Agencies

Small Business Administration

    The U.S. Small Business Administration has delivered millions of loans, loan guarantees, contracts, counseling sessions and other forms of assistance to small businesses.

SBA Office of Women's Business Owners

The Office of Women’s Business Ownership’s mission is to enable and empower women entrepreneurs through advocacy, outreach, education, and support.

SBA Small Business Development Centers

Provide assistance to small businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs throughout the United States and its territories. SBDCs help entrepreneurs realize the dream of business ownership and help existing businesses remain competitive in a complex, ever-changing global marketplace.

US Patent and Trademark Office

Everything you need to file a Patent or Trademark.

United States Census Bureau

Provides reports on customer and location demographics.

Internal Revenue Service (Businesses)

The IRS agency is a bureau of the Department of the Treasury responsible for collection of taxes and interpretation and enforcement of the IRC

International Franchise Association (IFA)

For over fifty years the International Franchise Association has worked to educate franchisors and franchisees on beneficial methods and business practices to improve franchising.

Biz Buy Sell

BizBuySell has facilitated over 100,000 successful business sales and is visited over 1 Million times each month by potential business buyers.

 

Business Loans

Business Loans
U.S. News and World Report "The Best Small Business Loans 2018"

Checklists

Key Performance Indicators (KPI)

 

Location Checklist (Location.xlsx)

Crowdfunding

Kickstarter

    Kickstarter helps artists, musicians, filmmakers, designers, and other creators find the resources and support they need to make their ideas a reality.

Dreamfunded

    DreamFunded.com was launched to provide insider access to over 260 million Americans using Equity CrowdFunding.

GoFundMe

    GoFundMe is the world’s largest social fundraising platform, with over $5 billion raised so far.

Indiegogo

    Raise money for your idea and find your first customers from our community of millions.

Google Tools

GMail

    Gmail is a free, advertising-supported email service developed by Google. Users can access Gmail on the web and through mobile apps

Google Docs

    All your documents, editable and shareable, wherever you are.

Google Calendar

    The new Google Calendar app helps you spend less time managing your schedule and more time enjoying it.

Google Keep

    For notes and to-do lists. Add notes, lists, photos, and audio to Keep.

Google Adwords

    Be seen by customers at the very moment that they’re searching on Google for the things you offer. And only pay when they click to visit your website or call.

Google Adsense

    AdSense is a free, simple way to make money online by placing ads on your website.

Google Analytics

    Get stronger results across all your sites, apps, and offline channels. Google Analytics Solutions offer marketing analytics products for businesses of all sizes to better understand your customers.

Google My Business

    Show up when customers search for your business or businesses like yours on Google Search and Maps.

Other Tools

GoToMeeting

    The solution of choice when you need to hold a video conference.

MailChimp

    MailChimp’s robust marketing automation makes sure your emails get to the right people at the right time. Target customers based on behavior, preferences, and previous sales.

Dropbox

    The secure file sharing and storage solution that employees and IT admins trust.

Survey Monkey

    Put your curiosity to work and get answers with the world's #1 online survey software.

Vimeo

    The high-quality home to make, share, and watch videos.