RECOMMENDED LINKS - GENERAL
RECOMMENDED LINKS - BY THE CENTER FOR DISTANCE LEARNING Tutorials
Business@ Home
www.gohome.com
Select "Resources" for a directory of home-based business support organizations listed by state and country.
CCH Business Owners Toolkit: Total Know-how for Small Business
www.toolkit.cch.com/
Choose the "Toolkit" for advice on starting a business, buying office equipment, controlling your taxes and other topics. Thousands of pages of information and tools to help you start, run and grow a successful small business.
CELCEE: Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, Clearinghouse on Entrepreneurship Education
www.celcee.edu/
Contains abstracts of materials on entrepreneurship education at all levels, and a collection of links to the web pages of organizations dealing with entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship education.
Center for Business Planning
www.businessplans.org/
"The Center for Business Planning provides any business manager or entrepreneur with a set of resources to help in creating a business or managing a business. Information is provided on every area of planning a business including: acquire venture capital, define new products, market analysis, competitive analysis, production management, tax problems, legal issues, prepare financial statements, write a business plan and much more."
ENTERWeb: The Enterprise Development Website
http://www.enterweb.org/
"An annotated meta-index and information clearinghouse on enterprise development, entrepreneurship, business, finance, international trade and the economy in this new age of cyberspace and globalization. The main focus is on micro, small and medium scale enterprises, cooperatives, community economic development, both in developed and developing countries. ENTERWeb lists and rates Internet resources in these areas, and complements search engines by providing shortcuts in identifying important sources of information. The primary objective of ENTERWeb is to provide to enterprise development practitioners, policy makers, academics and small business owners an annotated list of Internet resources giving substantive information on enterprise development topics including finance and credit, technology and technology transfer, management training, business centers and advisory services, entrepreneurship development and incubators, community economic development, credit unions and cooperatives, education and vocational training, marketing and trade, business networks and information resources, business law and cyberbusiness, enterprise development policies, economics, enterprise and environment, business news, women and enterprises, etc. In addition, ENTERWeb aims to provide business related information and links on a country by country basis, mostly for developing countries and emerging markets." In both English and French.
Entrepreneur Magazine: the Online Small Business Square
www.entrepreneur.com/Magazines/MA_FrontDoor/0,4430,,00.html
Resources for small business ownership and business startups. Includes a link to Entrepreneur magazine online.
Entreworld.org
www.entreworld.org/
The Ewing Kauffman Foundation prepared this site which links to articles of interest to those starting and operating a small business. Searchable and browsable collection of annotated links to Internet resources for entrepreneurs. Sections include: Starting Your Business; Running Your Business; Rapid Growth; Supporting Entrepreneurship
The 'E' in Me"
www.ait.net/products/e_in_me/
Select the link to Online Resources for a rich listing. Hosted by the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, www.emkf.org/ . Intended to aid students in on-line research, this resource provides easy access to an abundance of materials for student research assignments, extension activities, information on prominent entrepreneurs and their companies, and much more. The The ‘E’ in Me program consists of three modules, each containing eight 50-minute lesson plans. Look here for more information about The ‘E’ in Me — a new multimedia contextual learning program on entrepreneurship for High School students.
Entrepreneur's Edge
edge.lowe.org
Edward Lowe PeerSpectives helps second-stage business owners discover, from their peers, how to take their companies to the next level through reliable information, insight and inspiration. Also publishes Entrepreneurial Edge. Provides a problem, the solution, a real life example and tells you what to do relative to six areas of business startup:Definging and Serving a Market, Building and Inspiring an Organization, Acquiring and Managing Finances, Human Resources Management, Legal Issues and Taxes, and Operations and Technology.
Free-Ed - Free Courses Online
www.free-ed.net/catalog/crsemain.asp?nC=1&nD=2&nO=0
Links to free online classes, courses, tutorials, and free educational resources. Offers tutorial series on Starting your own Business, and Running Your Business.
Inc Magazine Online
www.inc.com/home/
Provides information of interest to people starting and running their own business; features over 5000 articles from the searchable archives of Inc. magazine.
Iowa Business Network: Your Business Information Resource
www.iabusnet.org/
The IBN includes interactive training on business startups and team design, discussion forums and resource guides.
Iowa Small Business Development Centers
www.iabusnet.org/sbdc/index.cfm
SBDC offices develop and maintain partnerships among community organizations and local, state and federal agencies, providing a focal point for broad networks of public and private resources at the community level.
Joshua Feinberg’s Small Biz Tech Talk
www.smallbiztechtalk.com/
"Smallbiztechtalk.com is the premier destination for learning what your highly paid small business computer consultant doesn't want you to know. Here we give you the “insider’s scoop, and share our expert insight to debunk the myths, expose the urban legends and show you, the cost-conscious small business manager, how to take charge of your company's IT toolbox. And while we're at it, we'll talk about how your company can save heavy thousands on recurring computer support costs. Our primary audience is small business owners, managers, CFOs, controllers, accountants, office managers, and executive assistants -- as well as trusted advisors to small businesses such as CPAs, Chartered Accountants, management consultants, financial planners, attorneys, and computer consultants."
Online Women's Business Center
www.onlinewbc.org
This interactive business skills training web site is dedicated to helping entrepreneurial women to realize their goals and aspirations for their personal and professional development. Provides information and expertise necessary for planning economic independence through owning a business. The information includes online forums, message boards, as well as resource databases and informative articles. The site is searchable and is available in English, Spanish, and Russian.
My Own Business - Online Course
www.myownbusiness.org/course.html
The My Own Business course is geared toward the entrepreneur who wants to start his or her own business, and the individual who has an established small business and would like to see that business grow and expand. The course will benefit both the full-time entrepreneur and individuals who are already - or are considering - moonlighting with a new business. This course is designed to enable you to create your own business plan in privacy. Throughout the sessions, audio Sound Bytes are available containing personal testimonials on the entrepreneurial experiences of business owners. The following topics with quizzes are covered: Deciding on a Business. The Business Plan, Basic Computer and Communication Tools, Organization, Insurance, Location and Leasing, Accounting and Cash Flow, How to Finance Your Business, E-Commerce, Buying a Business Franchise, Opening and Marketing, and Expanding and Handling Problems.
National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE)
www.nfte.com/
This online learning curriculum provide essential learning in all areas of starting and operating a business. Offers a 15 day trial of their curriculum.
Netpreneur.org
netpreneur.org
The best regional entrepreneurship site in the country, from Washington DC - the most electronically wired, educated, wealthy, and politically charged community in the world. Here are sophisticated and advanced resources for learning how to grow an online business.
Free Online Translation Services
www.word2word.com/free.html
This sites links you to 30+ free online translation may vary from site to site. These sites are commerical sites that are providing free language translation as a means of trying to get your business. Please be aware of the limitations of automatic translation. These systems will never provide a 100% accurate translation of your text.
Company and Industry Information
Corporate Information
http://www.corporateinformation.com
Many features, including a wide array of search options
The Internationalist
http://www.internationalist.com/business
The center for international business and travel
Trade Development
http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/td_home/tdhome.html
Working with Industry to Support American Jobs Through Exports
Import and Export Trade Information
Foreign Trade Statistics - Census Bureau
www.census.gov/ftp/pub/foreign-trade/www
Your key to trade
ExportHotline.com
http://www.exporthotline.com/index.html
Statistics on exports sorted by region, country, and industry
Associations, Nonprofits, Government Resources
Internal Revenue Service
www.irs.gov/businesses/small/
SBA: Outside Resources
www.sba.gov/hotlist/
U.S. Small Business Administration
www.sbaonline.sba.gov/
The SBA site has information about starting your business, financing, expansion and disaster assistance. Contains short, self-paced courses and workshops on almost every business topic including: starting a business, business management, financing, marketing and advertising, gov’t contracting, risk management, and e-commerce (Multimedia presentation).
Minority Business Development Agency
www.mbda.gov/
This federal agency was specifically created to encourage the growth of minority owned businesses in the U.S.
MIT Enterprise Forum of Washington DC and Maryland
www.mitef.org/EntrepreneurResources.htm
Entrepreneurship and Small Business Resources Web Site
www.prenhall.com/scarbzim
Stanford University
Joshua Venture - Social Entrepreneurship
www.joshuaventure.org/resources/small-business.html
Entrepreneurship Resources on the Web - Iowa State University
www.lib.iastate.edu/collections/eresourc/entrep.html
MIT Entrepreneurship Center Resources
entrepreneurship.mit.edu/resources_research.php
allbusiness.com
www.allbusiness.com/
SCORE
www.score.org/
|
Home
|
Prospective Students |
MyESC |
Search Tools |
Request Info
