Resource Guide

Business Resource Guide

These links are intended to provide you with information which may be helpful. Specific content of web pages are not necessarily endorsed by American Business Advisors.

American Society of Professional Estimators
The American Society of Professional Estimators serves construction estimators by providing education, fellowship and opportunity for professional development.

America's Small Business Center
The site offers a range of useful services for the small-business sector, including a loans guide, insurance premium comparisons, and credit checks.

Babson Center for Entrepreneurship
A special division of Babson College devoted to research and outreach programs for entrepreneurs.

CELCEE—Entrepreneurial Leadership
The Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership Clearinghouse on Entrepreneurship Education site contains abstracts of educational materials for entrepreneurs.

ENTERWeb Enterprise Development
An extensive resource that covers training services, technology, and finance and credit, with particular focus on developing countries and emerging markets.

Entrepreneur Network
This nonprofit organization provides support to Midwestern inventors and entrepreneurs. The site includes FAQs, business help, and a library of articles.

Idea Cafe
A small-business "gathering place" with emphasis on advice, stories, and user contributions.

Internal Revenue Service
Access to electronic services of IRS, taxpayer help online, forms and publications.

Internet Business Consultants
A diversified range of business services and IT solution, Internet marketing, web design, desktop publishing, word processing, translation, consulting online shop

Library of Congress
Get access to a collection of more than 119 million items, more than two-thirds of which are in media other than books. These include the largest map, film and television collections in the world.

Nat'l Fed. of Independent Business
Resources for small businesses, including news, policy updates, forums, business directories, and workshops.

National Small Business United
A bipartisan advocacy group for small businesses. Read about advocacy issues and current news affecting small businesses.

Small Business Advancement Center
This support site for small businesses offers a directory of entrepreneurial links and information, a newsletter, and a library of industry profiles.

Small Business Advisor
A private firm that offers small-business advice, buy/sell listings, and useful Web links.

Small Business Resource Center
Offers several free reports on choosing, starting, and running a small business, plus a catalog of books, tapes, and course materials.

Small Business Administration
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) was created by Congress in 1953 to help America's entrepreneurs form successful small enterprises. Today, SBA's program offices in every state offer financing, training and advocacy for small firms.

US Business Advisor
A one-stop electronic link to all the information and services government provides for the business community.

ABA Articles - The Strategic Edge

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Born To Lead or Manage (We Need Both)
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Are you in Motion or Direction
The Freedom of Boundaries
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Insanity in the Workplace - You CAN Survive the Labor Shortage
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The Thrill of the Hunt- Help in Hiring the Right People
Every Which Way But Prepared- Recession Planning
The e-revolution
Forecasting is Like the Weather
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?