As a woman business owner or CEO, you know the importance of networking and sharing information. NWBC provides a list of the Web sites of organization covering topics relevant to your needs.

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Financing
International Markets
Procurement/Purchasing Certification
Public Policy Advocacy
Magazines & Journals
Research/Statistics
Training/Technical Assistance
Women's Business Organizations: U.S. and International
Other Entrepreneurship Resources

Financing

• Active Capital (formerly ACE-Net) ( www.activecapital.org )
• Count Me In for Women's Economic Independence ( www.count-me-in.org )
• Technology Venture Toolbox ( www.technologyventuretoolbox.com )
• U.S. Small Business Administration Loan Programs ( www.sba.gov/financing )
• Venture Capital Financing ( www.vfinance.com )

International Markets

• Assess Your International Risk ( http://www.assessyourinternationalrisk.org/assessyour/ )
• Export-Import Bank ( www.exim.gov )
• Network of U.S. Export Assistance Centers ( http://www.sba.gov/oit/export/useac.html )
• Overseas Private Investment Corporations ( www.opic.gov )
• U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Information: www.trade.gov

• U.S. Small Business Administration Office of International Trade ( www.sba.gov/oit )

Procurement/Purchasing Certification

• National Women Business Owners Corporation ( www.nwboc.org )
• U.S. Small Business Administration: Contracting and Business Development
  ( http://www.sba.gov/gcbd/ )
• U.S. Small Business Administration: Contract Assistance for Women Business Owners
  ( www.sba.gov/GC/indexprograms-cawbo.html )
• Womenbiz.gov: Gateway for Women-Owned Businesses selling to the federal government
  ( www.womenbiz.gov )
• Women's Business Enterprise National Council ( www.wbenc.org )

Public Policy Advocacy

• National Federation of Independent Business ( www.nfib.org )
• National Small Business Association ( http://www.nsbaonline.org )
• Women Entrepreneurs, Inc., ( www.we-inc.org )
• Women Impacting Public Policy ( www.wipp.org )

Magazines & Journals

• Black Enterprise ( www.blackenterprise.com )
• Black EOE Journal ( www.blackeoejournal.com )
• Corporate Corridors ( www.corporatecorridors.com )
• Enterprising Women ( www.enterprisingwomen.com )
• Executive Female ( www.nafe.com )
• Latina Style ( www.latinastyle.com )
• MBI/Minorities in Business Insider ( www.cdpublications.com )
• MicroEnterprise Journal ( www.microenterprisejournal.com )
• Minorities in Business ( www.mibmagazine.net )
• Minority Business Entrepreneur ( www.mbemag.com )
• New Mexico Woman ( www.nmwoman.com )
• PINK Magazine ( www.pinkmagazine.com )
• Self-Employed America ( www.nase.org )
• Women in Business and Industry (www.wib-i.com)
• Women's Enterprise ( www.womens-enterprise.com )

Research/Statistics

• Center for Women's Business Research ( www.womensbusinessresearch.org )
• Global Entrepreneurship Monitor ( www.gemconsortium.org )
• Institute for Women's Policy Research ( www.iwpr.org )
• International Center for Research on Women ( www.icrw.org )
• Survey of Small Business Finances (http://www.federalreserve.gov/ssbf/)
• U.S. Census Bureau: Preliminary Estimates from the 2002 Survey of Business Owners: Characteristics of Employer Business Owners ( www.census.gov/csd/sbo )
• U.S. Census Bureau: Survey of Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises--1997
  ( www.census.gov/csd/mwb/ )
• U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy ( www.sba.gov/advo )

Training/Technical Assistance

• Association of Women's Business Centers ( www.awbc.biz )
• Business.gov: The official resource to help businesses quickly find compliance information, forms and contacts from multiple U.S. government Web sites (www.business.gov)
• National Business Incubation Association ( www.nbia.org )
• Office of Women's Business Ownership, U.S. Small Business Administration
  ( www.sba.gov/womeninbusiness )
• SCORE ( www.score.org )
• Small Business Development Centers ( www.sba.gov/sbdc )
• Small Business Training Network offered by the SBA (http://www.sba.gov/services/training/index.html)
• Women-21.gov ( www.women-21.gov )

Women's Business Organizations: U.S. and International

Women's Business Organizations: U.S.

• American Association of University Women ( www.aauw.org )
• American Business Women's Association ( www.abwahq.org )
• Asian Women in Business ( www.awib.org )
• Association of Women in International Trade ( www.wiit.org )
• Athena Foundation ( www.athenafoundation.org )
• Business and Professional Women/USA ( www.bpwusa.org )
• Center for Women's Leadership ( www3.babson.edu/cwl )
• Commonwealth Institute ( www.commonwealthinstitute.org )
• Digital Women ( www.digital-women.com )
• eWomenNetwork ( www.ewomennetwork.com )
• National Association of Women Business Owners ( www.nawbo.org )
• National Association of Women MBAs (formerly Graduate Women in Business) (www.mbawomen.org)
• TIP$ (Turning Ideas Into Profits) - A Mid-Life Women's Business Community (www.tipscommunity.com)
• The Committee of 200 ( www.c200.org )
• Women About Biz! (www.womenaboutbiz.com)
• Women’s Leadership Exchange (www.womensleadershipexchange.com)
• Women Impacting Public Policy, Inc. ( www.wipp.org )
• Women Presidents' Organization ( www.womenpresidentsorg.com )
• Women's Business Enterprise National Council ( www.wbenc.org )
• Women's Exchange, Inc. ( www.womens-exchange.com )
• Worldwit.org ( www.worldwit.org )

Women's Business Organizations: International

• AIDDA--Associazione Imprenditrici e Donne Dirigenti d'Azienda ( www.aidda.org )
• Alliance of Business Women International ( www.abwi.org/web/about )
• Association for Women in Development ( www.awid.org )
• Canadian Women's Business Network ( www.cdnbizwomen.com )
• Deutches Grunderinnen Forum ( www.dgfev.de )
• FCEM--Les Femmes Chefs d'Enterprises Mondiales ( www.fcem.org )
• Global Women's Business Network ( www.globewomen.com )
• International Labour Organization--Women's Entrepreneurship Development
  ( www.ilo.org/dyn/empent/empent.portal?p_lang=EN&p_prog=S&p_subprog=WE )
• Organization of Women in International Trade ( www.owit.org )
• Prowess: Promoting Women's Enterprise Support ( www.prowess.org.uk )
• The International Alliance for Women ( www.tiaw.com/ )
• UNIFEM--United Nations Development Fund for Women ( www.unifem.org )
• VDU--Verband Deutscher Unternehmerinnen ( www.vdu.de )

Other Entrepreneurship Resources

• Business.gov, a one-stop legal and regulatory site created to help businesses find, understand and comply with laws and regulations at all levels of government
  ( www.business.gov )
• Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership Clearinghouse on Entrepreneurship Education
  ( http://www.celcee.edu/browse/ )
• Edward Lowe Foundation ( www.edwardlowe.org )
• eVenturing( www.eventuring.org)
• Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation ( www.emkf.org )
• Internal Revenue Service, find tax changes, tax tips, tax forms, frequently asked questions & answers. (http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/index.html) or (www.IRS.gov)
• iVillage Entrepreneur Institute ( www.ivillage.com/work )
• Morino Institute ( www.morino.org )
• National Association for the Self-Employed ( www.nase.org )
• National Dialogue on Entrepreneurship (www.publicforuminstitute.org/nde)
• SBA National Ombudsman, assisting small businesses with excessive or unfair federal regulatory enforcement actions (www.sba.gov/ombudsman )
• Seton Hill University 's National Education Center for Women in Business ( www.e-magnify.com )
• U.S. Small Business Administration's Small Business Friendly Regulation Web site
  ( www.sba.gov/advo/laws/law_modeleg.html )
• WomanOwned.com (www.womanowned.com )