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NEWS & INFORMATION
Business Wire
Real-time news releases from organizations worldwide. Plus, industry
specific news, trade shows, media news and corporate information.
ADWEEK.com
Breaking news, regional coverage, analytical features and research into advertising and marketing.
Internet News
Information of interest to both journalists and those interested in the world of Internet advertising.
Business Week Online
Daily business news briefing.
Atlanta Business Chronicle
Business news in the Atlanta market.
News Link
Links to more than 6,000 newspapers, magazines, broadcasters and news services.
InfoWorld.com
The latest breaking news and in-depth coverage of the issues, trends, and products that run your enterprise.
The Business Technology Network
Technology news and comment.
Macintosh News Network
Information & news on real computers.
MacCentral
If the News Network isn’t enough.
MARKETING & BUSINESS
Advertising Age
Source for marketing, advertising, and media news. Also contains a
job bank listing.
Know This!
An objective resource for marketing basics, market research,
Internet marketing, marketing plans, advertising and much more.
The O'Dwyer Newsletter
The oldest and most widely read weekly in the field of PR and
corporate communications.
Hoover’s Online
This "ultimate source for company information" is a subscription
site, you can still access basic info on companies for free.
Trade Show News Network
The ultimate trade show resource.
American Marketing Association
Provides marketing professionals with the information, products and
services.
Free Business Forms
Documents free to download and customize for your own professional
use from Office Depot.
Biz Planning &
Managing
AllBusiness.com
AllBusiness.com is a Web portal for
small and growing businesses, with how-to articles, forms, agreements,
questions-and-answers, solutions and services.
American Management Association
The American Management Association provides information, seminars and
e-learning courses on business management topics. At the top of the home
page, AMA features an article or series focusing on a current business issue
or topic.
Association for Small Business & Entrepreneurship (USASBE)
The mission of the Association for
Small Business & Entrepreneurship (USASBE) is to advance knowledge and
foster business development, entrepreneurship education and research.
Atlas Business Solutions, Inc.
Atlas Business Solutions, Inc.
offers business planning, financial forecasting and small business
management software.
Bizjournals
Bizjournals is an online local news
resource for small business owners. The site contains information from 55
local business journals.
BizMiner
BizMiner provides business planning and research services.
BizPlanit
BizPlanit is a professional
business plan consulting firm. The site provides an extensive collection of
free business plan resources for entrepreneurs interested in preparing
business plans.
BizStats
Business statistics such as financial ratios and operating ratios, turnover,
profitability for sole proprietorships, employee productivity, industry
averages, benchmarking tools and more.
BUZGate
BUZGate helps individuals to start, grow and succeed in business by
connecting them to free and low-cost resources in areas such as business
planning, funding, marketing, technology and counseling.
Bootstrap
Bootstrap is a site that
offers start-ups resources and advice in starting a business.
Bplans.com
This business planning Web site
provides samples business plans and tips on writing effective business
plans.
Business.com
Business.com is an excellent site for conducting business research. The site
has thousands of listings in 25,000 industry, product and service
categories.
BusinessKnowhow
Business Know-how features how-to articles for small business owners.
CCH Business Owner’s Toolkit
CCH provides a business owner toolkit to answer business, tax and legal
questions.
Center for Business Planning
This site has a collection of resources for planning your business,
documenting your plan and evaluating your strategy.
ClearFocus Group
The ClearFocus Group offers an integrated series of Web-based business
management applications to help you lower employee benefit costs and improve
internal efficiencies.
Dun & Bradstreet
Dun & Bradstreet has a substantial
business database worldwide that provides business information for credit,
marketing and purchasing decisions for small businesses.
FastCompany
FastCompany features articles and
stories from the magazine. Also, look for the Fast Companies Database a
helpful resource to help find articles, information and ways to connect with
other companies.
Inc.com
Inc.com offers resources on
business-management issues. Use them to discover strategies for starting ,
growing and running your business.
ItsSimple.biz
The goal of ItsSimple.biz is to help
entrepreneurs get their businesses off the ground. The site contains
resources, tools and articles to help visitors start and expand their small
business.
Ivy Sea Online
Ivy Sea Online features a wealth of articles, tip sheets and links to help
foster inspired leadership, conscious entrepreneurship and effective
communication.
LinkedIn
Linked in provides online networking tools for businesspeople.
Made E-Z Products
Made E-Z offers forms, software,
books, posters and guides for small business owners and individuals seeking
to complete legal & business matters themselves.
Microsoft Office Tools on the Web
Microsoft's small business Web site
offers "tools of the Web," including business plan templates,
downloads, support articles and clip art.
MyStrategicPlan.com
MyStrategicPlan.com helps
entrepreneurs build and execute their business strategies through a
cost-effective, do-it-yourself solution.
Officefinder
If you’re seeking to lease or buy office space, this site is the place to
begin.
One-Click Office Solutions
One-Click Office Solutions provides outsourced support services to small
businesses in the areas of proposal management, business development and
working with the federal government.
PlanWare
Featured on this site are papers on cashflow, finances and strategic and
business planning topics. Also, look for a freeware business plan template.
Project Enterprise
Project Enterprise is a nonprofit organization that provides business loans,
technical training and peer support to New York City entrepreneurs who lack
access to business financing.
Salary.com
Salary.com provides online
compensation information and data for most industries. The site also lists
thousands of job titles gathered via proprietary research and published
reports.
Small Business Dictionary
The Small Business Dictionary gives definitions to 2,500 of the most
commonly used small business terms.
Small Business Computing.com
This site features news and trends on
small business technology and online marketing.
StartupJournal.com
The Wall Street Journal Center for
Entrepreneurs features articles on business planning and small business
management. This site includes a list of franchises.
Strategy Business Plans
Strategy Business Plans offers
business plan solutions that result in funding and growth for businesses.
Subscription Network
The Subscription Network offers entrepreneurs free subscriptions to dozens
of business publications.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business Center
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small
Business Center provides small business news and practical business advice.
Winning Workplaces
Winning Workplaces' goal is to provide small and midsize employers with
proven, practical and affordable people practices. The site provides tools
and articles to help entrepreneurs develop strategies to improve their
workplace practices.
Communications & Human Resources
Advanced Survey
Advanced survey enables online surveys for entrepreneurs that want
to control their survey and information-gathering requirements.
Bizmanualz
Bizmanualz delivers manuals,
training and support services to small firms seeking more effective
management compliance and controls over their key business functions
and processes.
Health Insurance Association of America
The Health Insurance Association of America (HIAA) publishes a guide
on the various types of insurance called The Insurance Guide for
Business Owners.
HR PowerHouse
HR PowerHouse is an online
tool designed to bring relevant, practical information to small
business owners to help them deal with day-to-day human resources
responsibilities.
International Foundation of Employee Benefit
Plans
This organization provides benefits and compensation education.
MyGoalManager.com
MyGoalManager.com's Web site directs you step-by-step through
prioritized goal definition, plan of action formulation, motivation
reminders and guidance reviews.
PAQ Services, Inc.
PAQ offers a free dictionary of occupational titles that includes
information for more than 12,000 job descriptions.
Service Quality Institute
The Service Quality Institute helps
businesses retain customers, build market share and improve the
performance of their workforce.
Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
SHRM provides practical, time-saving resources and tools on HR
topics. SHRM members can access sample forms, policies, mission
statements, job descriptions, RFPs and more than 30 HR toolkits.
State-specific Health Insurance Guides
This site provides consumer guides for getting and keeping health
insurance in each state.
Telephone Doctor
Visit this site for customer service training information to retain
customers and boost revenue.
WebEx Inc.
This site provides multimedia
communication services, including the WebEx Meeting Center—a
Web-based meeting and training tool.
Webconference.com
Webconference.com provides online meetings, web conferencing,
teleconferencing and video conferencing services for business
communications needs.
Government
Department of Homeland Security
The Department of Homeland Security's Web site includes information
to small businesses about potential business opportunities and
keeping employees safe in the event of a terror attack.
FedStats
This site lists statistics from more than 100 government agencies,
useful when conducting market research.
Fedmarket.com
Fedmarket.com is an online community for government buyers and
vendors. It is a top government contracting resource for public and
private organizations.
FirstGov
FirstGov is online
collection of federal, local and tribal governments, information,
services and resources.
IRS Small Business/Self-Employed Web Site
The IRS Web site offers a
broad range of products, services and resources to educate and
assist small business owners and self-employed professionals.
Office of Special Counsel for Immigration
Related Unfair Employment Practices
A wealth of immigration-related employment discrimination
information can be found on this Web site.
The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)
The online CFDA gives access to a database of all federal assistance
programs.
U.S. Census Bureau
The Census offers data on people, business, foreign trade,
geography, reference and media.
U.S. Department of Commerce
Department of Commerce offers
information on foreign markets and international trade. Commerce
also monitors and enforces compliance with U.S. trade laws and
agreements.
U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS)
BLS is an agency for the Federal Government that produces labor
economic data and statistics.
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
This site contains everything you need to know about patents and
trademarks.
U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
The SBA provides
financial, technical and management assistance to help Americans
start, run and grow their businesses.
Legal & Tax
Active Filings
Active Filings provides
incorporation and LLC formation services.
BizMinutes.com
BizMinutes.com offers a way
for business owners to create and store corporate records.
Business Credit Services
This company offers consulting
services in the areas of business credit, incorporating, corporate
compliance, book keeping and business documentation.
Business Filings
Business Filings provides incorporation services to small business
product/service providers.
CompaniesInc.com
CompaniesInc.com helps
entrepreneurs to lower their taxes and protect assets. Incorporate
or form an LLC online in any state online.
The Company Corporation
This site provides clear and useful information about the advantages
of corporations and LLCs as business structures. This site offers
service to form and maintain the legal filings for corporations.
CoolLawyer Inc.
Coollawyer Inc. offers
business & technology legal forms, and a library and resource
center.
Corporate Creations
Corporate Creations prepares and files corporate and trademark
documents with government agencies, corporate kits and document
retrieval services.
CPA Directory
CPA Directory is an online
directory of 450,000 Certified Public Accountants nationwide. The
searchable database helps you locate CPAs by name, location, area of
specialization and industries served.
FileTaxes.com
FileTaxes.com allows
entrepreneurs to file: W-2s, 1099s and 941s to the federal
government electronically. FileTaxes.com mails the necessary copies
to the recipient or employee on the forms and emails you a
confirmation for each filing.
Legalzoom.com
Legalzoom.com offers
online services and a Law Libary of articles about the legal
industry.
Nolo
Nolo offers self-help legal information for small businesses. Browse
their free Small Business Law Center.
Payroll-Taxes.com
Payroll-Taxes.com is a
useful site for conducting payroll research. Users can search the
payroll database to find information on both state and federal
forms, rates, publications, unemployment rates, labor laws, local
taxes and important dates to know for filing forms.
Small Business Lawyers
Find small business lawyers in you area by zip code. Site also
features small business news & legal topics.
Accounts World Directory of Accounting
Professionals
This database contains more than 35,000 tax and accounting
professionals from across the United States.
American Society of Appraisers
Business appraisers can help you determine the value of a business.
Look for a professional business appraiser on this Web site.
Angel Investor News
Angel Investor News
provides entrepreneurs and investors with information about private
investment, technology trends and financing trends.
Business Finance
Businessfinance offers
free business funding resources and has a database of over 4000
sources of business capital.
Business-Idea
The Business-Idea Web site features a networking forum where
entrepreneurs can looks for new business opportunities.
Business Literacy Institute
This organization aims to
advance employees', managers' and leaders' knowledge of business and
financial concepts.
Business Valuation Center
The Business Valuation Center provides business valuation services
to small businesses for planning, mergers and estate settlements.
CPAdirectory.com
This online directory consists of about 450,000 CPAs nationwide.
“Ask a CPA” allows you to chat with a CPA.
eBookForms
This site provides financial
templates and incorporation forms. All forms are printable and can
be downloaded instantly.
Express Merchant Processing Solutions
Express Merchant Processing Solutions offers a comprehensive line of
payment processing solutions for your small business, such as credit
card, debit card and check acceptance.
Funding Roadmap
The Funding Roadmap SBA Loan Accelerator multiple choice business
plan reporting system software, is designed to ensure that the loan
submission package for SBA-backed loans meet lender and SBA criteria
before being submitted. The package is sent electronically to speed
up the funding process and increase the loan approval rate for such
submission.
Garage Technology Ventures
Garage Technology Ventures is a venture capital investment bank for
emerging technology companies. Garage helps entrepreneurs and
investors create, build and fund early-stage technology companies.
Internal Public Library (IPL)
IPL offers a search engine on business and economics sources for
entrepreneurs.
Investor Ready Business Plans
Investor Ready Business Plans helps businesses prepare to raise
money from venture capital and angel investor sources.
Live Capital
Live Capital represents several firms that provide financial
services to small businesses.
National Association of Credit Management
NACM is a trade association for people who deal with credit and
collections.
National Venture Capital Association
NVCA represents America’s venture capital community. This site
contains data on venture capital investments.
Valuation Resources.com
This site provides a free resource for business owners on business
valuation, industry reports, economic data and financial ratios.
LOOKING FOR SOMETHING?
Dictionary.com
-- Dictionary & Thesaurus.
Freeality Internet Search
-- Find ANYTHING!
FedEx Box Locator
-- Find a FedEx Drop off location.
Federal Consumer Information Center
-- Tax $ at work.
Group Health Insurance
-- Review your company benefits.
Individual Health Insurance
-- Get a quote.
Reference Desk
-- The best source for facts on the
Net.
Overture Search Term
-- Tool to research search terms.
Google
-- Over 8 billion pages.
Who Is . . .
Find out who owns that web site.
Zip Codes, Area Codes, Maps
-- Great reference site.
LOCAL AND GEORGIA
Lawrenceville City Profile -- A comprehensive guide
Chamber of Commerce -- Gwinnett County
GCPS System -- Gwinnett County Public Schools
Library -- Gwinnett County Public Library
Bus Service -- Gwinnett Country Transit Authority
GCVB -- Gwinnett Convention & Visitor's Bureau
Gwinnett Coalition -- Community Helpline
Topix.net -- Local news for Lawrenceville area
UGA Gwinnett -- University of Georgia - Gwinnett
Gwinnett Fire & Emergency -- Official site
Lawrenceville Police -- Official site
All About -- the city of Lawrenceville
Gwinnett HS -- Historical Society
Wunderground.com -- Weather for Lawrenceville
Gwinnett Daily Post -- Online local newspaper
Gwinnett Gladiators -- ECHL Hockey team
Gwinnett Civic Center -- Local events & activities
Georgia DHR -- Job Opportunities
New Georgia Encyclopedia -- History Resource
Georgia.gov -- State of Georgia Official Site
StateOfGeorgia.com -- Georgia Information
Georgia Navigator -- Traffic Information
State Parks -- Georgia Parks & Historic Sites
Georgia On My Mind -- Official State Tourism Site
U.S. Census Bureau -- Facts about Lawrenceville
MSN Encarta -- Facts about Georgia
Georgia Government
-- State & Local government links
Georgia Health Insurance Quotes:
GeorgiaHealth.net
ET CETERA
How Stuff Works
-- Look
like a genius to your kids!
This day in History
-- From the History Channel.
What Is?
-- Technology terms help guide.
Online Guidance
-- Real life answers to life challenges.
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