-land.com

Work at Home Based Business - Work at Home business opportunities features tools, services, marketing tips and articles for your home based business. Information Community where you can review, vote, discuss and submit articles. http://biz-whiz.com

AdGuides - Specialty Magazine Advertising - Advertise your products and services in specialized magazines and newspapers that target demographic niche markets such as Christian, Parenting, Hispanic, etc. http://adguides.com

Other Business Resources

 • Business Publications

Economist.com

Forbes

Fortune

Institutional Investor

Red Herring

Wired

 • Popular Search Engines

Yahoo

Google

Alta Vista

MSN

 

DMOZ - Open Directory Project

Ask Jeeves

AOL

LookSmart


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