| What's New for 2000? December 21 , 2000 $$$$$$ What is the #1 question that small business owners ask SBDC consultants? They want to know how to obtain funding. Many grant sources are available to small businesses so we've added more resources to assist in our Loans & Capital section. December 16 , 2000 Demographics An important part of business success is knowing your market. New materials to assist are now available in the Demographic and Census Datacamera d'albergo a Scheveningen section of our Business Library. Estoril luxury hotelsDecember 12 , 2000 International Business If you are involved in doing business overseas, you'll find helpful information in the International Trade section of our Business Library ... many new resources added to the General and Export specialty areas. December 4 , 2000 Industry Focus: Agriculture Ten new resources were recently added to the Agriculture/Agribusiness section of the Business Library. If you are involved in Agribusiness and trying to understand legal regulations and various agencies involved, you'll want to check out The Regulatory Jungle. This article, provided by the specialists at Missouri Alternatives Center, has been adapted for a national audience. November 28, 2000 Patents, Trademarks & Copyrights -- Confusing? If you have a potential invention or don't understand what you need to do to register your copyright or trademark, the new guidesheets and resources in the Patents, Trademarks & Copyrights section of our Business Library will provide great assistance. Of particular help is the Patent Package Information clearly written and provided by the consulting engineers at the Missouri Product Assistance Lab (MoPAL). November 23, 2000 Franchising Whether you are considering entering the franchise business arena or are currently running a franchise, the new resources and guidesheets added to the Franchising section of our Business Library will provide helpful assistance. November 16, 2000 Federal, State & Local Government want to buy your products and services! More than $50 billion was paid to small businesses last year from government sources. Learn how to unravel the often puzzling world of government contracting by visiting the updated Government Procurement section of our Business Library. November 13, 2000 Evaluating Your Business Idea New to the Starting a Business section of our Business Library reference section is this helpful guidesheet to help the potential small businessperson work with a business advisor to determine potential for success. November 6, 2000 Taxes Entering the eleventh month of the year, thoughts turn to taxes. Ugh! How unpleasant, but we're trying to ease the pain by stuffing our Business Taxes section of the Library with lots of new, helpful information. Whether you're trying to figure out state taxes, home-based business tax scenarios, Social Security wage reporting or just looking for great software to ease the chore, you'll find it here. We've partnered with the IRS who provides special information for small businesses. Very helpful! Atomz Search Engine We use Atomz as our search engine and like it a lot. It is very fast, customizable, easy and even searches PDF files. And if your web site has fewer than 500 subpages, it is free! 7 karten poker spielenIf you haven't tried it, look at the upper right hand corner of any of the pages on our site, enter in some search terms and click on "Search our site" to get a feel for it. To put it on your site, just go here. |