SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FREE COURSES

     The SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (SBA) offers many free online courses for those starting a small business or marketing a small business. They also offer courses in e-commerce and international trade, plus federal tax training.

http://www.sba.gov/services/training/onlinecourses/index.html

“KILLER RESOURCES” FOR ENTREPRENEURS

     I loved the quote by Howard Aiken: “Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats."

http://www.workhappy.net/

     RUNNING YOUR BUSINESS ON MOSTLY FREE APPS:

http://foundread.com/2007/11/05/
8-steps-to-running-your-business-on-mostly-free-apps/

     MORE THAN 600 HAND SELECTED BUSINESS RESOURCES:

http://www.caycon.com/resources.php

     100 FINANCIAL CALCULATORS:

http://www.businesscreditcards.com/bootstrapper/
calculate-this-100-financial-calculators-every-entrepreneur-needs/

STARTUP VENTURE TOOLBOX

     “The goal of the Toolbox is to provide entrepreneurs with the tools and assistance necessary to help achieve their desired goals as well as to provide a forum for the exploration of entrepreneurial ideas and issues.”

http://www.startupventuretoolbox.com/

     50 THINGS YOU NEED TO DO to start a business (or sell one):

http://www.boomj.com/?page=financial-planning/articles/bus-hr/01

ADVICE FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES

     Find here the wealth of advice the NEW YORK TIMES has for small businesses. (You’ll get an ad first; they are not stupid.)

http://www.nytimes.com/pages/business/smallbusiness/index.html

     “SHIFTING CAREERS,” is a blog by the Times’ MARCI ALBOHER:

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/
a/marci_alboher/index.html

PROBLEM SOLVING TECHNIQUES

     MIND TOOLS gives you techniques to solve complex business problems:

http://www.mindtools.com/pages/main/newMN_TMC.htm

WIKI WEB PAGES BUSINESSES CAN USE

     It's all at PBWIKI.COM. The PB stands for Peanut Butter, meaning that you can make your own web page as easily as you make a peanut butter sandwich. When I first visited this site, it seemed to me it was just a little casual site where ordinary people did peanutty things. This time I pay a visit and find out it’s collaborating with more than 20,000 businesses. Either my memory’s lousy, or someone’s gotten busy.

http://pbwiki.com/

NATIONAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY SEARCH

     You can download the personal version of ARGALI for free. The program allows you to search for people and businesses all over the U.S. (Sorry, it doesn’t have other countries, though other countries no doubt have similar things.) ARGALI is also a reverse directory, in which you insert the phone number and they give you the street address. And, as they point out, their directory search program is great if you’re traveling and want to find a good motel or restaurant at your destination. To understand more about the program, click on “Take a Tour” at the top of the opening page.

http://www.argali.com/