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Business Resource Links

Start Up Guide from US Small Business Administration
This comprehensive guide provides a clear roadmap when you start a business. Getting Started, Business Plan, Financing Your Business Start Up, Writing Loan Proposals, and many more interesting topics covered in detail here.
Tax Guide for Small Business
IRS information about taxes relevant for Small Businesses. A handy alphabetical index covering diverse topics aids effective navigation of this extremely useful publication.

Government Resource Links

Starting a Business Checklist
This detailed checklist from the IRS.gov site may help when you commence business operations.
NonProfit Gateway
As its name implies, this site is intended for use by nonprofit organizations. It offers links at Cabinet departments to information that is of special interest to nonprofits. Other links will fetch information about grants, volunteering and budgeting issues, and Master Search lets you perform keyword searches on 530,000 government Web pages.
U.S. Small Business Administration
No matter what stage your business is at, you will find a wealth of information here on starting, running and expanding. Get step-by-step information on launching a business, find out about SBA loan programs, take an online course or register your business in Pro-Net for government contracting opportunities.
Library of Congress
The two most useful areas at this site are Thomas, where you search for information about legislation, and the Copyright Office, where information about copyright law is available.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSHAs pages provide a wealth of information related to the agency's workplace safety standards and regulations. You can search for OSHA regulatory rules, and delve into a number of other databases that include information such as recordkeeping guidelines, speeches and congressional testimony.

New Resource Links

Computer & Office Supplies Resource Links

Internal Revenue Service
Get the lowdown on current Federal tax regulations and other tax information at the Internal Revenue Services Web site, where you can also download tax forms and instructions. Its Small Business Corner offers advice on starting and operating your own business.
CNN Interactive
News sites do not get more thorough than this. You will find up-to-the-minute coverage of the latest news events, complete with audio, video, and tons of links to related stories and background material. CNN Remote delivers news updates to your Desktop.
Fortune.com
In addition to comprehensive business coverage, the online version of Fortune offers Fortune & Your Company, a section geared to small businesses. You will find articles on taxes, marketing, management, technology, financing a business and more.
Internet Public Library Ready Reference Collection
Among the categories in this extensive collection of resources are Reference (almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias and the like); Arts & Humanities; Business & Economics; Computers & Internet; Education; Health & Medical Sciences; Law, Government & Political Science; and Sciences & Technology. Browse within these categories or search alphabetically by title.
Inc. Online
The online version of this popular entrepreneurial magazine regularly offers articles of interest to small-business owners. The Virtual Consultant has searchable databases with information such as businesses up for sale, company profiles and demographics. There are also worksheets you can use to determine the cost of growth, long-term financial goals and other key business calculations.
Great American Office Online
You can order discount office supplies and products quickly by entering a quantity directly in the search results list. The number of items in your shopping cart and their total cost are always displayed; at any time, you can remove items, change quantities or quickly add an item by catalog or model number.
Office Depot
At this site, you can search the large inventory of office products, purchase them with a credit card or COD, and get free next-day delivery for orders over $50. As you shop, you can see the current total price of your purchases and shipping charges