The Internet is a valuable resource for small businesses.
The table below contains a number of these sites that may be useful
to our clients. These sites do change so be sure and check them out
periodically to see that they continue to offer useful information to our
clients.
| Arts & Crafts Resource Center |
National Craft Association |
Business Builder Kits; How & Where
to Buy Wholesale; How to obtain Merchant Credit Cards;
How to Price Products; How to Display & Sell Products;
How to Locate Trade Shows; Advertising & Promotional
Tricks; Sales & Marketing. |
| Business Plans |
Center
For Business Planning |
Business Planning Resources; Sample Business
Plans; Analysis of Business Strategy; Business Planning
Products (for a fee.) |
| Contract Opportunities |
Industry
Council for Small Business Development |
A non-profit entity dedicated to promoting
large business contract opportunities for small business,
small woman-owned business, & small disadvantaged
business concerns. |
| Financial Assistance |
Pacific
Community Ventures |
Provides resources and capital to businesses
that have the potential to bring significant economic
gains to low-income communities in the Bay Area.
|
| International
e-commerce |
globalEdge |
Created by the Center for
International Business Education and Research at Michigan
State University, globalEDGE™ is a knowledge
web-portal that connects international business
professionals worldwide to a wealth of information,
insights, and learning resources on global business
activities. |
| International Trade |
Federation of International Trade Associations |
Comprehensive searchable
database of International Trade Web Resources on the
Internet! More than 7000 links to International Trade /
Import-Export Web sites are annotated and indexed. |
| Inventions |
Inventor's
Alliance |
An all-volunteer resource and mutual help
group for inventors in the San Francisco Bay Area. A major
objective is to share and pool know-how for the benefit
of their members. |
| Small Office /Home Office |
SOHO America |
Manage the challenges of
working in a small office/home office. Focus on marketing,
finance, legal, start up, and technology. |
| Business contract
opportunities |
Industry Council for Small
Business Development |
A
non-profit entity dedicated to promoting large business
contract opportunities for Small Business (SB), Small
Woman-Owned Business (SWOB), and Small Disadvantaged
Business (SDB) concerns. |
| Procurement |
National
Procurement Council |
This is a National
Procurement Trade Association. |
| Useful links |
Access
Silicon Valley |
Connection to small business information
and resources in the Silicon Valley including resource
providers from the government, non-profit, education and
corporate sectors onto one web site to help you |
