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There are 3 purposes for this guide. First we want to offer our fantastic franchisees as many resources as possible to aid them in achieving the best success possible. Most of our franchisees work out of their homes as our products are stored in commercial cold storages. And while owning a successful home based business is a dream come true for many of our franchisees, it still presents many unique challenges. We hope this guide will offer them many practical tools as well as inspirational associations. Second, we believe in small business and the spirit of entrepreneurship. We want to offer a guide to help entrepreneurs world-wide regardless of whether or not they are in our business. We also offer links that would be helpful for disabled entrepreneurs. As you may already realize, we donate a portion of all sales to the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis and we hope that these links may make it easier for disabled people to be business owners. And finally, we are always looking to expand our Fruitfull® family. Perhaps if you are interested in owning your own business, you may consider ours. It is a fun, flexible business that can be either part time or full time. Click here for more information about a Fruitfull® franchise. And if you want to check out testimonials from some of our franchisees, click here. Enjoy our guide and if you know of any other great online resources or tools please e-mail us so that we can consider your suggestions as well. |
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Running a business keeps you running. Need information fast? This search engine claims to be "the world's fastest all-in-one meta search engine." You will notice the difference in speed. Able-Phone (adaptive telephones) ABLE-PHONE "develops and manufactures telephones designed to be used by persons with little or no use of their arms and hands such as quadriplegics. All ABLE-PHONE products can be operated without the need to manipulate any type of switch."Adaptive Computer Empowerment Services A.C.E.S. is a San Diego based organization with a mission "to recycle computer hardware and software for donation to persons with disabilities, with special interest in facilitating Internet access and communication." This site also offers a great list of resources for disabled people. This excellent site bunches services together that sell to small business in various categories like Start a Business, Sales & Marketing, Technology, etc. There are three categories on this site, Learn (for content), Solve (for services sold) and Save (for discounts.) Virtually every page of the site has useful links. There are more than 300 downloadable business forms, from simple legal forms to sexual harassment policy forms. It also includes an Ask the Expert section. This non-profit organization is for those who run a business from their homes. This site promises to teach visitors how to:
American Express offers lots of small business help at its site. Features even include workshops on areas of interest such as how you can create a business plan to guide your business through the start-up or growth phase, a search for capital, or any other endeavor your small business undertakes. Other great subjects include hiring, firing and managing staff; home-based business insurance; and buying/selling a business. When using their card, they offer discounts through their Everyday Savings program which is "designed to help your business save money on products and services it needs most." This company offers insurance for small to medium companies. Looking for a company that can provide a broad array of telecommunications solutions such as voice mail? This site offers "to help small-, medium- and large-sized businesses serve customers better, control costs, and improve productivity." They also have a special section for home-based businesses. Put that Caller ID to work. You found a phone number, but you don't know who it belongs to. This site will tell you. Or maybe you can't remember the e-mail address of your friend. Enter their name and find out. Extremely handy tools. You will use it often. Very handy tool. Technology aids for
the disabled as well as low vision products are available. "The one stop
shop on the web for assistive technology and special needs products. We offer the latest
in assistive devices, ergonomic adjustable furniture and communications products. TTY,
TDD, Motorized tables, hands free devices and special computer products." "The same AT&T
cable that brings great programming to your home now delivers complete Internet solutions for small businesses. You'll experience
lightning-fast speeds with a connection that's always on. With unique, Small business services include ISDN and voice services. Entrepreneur Magazine presents the rankings of the most small-business friendly banks as rated by the SBA (Small Business Administration). Both microlenders and large banks are included. Also check out the tips for finding a small-business-friendly-bank and the "raising money" archives. The BBB site offers ways to check a company, or charity and ways to complain about companies or new cars. You can also apply for membership for your new company. Biz Buyer acts as an EBay for business services. Small businesses can browse and request quotes for the services offered. They can also act as a seller and for a percentage fee, post their services for sale on the site. Ideas, tips & motivation for entrepreneurs on this award winning site. This site targets primarily executive working mothers. It includes advice on "the child care dilemma," career, travel, and money. It is produced by women "who share in your challenges and opportunities." What a fantastic site and useful resource that is "committed to growing its services and resources aimed at making the Internet a better and more valuable network for Blind and Sighted users alike." This site offers a free transcribing service that lets you send Braille messages - in any of 19 languages - through the mail to anywhere in the world with no postal charges! The full version is now available free online. In addition, it's search engine will direct you to the best websites on any subject. "Don't leave the beehive office complex for a self-imposed hamster cage at home. Take a few minutes and learn these 10 tips in the six-minute ten-tip survival guide." Pick the brains of other business owners at IdeaCafe’s Cyber-Schmooz message forums. These chat rooms focus on everything
from business ideas, marketing, and home-based businesses to Gen-X
entrepreneurs, e-commerce, money talk and more. Looking for discount office equipment? This site offers search and comparison tools for most small business needs including benefits and insurance as well as furniture and computers. News line offers articles on the latest business news of interest such as protection from the latest computer viruses. Loan Calculators and others. Chase Business Resource Center Small business services include lease financing, website building, and trading services. "Lease financing may be an attractive option when you purchase new equipment for your business. You can apply, get instant payment quotes, receive credit decisions in under 5 minutes" online. Insurance for home office is available. Dictionary and Thesaurus - Collegiate Version by Merriam Webster Quick definitions and spellings as well as Word of the Day and Word Games available from industry leader. Over 1000 dictionaries in over 200 languages. If you don't have time to learn how to do something yourself and would prefer to pay someone else to do it for a reasonable fee, this site is for you. Perform a number of administrative tasks such a recruiting employees or hiring their service to write a press release for you ($149.) Commercial credit reports and other business and financial services are offered by this industry leader. This website offers some of the very best resources for small business owners (or wannabes) on the web. Features include starting a business, being a Work-At-Home-Mom, obtaining financing, home zoning issues, current news important to small business, alternatives to hiring full time employees, how to prepare a business plan, start-up insurance resources, and the home-based mind set. If you only check a few sites, try this one. Resources for work-at-home parents focusing on balancing work and family under one roof. "Whether you're presently working outside the home, are raising your children full-time, or already are an Entrepreneurial Parent, you have just found the information, encouragement, professional assistance and strong Entrepreneurial Parent community you've been looking for."This wonderful content-only site comes from the reputed nonprofit Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership. It is organized into three main sections: Starting your business, Growing your business and Supporting Entrepreneurship. Each topic has links to articles culled from commercial and academic sites, with a one sentence summary of each. Also includes a well-edited list of links to 30 additional sites that are helpful to entrepreneurs and a glossary of 700 business terms. Additionally, it features an entrepreneur search engine and bookstore. Rent office space by the hour or longer for those special meetings that can't take place at home or in their office. Do you ever have those problems with your e-mail or computer that you just can't quite figure out? Try Expert City. According to USA Today, "The experts of Expertcity carry technical pedigrees and usually employ live text chat in lieu of phone calls. You type in a question on the home page and click on Submit. Postings cover supergeeky themes -- Cisco router configurations or C++ programming -- and issues the rest of us can relate to, such as ''I need help with my Web page.'' Expertcity says about 30% of the questions concern hardware, 13% relate to the Internet or e-mail, and 11% pertain to operating systems. All the experts who are online at the moment see your query; those who think they can help have two minutes to bid on the job by indicating how long it might take to solve your problem and what they will charge. The fee is entirely up to the expert, though $5 to $15 is typical. Expertcity nabs a $2 administrative charge and leaves 85% of the rest to the experts. The company handles all billing. If the expert fails to deliver to your satisfaction, you do not have to pay. You see the name and picture of the experts who have bid, the number of people they've already assisted and a one-to-five-star rating by customers. You can pull up an expert's résumé and read comments left by other users." This Division Of Marketing Practices of the Federal Government offers a website loaded with valuable information including: Consumer Guide to Buying a Franchise, Lotions and Potions: The Bottom Line About Multilevel Marketing Plans, ID-Theft, Scams, Schemes and Flop-portunities. Get that cart to work and sell those bars! Here "you'll discover the latest details on more than 1,500 music festivals in North America. Click to your favorite genre, or use the search feature to locate festivals by date, location, performers or festival name. " Find Articles is a vast archive of published articles that you can search for free. Constantly updated, it contains articles dating back to 1998 from more than 300 magazines and journals. You will find articles on a range of topics, including business, health, society, entertainment, sports and more. "Unlike other online collections, each of the hundreds of thousands of articles can be read in its entirety and printed at no cost." Home office insurance isn't nearly as exciting as the "hole-in-one" insurance offered here or the "hole-in-one" calculator. Every entrepreneur has to leave on business trips occasionally. Get real-time information about delays in flight departures and arrivals around the country through the Air Traffic Control System Command Center. Click on a easy map to find your airport. News and editorials on one of our favorite industries. Food safety, tradeshow information, menus and recipes and more. Tackles all food service-related issues, and features an enormous array of topics broken down into “Restaurant Biz Talk,” “Chef & Cooks Corner,” “TechTalk” and “Onsite.” This useful site from Forbes magazine gives you access to the entire text of the magazine plus breaking news and features. You can search all of Forbes databases including the wealthiest people and the 200 best small companies. Punch in a ticker symbol and you get a handy tear sheet with charts and quotes. Additionally they feature reviews on over 1000 business sites. The financial glossary contains definitions to thousands of financial terms. Forbes' technical analysis glossary defines more than 100 concepts used to study markets. "Resources, tools and information for the franchise community" that is also a great starting place for a wannabe. Thinking of hiring a computer consultant or terminating an employee, check here first. Customizable daily news feeds on franchising and industry trends. For example, recent articles included, "Smoothies-A Guilt Free, Good-for-you Treat." Maria Garcia is the professional who promises "You're about to discover hundreds of tips and ideas to help you organize your home, your office and your life!" This site offers great advise and free stuff. Granville Publications Software
(cash-flow software) "Until now there has never been a software program to help accountants, consultants, entrepreneurs and contractors create financial plans and cash flow projections so quickly and easily. UP YOUR CASH FLOW 2000 is a powerful tool that enables you to anticipate cash needs, avoid crunches, increase profitability and most importantly, plan for a successful future. It's available in three versions: Entrepreneur, Professional and Contractor." Home office insurance for various businesses is offered here. This is your online health insurance source where you will find a range of products from nationally known carriers at a price "you can afford."This site primarily promotes their speaking and consulting services, but their is some useful information here mixed in with the hype. "Home-Based Working MomsTM is a professional association and an online community of parents who work at home and those who would like to. HBWM provides its members with support, networking, information, a monthly (print) newsletter, email discussion list, panel of experts, member's showcase, publicity opportunities, membership directory & more!" Home Office Association of America "The Home Office Association of America is a five year old national organization dedicated to serving home-based and small business professionals. We offer a package of member benefits including the best newsletter available to home business professionals, group savings on health insurance and many other benefits normally available only to large corporations." Shareware for marketing
programs, idea exchange, Find products and solutions for people with disabilities with talking Web browser for the visually impaired; e-commerce and more. Recommended by
one of our super franchisees, this site is a wonderful source for small business.
This site brags that it is "A Fun Approach to Serious Business" with hearty
advice on how to start, finance and run a small business. Cyberschmooz Forums give virtual
peer feedback on business ideas and questions. Free advice from experts, plus
stress-busting fun diversions. This site does an excellent job of providing information
particularly suited to entrepreneurs. "The Journal quoted Idea Cafe CEO
Francie Ward regarding why Idea Cafe has been so successful in creating its bond with
small business. "So many companies trying to reach small business don't have a
clue," Ms. Ward says. "That's our language. We know what kinds of problems
(small business owners) are dealing with." Open The Fridge (after they finish
"defrosting" it) for quick references for small businesses! A FUN SITE. Inc. offers tons of information for new and existing entrepreneurs. Access over 100 free tools to download. Subscribe to a free newsletter. Or, put take advantage of a free "BizCard listing in the inc.com Biz-to-Biz Directory, YOUR personal online business card." CEO Norm Brodsky is a veteran entrepreneur whose six businesses include a three-time Inc. 500 company. In December 1995 he began sharing his street-smart advice in a regular Inc. column co-authored with Inc. editor at large Bo Burlingham. These enjoyable articles are wonderful for anyone who owns, or would like to own their own successful business. This work database has over 60,000 jobs listed. "The Independent Homeworkers Alliance (IHA) is dedicated to serving people who work or want to work from or at home. The IHA has over 27,000 members who are self-employed, skilled and unskilled, full and part-time professionals, telecommuters, along with those who have already established a work at home office." This site boasts "instant quotes from more than 300 leading insurance companies." A streamlined approach to get down to business. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Starting a business, keeping records and paying taxes, it's all here. The very popular QuickBooks, as well as small business information and interesting calculators. Self help law site "without all the legalese." Includes free information on personal, consumer and business law. Check out the Legal Encyclopedia, Legal Research Center and the Law Dictionary. And if that doesn't work, you can always Ask Auntie Nolo. This under-construction website is being built to offer facial muscle-activities and computer controls. This is one of the most comprehensive sites available for finding out
all kinds of things. In fact, Forbes selected it as
the "Best Reference Site on the Web." The site "was
designed to break through the information overload of the Web to bring the best library
and reference sites together with insightful editorial in one user-friendly spot." Lissa is a teenager and she has an award winning site. Her site explains to kids and beginners, how to build and maintain a website. Her site has been featured on CNN Science and Technology and Headline News. If you don't know where to begin, this is a wonderful place. Looking for help in human resources, hiring and firing? Check this site. Also contains useful information for starting a business like a new business checklist. Tools include a balance sheet template and writing a business plan and a customer satisfaction form. Driving directions, Live traffic reports, business travel information and city guides are all here. Master Clock and Time Zone Conversions The Department of the Navy serves as the country's official timekeeper, with the Master Clock facility at the Washington Naval Observatory. Information on GPS and Loran as well. Microsoft (Web site for the disabled) Special products and services for people with impairments including: vision, hearing, mobility, and cognitive/language. Information is provided to start, manage and market your business. The Minority Business Development AgencyThe MBDA is part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, specifically created to encourage the creation, growth and expansion of minority-owned businesses in the United States. This is a FREE service of the Minority Business Development Agency. Mother’s Home Business Network "Mothers' Home Business Network is the first and largest national organization providing ideas, inspiration and support for mothers who choose to work at home. We have been helping mothers become homeworking mothers since 1984." National Association for the Self-Employed NASE offers benefits including business, personal and health as well as advocacy efforts designed to help small business in Congress. According to their site: "Specifically, the aim of the association is to help the self-employed successfully meet the challenges of managing and growing their businesses by:
National Association of Home Based Business The site of this fifteen year old organization, NAHBB trade association, is huge! "The NAHBB is a private organization established to provide support and development services to home based entrepreneurs. It provides these services through business developers, consultants, business and support associates and computer workstations. The NAHBB helps businesses in their early stages of growth when they are the most susceptible to failure. The Association encourages new entrepreneurs to take a hard look at their business ventures before investing a lot of time and money. In the year 2000, there will be more than 55 million people working from home. Of that group, about a third [16.5 -18.5 million] are estimated to be home-based businesses. The US Commerce Department reported in 1998 that more than one half of US small businesses are home based. Home managed businesses are the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. economy, with an annual growth rate of 10%." National Association of Women Business Owners The NAWBO invites you to "Explore our Visitor Site to see a sampling of what NAWBO can offer you. Access information enabling you to better understand the current state of the economy, trends in your industry, advances in technology, and legislation affecting your business. Participate in a community of women business owners like yourself - looking for balance in a very busy life. And receive a variety of materials which are chosen specially to address your issues and interests." National Federation of Independent Business If you are an owner of a small or independent business, looking to
take action on the issues that affect your business be it on a local or federal level or
are seeking services created with your needs in mind, then you should check out this site.
Keep abreast of congressional developments as the NFIB endorses a new round of
targeted campaigns that "advocate pro-small business platforms." User-friendly click-down menus allow quick access to newspapers worldwide in several languages."10,000 newspapers on the net." Great to check out especially before travelling. Besides ordering office supplies on-line, Office Depot offers a
wealth of information for small business. Their small office handbook offers
information on starting and running a small business and offers sample business
plans. Their Office Toolkit Ready-to-use
business tools to help you get the job done faster and easier, including: Order office supplies on-line or track orders. Need an office
outside of your home for an hour? Office Suites Plus operates a network of
executive suite business centers, providing high quality office and conference room
facilities with advanced technology and support services to corporations, individual
professionals and others seeking an affordable and flexible alternative to traditional
office space. Furnished private offices and equipped conference rooms are available
by the hour, day, week, month or year. Ever wonder how old you are in dog years, or what your blood-alcohol content is? These are just a few of the calculators included in the "fun stuff" section. Serious calculators and conversions are seemingly endless here. Power, cooking, area, time and timezones, volume, length, temperature, numbers, density and finance are just a few of the subjects included. Online Women’s Business Center Presented by the SBA, this site offers everything a small business owner needs, even money. This fantastic site is a must see. The "Marketing Mall," is a stop for training and information on a wide variety of marketing, public relations and advertising topics. Need to know how to develop a marketing plan? Want some inexpensive promotional ideas or are you interested in marketing and selling on the Internet? "You've come to the right place for answers to these questions and many more." The "Finance Center" has training and information to assist you whether you are a new business setting up your records and bank accounts or an established business preparing a loan request or financing plan. It covers subjects like "My business is growing, but I never have any money in the bank." The "Management Institute" offers top home-based business trends and time management. "One of the most critical elements of entrepreneurial success is learning how to manage yourself and others effectively. Whether you need to improve your own time management or need practical customer service advice, we have something here for you." The "Technology Center" offers a glossary of Internet terms and information about setting up a successful website. The "Procurement Place" is designed to teach women business owners how to get government business. "Government procurement is big business -- nearly $200 billion is spent annually for products and services. Currently, only 2% of those contracts are awarded to women-owned businesses! In the "Procurement Place" you'll find the tools you need to compete and succeed in the federal marketplace." Finally, this site offers motivational women's success stories, business plan making, and an entrepreneurial test along with endless database resources. Don't miss this site, (even if you are a guy.) They swear that their services and products cost less than you can find elsewhere on the net. Lower rates include services such as paging and long distance, accounting, debt collection, web page hosting, and domain name registrations. Vendors list for free but onvia gets a cut on any business it generates. This site also sells computers and other products at significant discounts. Start your business, fund your business, organize your office, manage your employees, or even download spreadsheets for your small business at this site. Weekly columns and interviews of great interest. Don't skip this one! This site sells for highly recommended business plan software. However, they also offer 30 business plan examples so that you can get a taste for the product. Additionally, they have cash planning and marketing plan software. Do you need a good digital photo editing tool? Google has made Picasa free! It is a photo editing software that originally sold for $29 and claims to be as good as the $100 software from Adobe and Microsoft. Picasa is software that helps you instantly find, edit and share all the pictures on your PC. Every time you open Picasa, it automatically locates all your pictures (even ones you forgot you had) and sorts them into visual albums organized by date with folder names you know. You can drag and drop to arrange your albums and make labels to create new groups. Picasa makes sure your pictures are always organized. Picasa also makes advanced editing simple by putting one-click fixes and powerful effects at your fingertips. And Picasa makes it a snap to share your pictures – you can email, print at home, make gift CDs, instantly share. It allows you to get rid of red eyes and shrink file sizes for emailing. To get it, click here or visit www.picasa.com.
Speech-activated photocopying, meter reset on-line, personal post and internet stamps are just some of the products offered. Name your price and save on gas, groceries, diapers and more! And franchisees, don't forget about rental cars and airline tickets to our convention! This site offers discount office equipment. This discount office equipment, discount computer/technology site offers a great twist. They promise unbiased price comparisons that other shopping guides do not. "At PriceSCAN we believe that consumers should have access to unbiased reporting on products and prices. It seems obvious to us that if a price guide restricts its listings to those vendors who have paid to be included, then its database more accurately reflects the source of its revenue, not necessarily the best products at the lowest prices. At PriceSCAN we accept no money from any vendors for listing their products and prices. Our revenue is derived from two sources: advertising and the sale of our pricing information." Don't you just hate it when you find that phone number that you dutifully wrote down while not bothering to write down whom it belongs to or for what? As long as it is a listed number, that won't be a problem anymore. Click here to identify the name and address of the number, even a map to take you there. Just be sure to try both the business and personal categories if you aren't sure. This site features the Entrepreneurs! Tour of America, a nationally syndicated radio show and internet webcasyt. The show host and fellow entrepreneur, Richard Tavener, is dedicated to helping existing entrepreneurs and helping those who long to be. "This is an entrepreneur-to-entrepreneur website. No journalists here. No authors hawking yet another book. This site only features the voices of real entrepreneurs, real stories".. and even the live (now archived) story of H&H's own President, Linda Kamm. Don't miss it! The August 2000 issue of PC World Magazine lists this search engine as one of the top five lesser known search engine sites. It claims to be the engine for the "most useful searches." Are you looking to find a nutrient database, lottery results, sports schedules, currency converters, flight schedules, calorie calculators, an acronym finder, tech encyclopedias, an e-mail address finder, a comparison for shipping rates, family and ancestors, companies by address, celebrities or auctions? That is just the tip of the ice-berg for this well organized, easy to use site. "Selling Power magazine is written in language that sales managers and top sales professionals can understand. Selling Power magazine delivers solutions to sales managers that enable them to train, educate and motivate their team faster, better and inexpensively. Selling Power editors connect with the leading minds in the sales industry. The insights, strategies and techniques offered by these experts have spurred our 200,000-plus subscribers to greater sales success." This website that is based on the magazine offers much of the same material and is well worth checking out. Remember, even if you are a dentist, banker or mom, you are always selling (or trying to!)Service Corps of Retired Executives
(SCORE) This is another fantastic website resource in association with the SBA. This site offers practical "how to" information to help your run your business. You can also get free and confidential business advice from SCORE with "Get Email Counseling." You can "Find SCORE" in your community to find the location and even a map of the location of your nearest SCORE office. The SCORE Association (Service Corps of Retired Executives) is a nonprofit association
comprised of 12,400 volunteer business counselors throughout the U.S. and its territories.
There are 389 SCORE chapters in urban, suburban and rural communities. SCORE members are
trained to serve as counselors advisors and mentors to aspiring entrepreneurs and business
owners. These services are offered at no fee, as a community service. SCORE was formed in
1964 and nearly 4 million Americans have utilized SCORE services. Use their Chapter
Locator to find help in your area. Take their small business quiz: "If you are fed up with working for someone else, you have likely considered becoming your own boss and controlling your career's destiny. Take this short quiz to find out here if you have what it takes." Additionally each year, SCORE chapters nationwide provide more than 5,900 local workshops and seminars for modest fees. Small business topics include Developing a Business Plan, Financial Management Techniques, Starting Your Home-based Business and Taking Your Business Global. Small & Home Based Business Links The SHBBL site has links to Small and home-based business resources. They also offer a complete library of small business articles on subjects like: How to write a business plan; financial management for a growing business; insurance for home-based businesses and health insurance for small business, patents-what you should know; and questions-30 most asked small biz. Additionally they offer over 500 business forms and letters that you can use. Small Business Administration (SBA) If you only check one, check this mega site. All subjects are covered regarding businesses including: starting, financing, and expanding. Apply for a loan or build a business plan with the SBA's on-line assistance. Or check out the SBA's franchise registry that Happy & Healthy Products, Inc. is proud to be a part of. Small Business Development Centers The U.S Small Business Administration (SBA) administers the Small Business Development Center Program to provide management assistance to current and prospective small business owners. SBDCs offer one-stop assistance to small businesses by providing a wide variety of information and guidance in central and easily accessible branch locations. This site guides you to their centers (at least one in each State) as well as offering tips on starting, financing and financing your business. Small Business Forum covers a broad range of categories, such as new business ideas, franchising, business law, insurance and web management, just to name a few. In addition, the site dedicates an entire section to small business. The Small Business Community Forums site is dedicated to all things related to small business, including taxes, employees, import/export tips, legal matters, advertising and much more. It also conducts regular polls and provides statistics on its community members. SOHO says, "Congratulations! You've decided to take the chance—or at least you’re thinking about it. You are pursuing the "great American dream," the one where you join the more than 43 million people working from home, setting their own hours, being the boss, building a work environment to fit their lives. SOHO America exists to provide you with a virtual community where you can interact with other small-office/home-office professionals—people like you—who are facing the day-to-day challenges, the risks and rewards, of running a SOHO business. With your participation, we will build an interactive community—a global small town—where our citizens can exchange ideas and network with their peers." "The place on-line to learn how to network, promote and learn how to make your small business more successful." Special sections for work-at-home-moms, entrepreneurs and daily motivational pages. Access to this site is free, as are downloadable business forms and some services including human resources, finance and business-planning applications. The more sophisticated software applications, like marketing and business plan generators cost up to $25 per use. Okay, you want to learn how to design a webpage, or maybe you just want to figure out the best way to get out of a traffic ticket, here's the place to start. This site bills itself as "the place to learn all of the things that you never learned in school." There are tons of categories and subjects like, "How to cure a hangover," "Are you a good candidate for laser eye surgery?", "How to Write a Business Plan" and "How to register a trademark." Sprint (long-distance carrier) Home office products for communications needs. Order office supplies on-line and a whole lot more. Check out the business services section where you can talk to experts and peers like Organizational Experts, Money Managers, Business Lawyers and Sales and Marketing. Additionally their Tips, Tools and Templates is also free. "Looking for help in formulating a business plan? Launching a marketing campaign? Presenting your company to investors? Then you’ve come to the right place. Our library of tools, hints and worksheets covers a spectrum of small business issues, including marketing, personnel management, financing, customer service, growth strategies and more. Stop back in often-we’re adding more tools all the time." On May 19, 2003 the South Florida Sun-Sentinel published an excellent guide to starting and growing a business. Author Marcia Heroux does an excellent job of presenting both the up and down sides. Highly recommended especially for Florida wannabe entrepreneurs. This company is a provider of check acceptance, electronic payments and collection services. "We help more than 210,000 retail, financial institution, grocery and other industry clients reduce risk, increase profitability, and streamline operations." A complete guide to time zones, calendars and more. Very handy for the international entrepreneur. Their small business center is designed for entrepreneurs and features interactive advise and quotes. The U.S. Business Advisor exists to provide business with one-stop access to federal government information, services and transactions. Over 60 different federal organizations exist to assist or regulate business. With this many sources of information, finding what you want can be complicated and time-consuming. This site was designed in connection with the SBA to provide a one-stop electronic link to all the information and services government provides for the business community. U.S. Postal Service (small business help) Order stamps on-line or use their zip code section. Small Business Solution Center offers products like wireless messaging center and ISDN. "Enter the NewVentures Competition and you could be one of 10 winners of a $10,000 business grant." There are more than two dozen online applications here that make your life easier that won't cost you a dime! Services include all types of personal and business information management Web Applications or "apps." The free mobile desktop can be accessed from any computer and includes a calendar, contact manager, address book, spreadsheet, word processor, photo albums, task reminders and a stock watcher. You can also access voice mail, fax services, instant messaging, and virtual conferencing. The beautiful thing, besides the price, is that you don't have to install these items from a CD. Search for people, websites, zip codes, area codes, or toll-free numbers.
Work at Home
Community Teri Lonier's website is designed for all people working from their home, whether they own their own business or not. There are excellent articles and links as well as good advise on starting a business from home. Working Woman Magazine has debuted a site worthy of attention for anyone (male or female) in business or wanting to start a business. This is an excellent site that we highly recommend. Power tools include Sales and Marketing Tools to save on direct marketing, boost your company's visibility and to grow your business; Human Resources to attract and retain talent, advertise job openings and to find a new job; and Start-up Kit Tools to write a business plan and incorporate online. Their Work/Life Balance section offers interesting articles and insights. Don't miss this site. World-Wide Holiday and Festival Guide Looking for a place to take a Fruitfull® cart this weekend? Or maybe you are just looking forward to a day off. Click here. Find people or businesses. Do you owe a small business and dread doing your taxes? This service promises to save you money over what your CPA figured your taxes are and also offers unlimited tax audit protection. They have payroll services and quarterly filing services. Go ahead and check out this valuable resource starting with the testimonials. The computer people also offer a site with many resources for small businesses. Ask their live experts technical questions and they respond! E-business tips like how to hire college interns for great summer help and legal tips as well. Finally, they offer computer courses on-line. When you are in a hurry, try this. Insurance for the home office.
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Model business documents and financial spreadsheet templates
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