UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN River Falls
Wisconsin Small Business Development Center: http://www.wisconsinsbdc.org/
Small Business Administration: http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov/
Wisconsin Small Business Administration: http://www.sba.gov/about-offices-content/2/3158
Adobe Acrobat reader: http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html
Business plan websites: http://www.bplans.com; http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov/starting/businessplan.html; http://www.bizplanit.com; http://www.toolkit.com/tools/index.aspx
Business taxes, health and safety, human resources, business development and more: http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/dwd/default_business.htm
Business Start-ups to read past articles: http://www.entrepreneur.com/magazine/startups/index.html
Climatology Office for Wis: http://www.aos.wisc.edu/~sco/
Contracting opportunities: http://www.hud.gov/osdbu/osdbu.html
Employer Handbook, from the Unemployment Insurance Division at: http://www.dwd.state.wi.us/ui
Environmental Protection Agency — Regulations, pollution prevention, business initiatives: http://www.epa.gov/epahome/business.htm
Family Business http://www.fambiz.com - links to University family business web sites
Federal government: http://fedstats.gov/
Federal government statistics: http://www.fedworld.gov
Federal Trade Commission for Franchise and Business Opportunity Rule as well as other FTC information: http://www.ftc.gov
Financing:
Franchises:
Global List, World's Chambers of Commerce and Industry: http://chamberdirectory.worldchambers.com/
Government Contracting: http://www.sba.gov/category/navigation-structure/contracting; http://www.sba.gov/advocacy/7540
Government Printing Office: http://www.access.gpo.gov/
Home pages of State of Wisconsin agencies: http://wi.gov/state/core/agency_index.html
Inc. Online Newsletter: http://www.inc.com
Independent Business Assn. of Wisconsin: http://www.ibaw.com/
IRS site: http://www.irs.gov/businesses/index.html
IRS Web site, The Digital Daily: www.irs.gov
Legal Questions and Answers: http://lawguru.com/; http://www.nolo.com; http://www.findlaw.com
Natural Resources-Wisconsin Department-permits, fish, wildlife information: http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/
Small Business Advancement National Center: http://www.sbaer.uca.edu
Smart Business Supersite: http://www.smartbiz.com
Switchboard, addresses of businesses, yellow pages: http://switchboard.com/
Tax Information, form and publications: http://www.dor.state.wi.us/; http://www.taxes.state.mn.us; http://www.quicken.com/taxes; http://www.smbiz.com
Trade-International: http://www.ita.doc.gov
Travel Spots in Wisconsin: http://www.wistravel.com/
US Bureau of Labor Statisics: www.bls.gov
US Business Advisor, Federal Government for Business, venture, innovation, OSHA, W-2 import/export, international business, finance: http://www.business.gov/
US Census Bureau County Business Patterns, including information on employment, payroll, and number of establishments categorized by Standard Industrial Code: http://www.census.gov/econ/cbp/
US Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census: http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/tiger.html
US Postal Service: http://www.usps.com
US telephone numbers: http://www.555-1212.com/
University of Wisconsin-Extension: http://www.uwex.edu
Volunteers from the Senior Corps of Retired Executives help mentor start-up businesses nationwide: http://www.score.org
Web marketing, site design: http://webmarketingtoday.com/category/design/
Wisconsin Blue Book: http://legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/bb/11bb/
Wisconsin Economic Development Resource Network: http://www.weda.org