Business: Entrepreneurship & Small Business: Small Business Advisors

This site has nearly 1,500 articles on issues essential to running a business, over 200 business forms and agreements, calculators for estimating costs, checklists for decisions, and information in a variety of categories including human resources, insurance, legal, etc.

The Office of Business Enterprise, otherwise known and referred to as the Business Enterprise Resource Office (BERO), was created in the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (TNECD) by Chapter 135 of the Public Acts of 1977, codified as Section §4-26-101 et seq.

Created for the small business owner, this site brings together information from over 40 federal agencies covering business development, financial assistance, laws and regulations, international trade, workplace issues, buying and selling, taxes, etc.

Focusing on "second-stage" entrepreneurs, the Lowe Foundation web site is home to an extensive collection of online publications on small business and other small business web links. Look at their Entrepreneur's Resource Center to access these materials.

Produced by the Kauffman Foundation of Entrepreneurship, this web resource for small business owners centralizes access to hundreds of entrepreneurial resources on the web, combines this with Kauffman's own content, and makes it all easy to find.

Small Business Snapshots:
The popular (and free!) market research reports cover industry trends, market statistics, customer demographics, recent business articles, and links to industry trade associations. A complete alphabetized archive appears in the sidebar to the right.

The Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) works in cooperation with the U.S. Small Business Administration to advise and assist small business. See especially their valuable list of links to additional small business information on the web.

SmallBusiness.com is a wiki on small business issues.

This video library is focused on advancing the development of the Innovation Valley Region’s marketplace and workplace through the recording of high-value content. The videotaping equipment was provided through a grant from the Messer Foundation. The Messer Foundation seeks to support organizations that advance the interest of society in the areas of economic inclusion, education, and workforce development. As a part of this grant funding, the content can be shared to assist in the growth of small, minority-, woman-, and veteran-owned businesses.

One of the top spots for information on starting and running a small business. Browse the site for the SBA's services in starting, financing, and expanding a business.

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