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Quiz your business idea
Starting your business
Business Plan Examples and Templates
Market Plan Writing Assistance
Growing your business
501(c)3 Not for Profit
Minority & Women Owned Business
Vet Owned Business
Franchise considerations
Networking downloads
Computer downloads
Quiz your business idea:
Top 10
Reasons Business Fail - These traps/mistakes are common to many
entrepreneurs.
Entrepreneur IQ
- Do you have what it takes to succeed as an entrepreneur? This interactive quiz
will help you assess your entrepreneur skills.
Business FAQ
- Are the resources you will need available?
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Starting your business:
Incorporate Your Business - Prepares and files all the necessary documents
to form your corporation.
Business
Training - The Small Business Training Network, is a virtual campus housing
free training courses, workshops and knowledge resources designed to assist
entrepreneurs and other students of enterprise.
Business Counseling -
Helping small businesses start, grow and compete in global markets by providing
quality training, counseling and access to resources.
Business Startup
Assistance - First Step Fund is a nonprofit agency that has been providing
business training and support to low- to moderate-income entrepreneurs in the
greater metro area since 1994.
Technology Business Startup
Assistance - FastTrac® TechVenture™ is a program designed for entrepreneurs in the fields of technology or life sciences.
Build Your Business -
KCSourceLink connects a network of over one hundred resource providers in the
Kansas City region that offer business-building products and services for small
businesses.
Business Magazine - A
monthly small business magazine for business owners.
Business Classes
- Small business classes in the Kansas City area.
Entrepreneurial Assistance
- A world of resources for entrepreneurs.
Strategic Planning Assistance - Guidance addressing topics such as
management, marketing and strategic planning.
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Business Plan Examples and Templates:
Business
Plan Writing Assistance - A comprehensive business plan template. This same
business plan template helped start more than 200,000 businesses.
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Market Plan Writing Assistance:
Marketing Plan
Writing Assistance - Marketing plays an important role (some say the most
important role) in the success of your business.
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Growing your business:
Matching Business to Business - Business Matchmaking is a partnership
between the U.S. Small Business Administration and HP, matching small companies
with federal, state, and local government agencies and large corporations
http://www.sba.gov/8abd/ SBA's 8(a) Business Development program is intended to
help small businesses be successful for the future.
Central Contractor Registration
- Central Contractor Registration
Requests For Quotations RFQ DSCC Internet Bid Board System (DIBBS) is
a web-based application that provides the capability to search for, view, and
submit secure quotes on DSCC Requests For Quotations (RFQs).
Federal Government Bid
Opportunities - FedBizOpps.gov is the single government point-of-entry (GPE)
for Federal government procurement opportunities over $25,000.
Business Regulations with
the Government - Federal Acquisition Regulations
Business Resources with the
Government - The total resource for Government, Government Contractors and
Suppliers to Government
Subcontracting
Opportunities -The use of SUB-Net fulfills the function set forth in
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 5.206, Notice of Subcontracting
Opportunities, for contractors and subcontractors to post notices and thereby
increase competition for subcontracts.
Government
Business Opportunities Assistance - The Missouri Procurement Technical
Assistance Centers (MO PTAC) assist businesses—including small, disadvantaged
and women owned firms—in obtaining federal, state and local government
contracts.
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501(c)3 Not for Profit:
Grants
Available Grants and Links
Nonprofit
Research Hundreds of thousands of donors and grant makers use
GuideStar to research nonprofit organizations
Structuring a
Non-Profit Business links for Nonprofits and other corporate
structures
The Technology Place for
Non-profits The technology place for non-profits.
Grant for Your
School More than 110,000 school grants are awarded to both individual
U.S. campuses and entire districts each year. We monitor more than 4000
websites, newsletters, and other grant sources to give you The School Funding
Center grant database.
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Minority & Women Owned Business:
Minority
Business Development - MU The University of Missouri System's Minority
Business Development Program.
Business Support for
Women The community’s leading membership organization supporting
women.
Minority Business Development -
U.S. Department of Commerce U.S. Department of Commerce Minority Business
Development Agency
Minority Business Development -
City, Western Missouri, and Kansas The Minority Supplier Council (MSC)
is a 501 (C) (3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the development of the
minority business economy in Kansas City, Western Missouri, and Kansas.
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Vet Owned Business:
http://www.vetbiz.gov/library/eligible.htm The Federal Web Portal for
Veterans in Business
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Franchise considerations:
http://www.franchisegator.com/faq.html FAQ's-Frequently Asked Questions
about Franchising
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Networking downloads:
Essentials of Small Business Networks.
http://www.wown.com/articles_tutorials/
Ethernet-Networking-Basics-Part1.html Networking basics
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Computer downloads:
http://www.download.com/ Free spyware
remover, virus protection and other free downloads
A1 Electronics.net - Computer hardware reviews and computer related news
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