Business Building: Links & Resources

 

· Tax Information

· Labor Laws

· Financing

· Training/Technical Assistance

· Research/Statistics

· Public Policy Advocacy

· International Markets

· Women's Business Organizations: U.S. and International

· Other Entrepreneurship Resources

· Magazines & Journals  

· Procurement/Purchasing Certification

 

Procurement/Purchasing Certification

· National Women Business Owners Corporation

· U.S. Small Business Administration: Contracting and Business Development

· U.S. Small Business Administration: Contract Assistance for Women Business Owners

· Womenbiz.gov: Gateway for Women-Owned Businesses selling to the federal government

· Women's Business Enterprise National Council

 

Tax Information

· http://www.irs.gov/smallbiz

 

Labor Laws

· http://www.dol.gov/dol/audience/aud-employers.htm

 

Financing

· Active Capital (formerly ACE-Net)

· Count Me In for Women's Economic Independence

· Golden Seeds

· Grants.gov

· Startup Venture Toolbox

· U.S. Small Business Administration Loan Programs

· Venture Capital Financing http://www.microenterpriseworks.org

 

Training/Technical Assistance

· Association of Women's Business Centers

· National Business Incubation Association

· Office of Women's Business Ownership, U.S. Small Business Administration

· Online Women's Business Center

· SCORE

· Small Business Development Centers

· Women-21.gov

 

Research/Statistics

· Center for Women's Business Research

· Global Entrepreneurship Monitor

· Institute for Women's Policy Research

· International Center for Research on Women

· U.S. Census Bureau: Preliminary Estimates from the 2002 Survey of Business Owners: Characteristics of Employer Business Owners

· U.S. Census Bureau: Survey of Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprises--1997

· U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy

· Input

· FedSources

 

Public Policy Advocacy

· National Association of the Self Employed

· National Federation of Independent Business

· National Small Business Association

· Women Entrepreneurs, Inc.

· Women Impacting Public Policy

 

International Markets

· Assess Your International Risk

· Export-Import Bank

· Network of U.S. Export Assistance Centers

· Overseas Private Investment Corporations

· U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Information

· U.S. Small Business Administration Office of International Trade

 

Women's Business Organizations: U.S.

· American Association of University Women

· American Business Women's Association

· Asian Women in Business

· Association of Women in International Trade

· Association of Women's Business Centers (AWBC)

· Athena Foundation

· Business and Professional Women/USA

· Center for Women's Leadership

· Commonwealth Institute

· Digital Women

· eWomenNetwork

· National Association of Women MBAs

· National Association of Women Business Owners

· The Committee of 200

· Women Impacting Public Policy, Inc.

· Women Presidents' Organization

· Women's Business Enterprise National Council

· Women's Exchange, Inc.

· Worldwit.org

 

Women's Business Organizations: International

· AIDDA--Associazione Imprenditrici e Donne Dirigenti d'Azienda

· Alliance of Business Women International

· Association for Women in Development

· Canadian Women's Business Network

· Deutches Grunderinnen Forum

· FCEM--Les Femmes Chefs d'Enterprises Mondiales

· Global Women's Business Network

· International Labour Organization--Women's Entrepreneurship Development

· Organization of Women in International Trade

· Prowess: Promoting Women's Enterprise Support

· The International Alliance for Women

· UNIFEM--United Nations Development Fund for Women

· VDU--Verband Deutscher Unternehmerinnen

 

Other Entrepreneurship Resources

· Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership Clearinghouse on Entrepreneurship Education

· Edward Lowe Foundation

· eVenturing

· Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

· Morino Institute

· National Dialogue on Entrepreneurship

· National Association for the Self-Employed

· Seton Hill University’s National Education Center for Women in Business

· U.S. Small Business Administration's Small Business Friendly Regulation

· WomanOwned.com

 

Magazines, Journals & Web Sites

· Air Force Times

· Armed Forces Comptroller

· Army Times

· Black Enterprise

· Black EOE Journal

· Contract Management

· Corporate Corridors

· Defense News

· Federal Computer Week

· Government Computer News

· Government Executive

· Government PROcurement

· Enterprising Women

· Executive Female

· FederalNewsRadio.com

· Federal Times

· Latina Style

· Marine Corps Times

· MBI/Minorities in Business Insider

· MicroEnterprise Journal

· Military.com

· Minorities in Business

· Navy Times

· Minority Business Entrepreneur

· New Mexico Woman

· Pink Magazine

· Professional Women's Magazine

· Self-Employed America

· Signal Magazine

· Washington Technology

· Women's Enterprise