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- Local Business Resources
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- www.roguecc.edu/BDC RCC BDC
- www.soredi.org Southern Oregon Regional Economic Development (SOREDI)
- www.sowac.org Southern Oregon Women's Access to Credit (SOWAC)
- www.sou.edu/business/sbdc.htm SOU SBDC
- www.theerc.org The Education Resource Center Rogue Valley Education & Career Network
- www.grantspassonline.com Grants Pass One-Line
- www.grantspasschamber.org Grants Pass Chamber of Commerce
- www.thedailycourier.com Grants Pass Daily Courier
- www.grantspasstca.com Grants Pass Towne Center Association
- www.sova.org Southern Oregon Visitors Guide
- www.visitgrantspass.org Grants Pass Visitors & Convention Bureau
- www.jocofair.com Josephine County Fair
- State & Local Governmental Agencies
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- www.bizcenter.org Oregon Small Business Development Center Network
- www.state.or.us State of Oregon
- www.co.josephine.or.us Josephine County Government
- www.das.state.or.us State Vendor Information Program
- www.familybusinessonline.org OSU Austin Family Business
- www.oregonruraldev.org Oregon Rural Development Council
- www.oatc.org Oregon Advanced Technology Consortium
- www.ccb.state.or.us Oregon Construction Contractors Board
- National Business Resources
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- www.asbdc-us.org National Association of Small Business Development Centers
- www.smallbusinesslearning.net Association of Small Business Development Centers resource site
- www.gcap.org Government Contract Acquisition Program
- www.lib.umich.edu University of Michigan Documents Center. Go to Statistical Resources
- www.pac-info.com Searchable public record databases
- www.mo-bis.org Missouri's Business Information Source with a variety of resources
- www.nibm.net National Institute of Business Management
- sbdcnet.utsa.edu SBDC National Information Clearinghouse
- gwis2.circ.gwu.edu Direct Search--links not otherwise easily found
- www.brei.org International Business Retention & Expansion
- National Governmental Agencies
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- www.sba.gov U.S. Small Business Administration with a wealth of resources
- www.business.gov Link to federal government information & services
- www.sec.gov Securities Exchange Commission
- pro-net.sba.gov Register to bid on federal contracts
- www.naics.com North American Industry Classification System
- www.firstgov.gov U.S. government website providing one-stop access to all federal government online information & services
- www.govcon.com Government Contracting Professionals
- www.access.gpo.gov Government Printing Office
- www.WomenBiz.gov Government contract opportunities and forecasts for women
- www.sba.gov/library SBA library reading room
- www.gsa.gov US General Services Administration
- Associations
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- restaurant.org National Restaurant Association
- www.restaurantdoctor.com Free hints and suggestions for restaurant owners
- nfib.com National Federation of Independent Business
- www.goamp.com Applied Measurement Professionals, Inc.
- Business Basics
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- sbinformation.about.com 700 topics, business plans & strategies
- www.bizlink.org Business planning, research, marketing, demographics, taxes, business forms and links
- www.inc.com INC Magazine on line
- www.smallbizplanet.com The knowledge portal for small business
- www.business2.com Magazine articles on a variety of topics
- www.slu.edu/eweb E-Web is a resource for entrepreneurial education
- www.toolkit.cch.com Business Owner's Toolkit
- www.smallbizpartners.com Small Business Success
- www.speaking.com Learning Resource Network on-line library
- edge.lowe.org Entrepreneurial edge
- www.businesstown.com Business Town
- www.womanowned.com Resources for woman owned businesses
- www.entrepreneur.com Entrepreneur Magazine
- www.virtuallearn.com Virtual Learn: videos, books, etc.
- www.kiplinger.com Kiplinger Newsletter
- www.jlconline.com Journal of Light Construction magazine
- Business Basics, continued:
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- www.smallbusiness.com Product, services & vendor rating
- applegateway.com Free online interviews with experts, affordable business consulting and interviews with business authors
- www.ideacafe.com Idea Cafe', a fun approach to serious business
- craftsreport.com The Crafts Report online
- www.workz.com The Weekly Workz, sponsored by Credit Card Solutions
- www.ZDnet.com/smallbusiness Provides helpful information, including articles, resources and software/hardware interview from various Ziff-Davis publications
- www.bizweb2000.com JDD Publishing BizWeb 2000
- www.newslettersonline.com A variety of newsletters available on-line
- Demographics & Statistics
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- stats.bis.gov Economy at a glance plus surveys & statistics
- www.fedstats.gov 70 Federal agencies that produce statistics of public interest
- www.census.gov Economic statistics and surveys by state & county
- factfinder.census.gov More census and statistical information
- www.amcity.com/journals/demographics Demographics Journal
- libweb.uoreg.edu/govdocs/localdat.html UofO local area data for Oregon
- www.bea.doc.gov/bea/pubs.htm Survey of current business & other Bureau of Economic Analysis publications
- www.econdata.net/content_about.html Convenient, comprehensive first stop for anyone searching among the vast array of public and private data sources on the Web
- www.freedemographics.com Provides free unlimited access to Census data
- www.stat-usa.com More demographics and statistics
- factfinder.census.gov 2000 Census information
- Financing Resources
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- www.smartmoney.com Articles available from Smart Money magazine
- econdata.net A guide to regional economic activity. More than 400 links to socioeconomic data sources and more
- www.bankrate.com Financial information, including bank rates by state
- start.wsj.com Wall Street Journal
- www.vfinance.com Venture Capital Resource Library
- www.factoring.org International Factoring Association
- Financing Resources, Continued
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- www.biztro.com Lets you create and manage everything from personal to-do checklists, expense reports, invoices and payroll to employee files, phone books and purchase orders
- Legal Web Sites
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- smallbiz.findlaw.com/index.html A great legal site. Choose a topic from an extensive list to find articles, business forms, and other materials
- www.bitlaw.com A resource on technology law
- www.nolo.com Nolo Law Center
- www.ftc.gov Federal Trade Commission
- osbar.org/legallinks/oregonlaw/tellaw/home.html Oregon Tel-Law Library
- www.osbar.org/public/home.html Oregon State Bar Public Education Program
- Management
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- www.ppspublishers.com/pl.htm Download a free copy of Personal Liability: How to Avoid Becoming the Next victim of an employee Lawsuit
- cmi-lmi.com/kingdomality.html Take a test and determine your management style
- employee.org A multitude of articles from The Workforce Stability Institute
- www.ceoexpress.com Links for the business and company manager
- corporate.globalsources.com Global Sources corporate site
- Workforce Issues
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- doleta.gov U.S. Department of Labor-Employment and Training Administration
- www.BOLI.state.or.us Bureau of Labor and Industries
- www.ajb.dni.us America's Job Bank
- www.emp.state.or.us Oregon Labor Market Survey
- www.olmis.org Oregon Labor Market Information System
- Marketing
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- www.dmnews.com Direct Marketing News
- sellitontheweb.com Provides tips on selling on the Web
- www.wilsonweb.com/webmarket Marketing tips using the Web
- www.newsbureau.com/tips Internet News Bureau
- www.press-release-writing.com/content-basics.htm A-Z of press releases
- tipsandtricks.com/releases.htm Brief article on suggestions when press releases are sent out
- www.webtechniques.com/archieves/2000/05/hand Press release content/preparation
- www.connectingonline.com/home.html How to create a web image
- Marketing, Continued
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- www.mediafinder.com Media Finder comprehensive database of print media
- www.greatlists.com Mailing list resource
- www.tsnn.com Trade show information Mecca. Select an industry from a long list. Includes locations and dates. Tons of links
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