Business Links

Planning & General Resources

• www.iabusnet.org This is the Iowa Small Business Development Centers Website. The website offers many articles and tools for small business start-ups and existing businesses.
• www.sba.gov The Small Business Administration’s website offers more resources and tools including sample business, marketing plans, sample policy manuals and loan information.
• www.iowasmart.com Iowasmart.com is The Iowa Department of Economic Developments guide to doing business in Iowa. It includes state programs, information on permits, regulations, etc.
• www.score.org This website offers info on business planning, marketing, etc.
• www.nebs.com/ This is the Nebs company website. Click on the tab that says Business Tools and you will find business plan, newsletter, and direct mail tools. You will also find a lease vs. buy analysis, a business start-up preparation analysis, and a loan amortization calculator.
• www.toolkit.cch.com This is CCH Business Owner's Toolkit, Total know-how for Small Business. It includes a vast amount of general information on everything from starting a business, finance, and marketing to building wealth, protecting your assets, and getting out of business.
• www.nolo.com/ This is NOLO Law for All. It offers a lot of good legal and general information as well as books on the subject.
• www.businessownersideacafe.com Business Owner's Idea Cafe is a fun little website that offers some interesting articles and info on grants.
• www.missouribusiness.net This is the Missouri Business Development Network website. It
  has a lot of useful information and links to other helpful sites.
• www.businesstown.com This is a website with a variety of information. Their motto is All Business No Bull.
• www.business.gov U.S. Business Advisor website is sponsored by the SBA and provides a number of links such as business development, financial assistance, taxes, laws and regulations, international trade, workplace issues, buying and selling.
• www.gsa.gov It is the government online shopping and ordering system that provides access to thousands of contractors and millions of services and products.
• www.ccr.go It is the Central Contractor Registration’s website and it has a self-certifying database under Dynamic Small Business Search tag.
• www.quickmba.com The Quick MBA website motto is Knowledge to Power Your Business. It includes 'book knowledge' type information on a variety of business areas.
• www.marketingpower.com This is the American Marketing Associations official website. It offers marketing templates, sales tools, and case studies.
• www.superpages.com SuperPages is a website by Verizon and it is like an Internet
  Yellow Pages. It is a great site to research competitors, suppliers, and potential business clients/customers.
• www.census.gov The U.S. Census Bureau. It offers information about population estimates, projections and profile, economic census, surveys of business owners, etc.
• www.fedstats.gov This is a gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. federal agencies.
• www.zapdata.com With a free user name and pass word, you receive free industry reports and can work the database for additional information.
• www.officedepot.com This is Office Depots' website. Click on Business Center for a variety of business information from start-up to going out of business. Use catalog to build equipment list of necessary items.
• www.quickbooks.com Use this site to find information about QuickBooks and sample forms.
• www.iowachamber.org - The Iowa Chamber of Commerce Executives home page with a useful directory listing Iowa Chamber of Commerce’s and their key contacts.
• www.acinet.org Find wages and employment trends, occupational requirements, state by state labor market conditions, millions of employer contacts nationwide, and the most extensive career resource library online.
• www.equifax.com For inquiries into your credit. Cost $9 for credit report.
• www.daveramsey.com Common sense tips for paying of debts in order to save for wealth building. Some ideas on starting your business without borrowing money.
• connection.cwru.edu/mbac424/breakeven/BreakEven.html Complete break-even analysis tool to use if you like to play with the numbers.
• www.myownbusiness.org Site offering free training on accounting, business planning and marketing.
• www.businesslaw.gov: Legal and regulatory information for America’s small businesses from the SBA
• www.businessmatchmaking.com Website about “Business Matchmaking” the SBA program designed to allow every small business the equal opportunity to learn about and ultimately take advantage of selling products or services to large corporations and government agencies.