This page contains a number of resources available outside the Hampton Roads area to help your new business succeed. For a list of available local resources, please view our local resources for new businesses page.
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Economist
Generalist news magazine provides current articles and a searchable archive.
Inc. Magazine
Inc.com, the website for Inc. magazine, delivers advice, tools, and services, to help business owners
and CEOs start, run, and grow their businesses more successfully.
Forbes
Forbes.com Inc., (www.forbes.com) a leading Internet media company, is among the most trusted resources
for the world's business and investment leaders, providing them the uncompromising commentary, concise
analysis, relevant tools and real-time reporting they need to succeed at work, profit from investing and
have fun with the rewards of winning.
Washington Technology
Washington Technology is the only national newspaper for government IT systems integrators and resellers.
Startup Journal
Starting your own business or buying a franchise is tough, even in a strong economy. You'll have to
research the market, secure financing, open a shop, hire employees and run the enterprise. StartupJournal can help.
Entrepreneur
Provides valuable resources for entrepreneurs starting and managing small businesses.
The National Business Incubation Association (NBIA)
The world's leading organization advancing business incubation and entrepreneurship. It provides
thousands of professionals with the information, education, advocacy and networking resources to bring
excellence to the process of assisting early-stage companies worldwide.
US Small Business Administration
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) was created by Congress in 1953 to help
America's entrepreneurs form successful small enterprises.
SBA Online Forms and Publications
Over 200 Free SBA Business Publications
American Marketing Association
The American Marketing Association opens up your professional possibilities. As a member,
you have immediate opportunities for professional development and networking; and access
to the latest in marketing news, insights, and information.
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Resources "By Entrepreneurs For Entrepreneurs."
CommerceNet
CommerceNet is a neutral, global organization with a ten-year history of helping companies achieve
improved business performance through the adoption of new technologies.
Consumer World
Consumer World is a public service, non-commercial guide with over 2000 of the most useful consumer resources.
Business Owner's Toolkit
Use the information in The SOHO Guidebook to answer your business, tax, and legal questions and
to get practical tips that will help you work smarter, save money, and stay in compliance with the law.
EntreWorld
EntreWorld is designed to increase your productivity by getting you essential information as quickly and easily as possible.
Business Owner's Idea Cafe
Small Business Ideas, Grants & Plans to Start & Run a Business
Quicken Small Business Resources
Information about Starting, Running, and Growing a business
Yahoo! Small Business
Yahoo! Small Business is a one-stop success center where you can enhance every aspect of your
online operations. Our flexible, comprehensive services include:
National Business Association
The National Business Association (NBA) is a not for profit association, specifically designed and
actively managed to assist the Self-Employed and Small Business Community in achieving their professional goals.
National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)
The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) is the largest advocacy organization representing
small and independent businesses in Washington, D.C. and all 50 state capitals.
IRS.gov for Businesses
Educate yourself about tax-related issues affecting your business.
Insurance Information Institute
The key to making sure that all the effort and money you have invested in a business doesn't
disappear when a disaster strikes is to protect it with the appropriate insurance.
Better Business Bureau
The BBB system has proven that the majority of marketplace problems can be solved fairly through
the use of voluntary self-regulation and consumer education.
Business.com
The business search engine.
American Management Association
AMA is a global not-for-profit, membership-based association that provides a full range of management
development and educational services to individuals, companies and government agencies worldwide,
including 486 of the Fortune 500 companies.
Small Business Advancement National Center
Provides small business entrepreneurs and small business educators with consulting, education and
training through the Internet, electronic linkages, international contacts, seminars, conferences,
research, newsletters, and counseling sessions.
US Postal Service
Learn how to use our mailing and shipping solutions to make money and save money.
Virginia Department of Minority Business Enterprise (VDMBE)
The Virginia Department of Minority Business Enterprise (VDMBE) has the unique responsibility to assure
that minority, disadvantaged and woman-owned businesses are an integral part of the communication with other
Commonwealth Departments to promote the inclusion of Virginia's diverse population to access capital, receive
small business assistance, and provide minority certification procurement opportunities.
Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA)
The Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) is part of the U.S. Department of Commerce. MBDA is the
only federal agency created specifically to foster the establishment and growth of minority-owned businesses in America.
Alliance of Business Women International
ABWI is a non-profit organization founded in 1995 to encourage and support business women involved or
interested in international trade opportunities.
Sara B. Sluss' Women and Business
Offers links and information for associations and opportunities for businesswomen.
Business Women's Network
Since its founding in 1993, the Business Women's Network has been a premier place for
thousands of professional women around the globe in their search for solutions
The National Association for Female Executives (NAFE)
The National Association for Female Executives (NAFE), the largest women's professional
association and the largest women business owners' organization in the country, provides
resources and services - through education, networking, and public advocacy - to empower its members
to achieve career success and financial security.
Center for Women's Business Research
Center for Women's Business Research is the premier source of knowledge about women business
owners and their enterprises worldwide.
WomenBiz.gov
The gateway for women-owned businesses selling to the federal government
Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC)
The Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), founded in 1997, is the nation's
leading advocate of women-owned businesses as suppliers to America's corporations.
National Association of Women Business Owners
The National Association of Women Business Owners propels women entrepreneurs into economic, social,
and political spheres of power worldwide.
Online Women's Business Center
OWBO promotes the growth of women-owned businesses through programs that address business training
and technical assistance, and provide access to credit and capital, federal contracts, and international
trade opportunities.
