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Business Owner’s
Toolkit (www.toolkit.cch.com)
-- Step-by-step checklist, model business plans, forms, and other
business documents that you can download and use immediately. Advice
oriented articles of interest to small businesses. |
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Internal Revenue
Service (www.irs.gov) -- A plain
English description of the federal tax code as it relates to all forms
of business. This site allows you to download most business tax forms.
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Keys2Work (SM)
(www.keys2work.com) -- A Work
Keys© based matching system and resource center connecting people
with jobs in proactive communities. |
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National Business
Incubator Association (www.nbia.org)
-- As the leading source of information for the business incubator
industry, NBIA offers professional development activities that help
business assistance professionals create and administer effective
incubation programs. |
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Occupational
Safety and Health Administration (www.osha.gov)
-- A complete listing and comprehensive description of all-federal
regulations and standards that businesses must comply with regarding
employee safety and health issues. |
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Pennsylvania Alliance
for Security and Preparedness (www.paasp.org) |
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Pennsylvania
Work Stats (www.paworkstats.state.pa.us/analyzer/startanalyzer.asp)
-- Access to labor market data and occupational profiles. |
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Small Business
Administration (www.sba.gov) --
A virtual library of useful and extensive information on starting,
expanding or financing business ventures. Complete listing and eligibility
requirements for federal business loan programs and research grants.
A hotlist (www.sba.gov/hotlist)
provides direct links to nearly 3,000 other useful sites covering
38 major areas of business management needs. |
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Smart Business
Supersite (www.smartbiz.com)
-- Over 60 categories of detailed management information with thousands
of free resources geared specifically to help you run your business
better. |
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US Business Advisor
(www.business.gov) -- This
site provides one-stop access to federal government information and
services for businesses. |
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US Census Bureau
(www.census.gov) -- An enormous
website containing almost every social, demographic or economic statistic
required for business planning and marketing. Economic indicators
updated daily. |
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US Department
of Commerce (www.doc.gov) -- Broad
range of useful business information including exporting, developing
innovative technologies, economic growth measurements, granting patents
and promoting minority entrepreneurship. |
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US Department
of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.bls.gov)
-- Impartial, timely, and accurate data related to social and economic
conditions affecting the nation's workers and their families. |
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US Patent and
Trademark Office (www.uspto.gov)
-- General as well as technical information on all aspects of intellectual
property protection, patents, trademarks and service marks. |
