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This subset of the meta site business.com provides extensive links to Small Business categories, including business plans, managing growth, franchising, minority-owned businesses, family-owned businesses, women-owned businesses, etc. The site contains a comprehensive Small Business Resource Directory, including Web site links, entrepreneur resources, small business news, and much more. Downloadable checklists, model business plans, forms, and other documents are available here free of charge. The site contains online resources for entrepreneurs and small business owners, and archives The Entrepreneur's Notebook, a column sponsored by EC2 and published weekly in the Los Angeles Business Journal. There is a “world of resources” including articles and research links here, divided into the broad categories of Starting Your Business, Growing Your Business, and Supporting Entrepreneurship. The Biz Info Center is especially noteworthy. This site tailors its information to family-owned and closely owned companies, covering such topics as sibling rivalry and inter-generational issues. From the California Healthcare Foundation, this site provides "independent, unbiased information" to help "small business owners in California" decide whether to offer health insurance to employees and to choose the best plan for their company and employees. It includes legal considerations, who is eligible for coverage, and a step-by-step planning guide for setting up a business health plan.HowStuffWorks
Business Channel
Part of the award-winning HowStuffWorks destination site, this is an unusual resource for anyone who wants to know how different aspects of business work, from E-commerce to banner ads.
The Edward Lowe Foundation champions the entrepreneurial spirit by encouraging “second-stage” business owners to peer network and take their company to the next level. A second-stage business is past the start-up stage but not yet professionally managed.
This site contains a wide variety of online information for the entrepreneur and small business owner. Practical hands-on, how-to’s, and ideas for operating a small business are gathered here.