Start-up

 

Some links to help you get your business off the ground. Check back, we'll be adding more as we find them.

Business Plans

  • Bplans.com - http://www.bplans.com/ sample business plans, includes the Plan Wizard which will match your business to a sample business plan

Government

  • Internal Revenue Service (IRS) http://www.irs.gov - tax information for business owners, small business section includes information on employment taxes, look for forms under Tax Help for Small Businesses to download various government forms including an SS-4 Application for Employer Identification Number (which you can process by phone, fax or mail)
  • Library of Congress http://lcweb.loc.gov/loc/infopub/ - obtaining an International Standard Book Number (ISBN) or International Standard Serial Number (ISSN), includes copyright information
  • Online Women's Business Center - http://www.onlinewbc.org/ - from the SBA, starting and growing a business, marketing ideas and information, and links to Women's Business Centers around the country
  • Small Business Association (SBA) http://www.sba.gov - lots of information on starting a business, includes a business plan outline (outline also available in Spanish).
  • US Trademark and Patent Office http://www.uspto.gov/web/menu/tm.html - how to information and forms to register your name and/or logo, Trademark, Service Mark

Incorporation

Promotion

Privacy Policy

  • Truste http://www.truste.org/ - click on Web Publisher's Shortcuts for Truste's Privacy Statement Wizard, lets you create a privacy policy specifically for your site
 

 

 

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