Government Resources |
Commerce Business Daily - |
Department of Labor's
Women's Bureau - This program addresses questions of employers investing in family-
friendly policies. |
Employment Law
Guide - This guide covers laws and regulations regarding wages and hours of work,
safety and health standards, pension and benefit plans, federal contracts, and more. Useful for employers and employees in
setting and understanding company polices and practices. |
Minority Business Development
Agency - MBDA, part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, encourages the creation,
growth and expansion of minority-owned businesses in the United States. |
Office of Advocacy -
This SBA office voices the concerns of small business in the federal government and is a source for small business
statistics. |
Office of Small and
Disadvantaged Business Utilization - The Department of Transportation's Bonding
Program offers certified minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises (DBEs) an opportunity to obtain bid,
payment and performance bonds for transportation-related projects. |
Office of Small
Business Programs - Department of Labor - Offers procurement opportunities for small,
disadvantaged and women-owned small businesses, serves as the Department's central referral point for small business
regulatory compliance information and questions and manages the Department's minority colleges and universities
program. |
Office of Women's Business Ownership Entrepreneurial Development - Has information on various marketing, finance, management and technology issues as well as
information on child care and for entrepreneurs with disabilities. |
Office of Women's Business Ownership Entrepreneurial Development - Site provides information on loan packages and getting into the federal procurement and export
markets, loan guaranty programs to help those who cannot get lending through conventional channels finance their
businesses and offers training, advice and counseling. |
Online Listing of Women's Business Centers - Each
center provides assistance and/or training in finance, management, marketing, procurement and the Internet, as well
addressing specialized topics such as home-based businesses, corporate executive downsizing and welfare-to-work. All
provide individual business counseling and access to the SBA's programs and services; a number are also intermediaries for
the SBA's MicroLoan and Loan Prequalification programs. |
Small Business Administration
(SBA) - SBA provides financial, technical and management assistance to help
Americans start, run, and grow their businesses. |
Women-21.gov for Women
Entrepeneurs - A one-stop federal resource for targeted information, registration for
online programs, and networking opportunities to help women entrepreneurs navigate the ever-changing business
world. |
Private Resources |
All-Biz.com Network -
A resource for small businesses and entrepreneurs, it provides topical information, access to experts in all business
disciplines, management tools, promotional programs, business related products and services and Internet related functions
to help business owners and entrepreneurs expand and manage their companies. |
American Business Women's
Association - Brings together businesswomen of diverse occupations and provides
opportunities for networking support. |
Digital-Women - A
place to gather resources, business, sales and marketing tips, home business ideas, and to network with other business
women and women owned businesses. |
Minority Business Entrepreneur
(MBE) - A bimonthly publication for and about minority and women business
owners. |
National Association of
Women Business Owners® - Since 1975, NAWBO has helped women evolve their
businesses by sharing resources and providing a single voice to shape economic and public policy. National Association of
Women Business Owners is the only dues-based national organization representing the interests of all women entrepreneurs
across all industries. |
Small Business Development Center - The SBDC National Information Clearinghouse provides research support to Small Business
Development Centers and has information of interest to the small business planner. Information Pathfinders leads to guides to
rural business, research companies, and a Spanish language guide to searching the Internet. Internet Resources has links in
more than twenty categories, from start-ups and buying/selling a business to e-commerce and employee and tax
information. |
Smartbiz.com -
Addresses women and minority issues and includes information on discrimination, harassment, equal pay opportunities,
organizations and regulations. |