I'm no great friend of
the corporate community, but I see no reason why I can't
list some resources that might help the small business
owners and managers among us. Not a bad place to put
some finance sites, either.
10K Wizard (search the
SEC's Edgar for real-time filings)
www.tenkwizard.com/
AllBusiness (lots of
information for the small business owner and manager)
www.allbusiness.com/
American Express Small
Business (good, interactive site for starting,
financing, and managing a new business)
home3.americanexpress.com/smallbusiness/advice/
Bankrate (surveys
credit card rates in all 50 states)
www.bankrate.com/
Bigstep (good site for
beginning Web entrepeneurs who are putting up their
first Web storefront)
www.bigstep.com/
Bizland (lots of info,
on-site experts, and message boards for budding business
types)
www.bizland.com/bizland/index.bml
Bloomberg (good
financial info site)
www.bloomberg.com/
BPlans (much of what
you need to start your own small business)
www.bplans.com/
BusinessFinance (good
place to research small business loans)
www.businessfinance.com/
Canadian Maple Pages
(find Canadian business listings)
maplepages.com/search/
Chase Small Business
Banking
www.chase.com/
CitiBusiness (mostly
for Citibank clients)
www.citibank.com/citibusiness/homepage/
DigitalDaily (the
IRS's online presence, not bad for a government site,
and larded with info any business needs)
www.irs.gov/
Dow Jones Interactive
(fee-based business info site)
www.dowjones.com/
Downside (a reality
check for investors, including their famous Deathwatch
of dying outfits)
www.downside.com/
The Economist (online
site of the respected British magazine)
www.economist.com/
Entrepreneur (online
version of the print magazine)
www.entrepreneur.com/
eRoom (lots of
collaboration space for small online businesses,
including e-mail, calendaring, workflow management,
customizable databases, and more)
www.eroom.net/
EuroPages (directory
of over 50,000 European businesses in 30 nations)
www.europages.com/
FedStats (huge array
of statistical information on every economic indicator
you can think of)
www.fedstats.gov/
FindLaw for Business
(info on legal issues relating to business)
smallbiz.biz.findlaw.com/
FreeMerchant (very
simple Web storefront builder)
www.freemerchant.com/
F*ckedCompany
(irreverent but useful site that chronicles the woes of
sinking dot-coms)
www.f*ckedcompany.com/
Hoover's Online
(research companies you do business with)
www.hoovers.com/
HyperMart (another
simple way to add your business to the Web)
www.hypermart.net/hypermart/index.bml
Idea Cafe (good
bulletin boards and discussion groups, lots of different
topics, including Work-At-Home Moms and GenXBiz)
www.ideacafe.com/
ImproveMyBusiness
(some info, excellent site to chat and swap messages
with peers)
www.improvemybusiness.com/
Inc.com (online
presence of the well-respected magazine, offering large
discussion groups and moderated live chats)
www.inc.com/
Internal Revenue
Service
www.irs.gov/
iPrint (get 100 free
business cards along with access to this site's online
store)
www.iprint.com/
Microsoft bCentral
(portal for small-to-medium businesses that want a
simple solution to gaining a Web presence)
www.bcentral.com/
NameProtect (track
domain names and trademarks that may be encroaching on
your business)
www.nameprotect.com/
NetBusiness (small
business portal)
www.netbusinessdot.com/
Nua Internet Surveys
(good source of regular statistics, charts, and trend
reports for a variety of consumer, business, and
technical areas)
www.nua.ie/surveys/
Office.com (plenty of
useful information, including info on environmental
services, architecture, real estate, and biotechnology,
that the other sites lack)
www.office.com/
Score (features online
counseling from over 11,000 executive volunteers)
www.score.org/
Skyline's Loan
Calculator (calculate a mortgage loan one of three ways:
amortization, principal vs. interest, or equity vs.
interest)
horizons.skyline.net/Business/morcal/
Small Business
Administration (a necessity for anyone considering an
entry into business)
www.sba.gov/
TaxPlanet (all kinds
of tax info, British law only)
www.taxplanet.co.uk/
U.S. Chamber of
Commerce (info every business person needs)
www.uschamber.org/
U.S. Small Business
Administration (essential info)
www.sba.gov/
Web Store
(well-designed and easy-to-use Web storefront manager)
www.icat.com/
WebSite Complete 2.0
eCommerce Edition (a $100 downloadable utility that
helps you build and maintain a Web storefront)
www.godaddy.com/
Wells Fargo Resource
Center for Small Business Owners
www.wellsfargo.com/biz/index.jhtml
Yahoo! Store (highly
visible entry-level storefront system)
store.yahoo.com/
