Startups & Small Business

The Business
of Small Business

SBA Office of Advocacy
Small business statistics and reports.

Consumer Information Center: Small Business

FedStats

Frontiers Of Entrepreneurship Research

Business Insider
Offers reports every year on the state of small business.

Kauffman Foundation

SEC: Small Business Information

Startups & VC

The Funded

MoneyTree Report (Price Waterhouse Coopers)
Quarterly study of venture capital investment activity in the United States.

National Venture Capital Association (NVCA)
Performance, exits, disbursements and more.

Silicon Valley Bank Analytics
Research on venture-backed software, hardware, life sciences and cleantech companies.

Patents

Free Patents Online
Provides an easy way to look up patent information and authors.

U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
Think you have a great idea or name for a product? See if someone else did too.

Small Business News

Bloomberg Small Business

CNN Money: Small Business

Startup Wall St. Journal

Small Business Publications

Open Forum by American Express

StartupNation

Entrepreneur Magazine

Fast Company

Inc. Magazine

Small Business Brief

Directories & Specialty

Alltop: Small Business

Business Resource Center
Business news; good selection of business shareware; sample business agreements, market plans, templates; startup information.

EPA: Small Business Gateway

Organizations

Association of Small Business Development Centers
Across the U.S., Small Business Development Centers work with the Small Business Administration, state and local governments, universities, and other organizations to help small businesses.

National Business Incubation Association

SBA: Small Business Administration

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