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Useful Internet Addresses For Persons
Starting or Running a Business
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Better Business Bureau Online - www.bbb.org
The Better Business
Bureau provides instant access to business and consumer alerts as well
as helpful resources. You can even file a complaint online
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Business Procurement
Center -
www.madison.tec.wi.us/bpac/home.htm
Provides free
technical assistance to Wisconsin businesses selling their products and
services to all branches of government - federal, state and local.
Services include business consultations, automatic BidMatch service,
marketing, market research and analysis, past procurement data,
quarterly newsletters, federal specs and standards, electronic data
interchange, training schedules, agency registration/guidance,
electronic contracting and customer service.
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Business Wizard -
http://www.wisconsin.gov/state/app/wizard/LoadIntro
Provides customized information to help
you start and operate a Wisconsin-based business. Also covers
licensing, permitting and regulatory requirements for the State of
Wisconsin.
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Internal Revenue Service -
www.irs.ustreas.gov
Get federal tax information and forms
faster and easier by using the IRS site.
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International Trade -
www.citd.org
California International Trade Development publishes an excellent and
comprehensive site on all aspects of trade, including a start-up
readiness self-assessment tool and many resources available for
feasibility research.
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Market
Segment Specialization Program (MSSP) –
http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=108149,00.html
Scroll through summaries to select your industry. The IRS has prepared
audit techniques guides by industry, which contains examination
techniques, common and unique industry issues, business practices,
industry terminology, etc.
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SBDCNET
–
http://sbdcnet.utsa.edu
Small Business Development Center
National Information Clearinghouse (SBDCNET) serves as a resource
dedicated to meeting the information needs of SBDC counselors and
clients. Services include a database of forms, documents, brochures and
promotional materials; secondary market research data; demographic
information location; site location analysis; business plans and
financial ratio information; basic patent and trademark searches;
pertinent business articles, e-commerce, market research, rural business
and site location training.
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SBA Online -
www.sbaonline.sba.gov
If you’re starting a small business,
looking for financing or other help, the U.S. Small Business
Administration (SBA) contains a wealth of resources for businesses.
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Small Business Development Center -
www.uwlax.edu/sbdc
Access the Small Business Development
Center and learn about small business advising opportunities,
information resources, helpful outreach classes and local economic data.
Access the SBDC statewide directory to find the SBDC nearest you!
http://wisconsinsbdc.org/sbdc-locations/
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Thomas
Register Home Page -
www.thomasglobal.com
Thomas Register on the Internet is the world’s largest online industrial
buying source. Finding the product, service, or company you need is a
snap, since the entire database of the acclaimed Thomas Register or
American Manufacturers is available for your use online. You can search
through 155,000 companies in the database classified under more than
55,000 product and service headings. Plus, more than 2,300 online
supplier catalogs give you 40,000 pages of detailed buying and
specifying information. Must complete a registration form (free) to
search.
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Trade Associations -
www.tscentral.com
Trade
associations can be a useful source of information on competition and
industry trends as well as on trade shows and publications. A trade
show, if accessible, can offer a unique opportunity to network with
buyers and sellers within a particular industry.
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U.S. Patent & Trademark Office -
www.uspto.gov
It’s
not who invents it - it’s who gets to the Patent Office first that
matters. This site offers searchable indexes on patents, legal material,
patent resources, trademark and copyright issues, technical information
and much more.
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Wisconsin Procurement Institute (WPI)
- www.wispro.org
WPI guides, trains and provides hands-on
help to firms in developing business, upgrading personnel skills and
improving process or technical capability to access and compete in the
government marketplace.
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Wisconsin,
State of - www. wisconsin.gov
Provides information about agencies,
business forms, business incentives, on-line business services, building
your own business, doing business with the state, statistics and
professional licensing in the State of Wisconsin.
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WSBDC -
www.wisconsinsbdc.org/
Offers no cost individual counseling
services and low cost structured educational courses in a variety of
management disciplines. Current or prospective business owners can
explore areas of interest such as: cash flow management, business
planning, minority business, cost control, international trade, buying a
business and marketing and sales, to name to few.
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