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Business
Starting a Business Checklist
This detailed checklist from the US Small Business
Administration may help when you commence business
operations.
FAQ's for Small Business
Get answers to your questions! Use this FAQ to get insights
into Marketing, Financial Statements and many more issues.
http://www.inc.com/guides/start_biz/
Collection of Articles on Starting a Business
Start Up Guide from US Small Business
Administration
This comprehensive guide provides a clear roadmap when you
start a business. Getting Started, Business Plan, Financing
Your Business Start Up, Writing Loan Proposals, and many more
interesting topics covered in detail here.
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Government Information
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Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
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OSHAs pages provide a wealth of information
related to the agencys workplace safety standards and
regulations. You can search for OSHA regulatory rules,
and delve into a number of other databases that include
information such as recordkeeping guideli
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Internal Revenue Service
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Get the lowdown on current Federal tax
regulations and other tax information at the Internal
Revenue Services Web site, where you can also download
tax forms and instructions. Its Small Business Corner
offers advice on starting and operating your own
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U.S. Business
Advisor
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Billed as the one-stop electronic link to
government for business, the U.S. Business Advisor is a
collection of links to other government agencies.
Topics include doing business with the government,
international trade, finance, labor and employment,
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U.S. Small
Business Administration
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No matter what stage your business is at, you
will find a wealth of information here on starting,
running and expanding. Get step-by-step information on
launching a business, find out about SBA loan programs,
take an online course or register your bu
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U.S. Department of Commerce
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The depth and breadth of information at this site
seems overwhelming, but its an incredible tool if you
know what youre looking for. Its got links to the DOCs
14 bureaus, including the Patent and Trademark Office,
the Bureau of Export Administration,
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Library of Congress
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The two most useful areas at this site are
Thomas, where you search for information about
legislation, and the Copyright Office, where
information about copyright law is available.
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Services
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Internet News
Bureau
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Get the word out to the media like a real pro.
This fee-based service will write professional press
releases for you-or tell you how to do it yourself-then
distribute them to 1,300 journalists who subscribe to
receive Web-related news tips. You can a
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Faxaway
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Send faxes over the Internet from any Windows
application. You are billed for the time it takes to
send the fax. Billing is done in 6-second increments;
within the United States, the rate is 11 cents per
minute. Faxaway offers special services for co
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E-Stamp.com
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Can not get to the post office? At
E-Stamp.com you can buy postage without leaving your
desk. Just connect to the Internet using E-Stamps
software, enter an address, and the software
automatically verifies the address, calculates the
correct postage,
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News
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CNN Interactive
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News sites do not get more thorough than this.
You will find up-to-the-minute coverage of the latest
news events, complete with audio, video, and tons of
links to related stories and background material. CNN
Remote delivers news updates to your Deskt
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Computers and Office Supplies
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Great American Office Online
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You can order discount office supplies and
products quickly by entering a quantity directly in the
search results list. The number of items in your
shopping cart and their total cost are always
displayed; at any time, you can remove items, change
qua
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Bottomdollar.com
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Billing itself as "The Shopping Search Engine,"
Bottomdollar lets you search for office products
available online. The results are shown in a listing
you can sort by site or price. Click on the Details
button to go to the offering site, read more abo
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NetMarket
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NetMarket claims to offer 800,000 brand-name
products at discount prices. Select from the category
list, search for a product or use Haggle Zone to do
some real-time bargaining with NetMarket merchants for
items in selected categories.
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BidFind
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Search more than 170 auction sites for the
products you want to buy. You can pick one of the
dozens of product categories, or use a keyword search
to find what you need. The search returns all the
products up for auction within the category, along wi
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BizRate.com
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Take the jitters out of shopping online. Type in
the name of the online merchant you are considering and
BizRate will tell you how past customers rate the site.
Merchants get an overall rating; detailed ratings are
also offered in 10 categories, incl
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Office
Depot
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At this site, you can search the large inventory
of office products, purchase them with a credit card or
COD, and get free next-day delivery for orders over
$50. As you shop, you can see the current total price
of your purchases and shipping charges
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iPrint.com
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Take care of your business printing needs at
iPrint.com, where you can buy a variety of business
stationery products such as business cards, labels,
forms, letterhead, stamps-even promotional products
such as T-shirts and golf balls. You design your
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