Useful Small Business Web Sites
For
additional information about small business planning, financing and managing,
the following web sites are useful.
Click once on blue web address to go
to that web site.
______Subject_________ ______Web
Address______
- Business Info. & Guides
www.score.org
- Business Plans/Software
www.bplan.com
Site discusses multiple general business
topics, including sample business
plans that can be downloaded.
- South Carolina Business One Stop
www.scbos.com
Official business web site of
South Carolina government
Guide for all Phases of Business
www.edwardlowe.org
The site is extensive and an
excellent resource.
Business Issues/Operations
www.toolkit.cch.com
Buying and Selling
a Business
http://allbusiness.businessweek.com/center.asp?ID=29
An excellent web site that
addresses the issues related to
buying and selling a business
Business Development Center
http://scsbdc.moore.sc.edu
Small Business Development Center site
sponsored by the USC Graduate School
of Business.
Business Registration
www.scsos.com/Library_of_Forms_and_Fees
SC Secretary of State site for forms, etc.
Office of Small and Minority
Business Assistance www.govoepp.state.sc.us/osmba
SC certification of small and minority
businesses.
Business General
www.sba.gov
Small Business Administration site. Covers
loans, business plans and startup guides,
among other things.
Financing
www.nvst.com
Equity investment source.
Financing
www.cfol.com
Commercial finance online.
Franchising
www.francorp.com
Site is dedicated to franchising. It
answers anything you could ever ask about
franchising.
Franchising
http://franchiselife.com/index.cfm
Federal Government
www.firstgov.com
Federal government agency portal.
General
www.nase.org
National Assoc. of the Self-Employed.
General
www.scoremidlands.org
Arranging for counseling and attendance at
workshops through the midlands chapter
of SCORE.
Legal
www.nolo.com
Organizational and other legal issues.
Legal
http://www.incorporate.com
More than legal: Organization documents. (e.g., LLC)
Legal
www.bizfilings.com
Organization documents. (e.g., LLC)
Patents
www.uspto.gov
US Patent & Trademark Office.
Patents
www.freepatentsonline.com
Patent Searching web site
Taxes
www.irs.gov
IRS forms and publications.
Microsoft Small Business Center
www.microsoft.com/smallbusiness/hub.mspx
Microsoft's small business products.
Note: Many of these web site
sites cover the same material; however, it is recommended that multiple sites
should be reviewed. Not all sites are strong in the same sub-issues, so one
must review multiple sites to get a good understanding of a particular subject.
Also, use search engines such as
google.com to find even more sites, as new sites are being developed daily.