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Outside Resources
This section contains various outside resources that you can draw on to help your business. |
| Locate Florida organizations that can help you start and grow your business: www.floridasmallbusiness.com/lists/01.asp |
| Visit Florida Small Business for a list of Florida Business Trade Associations at: www.floridasmallbusiness.com/lists/04.asp |
| The National SCORE website at www.score.org has a wealth of information for business owners with such sections like a 'How To' Center, Small Business Power Links, and a Business Toolbox. |
| Visit the Small Business Administration (SBA) Library at www.sba.gov/tools/resourcelibrary/index.html to find such things as links to popular business magazines (http://www.sba.gov/training/bizmag.html) and business hot-links (http://app1.sba.gov/hotlist/default.cfm). |
Find various resources for such thing
as exporting counseling, marketing trade events and trade leads
at: www.floridasmallbusiness.com/lists/03.asp
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| The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) is a non-profit organization. The SBDC is just one part of the Center of Leadership and Innovation, operated by Florida Gulf Coast University's College of Business and the U.S. Small Business Administration. Visit their website at: http://cli.fgcu.edu/sbdc/index.html |
| FastTrac™ is a comprehensive entrepreneurship-educational
program that provides entrepreneurs with business insights, leadership
skills and professional networking connections so they are prepared
to create a new business or expand an existing enterprise. The
FastTrac™ program includes practical, hands-on business
development programs and workshops for existing entrepreneurs,
aspiring entrepreneurs, as well as entrepreneurship curriculum
for college students. www.fasttracofflorida.org |
| Visit the Disney/SBA National Entrepreneur Center (NEC) located in Orlando, Florida: www.floridanec.org |
| Inc. Magazine has a startup guide with several 'How To' guides at: www.inc.com/resources/startup/ |
| Small
Business Information from TotalBusiness.com TotalBusiness.com is a Website providing entrepreneurs and business owners with the information they need in order to successfully start, manage, grow, and sell their businesses. On their site, you will find over 300 free tutorial and over 1,000 articles on business topics such as starting a business, financing a business, sales and marketing, building a Website, setting up an office, hiring employees, selling a business and small business legal, accounting, and tax issues. |
Business Coaches Morph Coaching provides a professional life coaching service. Life coaching is the practice of assisting clients to determine and achieve personal goals. Learn more about this service at: www.morphcoaching.com Coaching 4 Success, Inc. offers Business and Personal/Life Coaching to help individuals gain direction and satisfaction in their work and personal lives by following a customized plan of action while being held accountable by a trained coach. Learn more at: www.coaching4successinc.com |
| Tools and Resources for Business Success powered by the James J. Hill Reference Library: www.biztoolkit.org |
Free online training courses from
the SBA
Various topics from business plans to website design! www.sba.gov/services/training/onlinecourses/index.html |
Free online training courses from
the Institute for Economic Development from the University
of TX
Various topics from business plans to website design! http://utsa.edu/sbdcregional/regmodules.cfm |
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