Small Business Administration - Tips for starting and financing your small business and links to local SBA offices.

http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov/

Online Women's Business Center - A wide variety of articles and resources related to launching businesses. Sponsored by the Small Business Administration

http://www.onlinewbc.org/

Minority Business Development Agency - Online resources and links to local Minority Business Development Centers.

http://www.mbda.gov/

Small Business Development Center National Information Clearinghouse - Provides information on finding demographic data and industry research as well as overviews of international trade and a variety of topics of interest to entrepreneurs.

http://sbdcnet.utsa.edu/

National Business Incubation Association - Web site of the trade association for business incubators.

http://www.nbia.org/

Using the Internet to Find Statistics - Comprehensive guides to statistical resources on the Web, provided by the Chicago area's Suburban Library System.

http://www.sls.lib.il.us/reference/workshop/statnet.html

Young Entrepreneur's Organization - A global non-profit educational organization for young entrepreneurs.

http://www.yeo.org/

Social Venture Network - A non-profit network that promotes new models and leaderships for socially and environmentally sustainable businesses in the 21st century.

http://www.svn.org/

Entrepreneur Funding Resources (Start-up)

BusinessFinance.com: America's Business Funding Directory - Provides links to a variety of capital sources, including commercial finance, government loans and venture capital.

http://www.businessfinance.com/

Small Business Information: Financing Your Business - Articles and resource links to help you understand all aspects of capital financing for your small business.

http://sbinformation.about.com/smallbusiness/sbinformation/cs/financingyourbiz/index.htm

Accel Partners: Research on Venture Capital - Includes resources for entrepreneurs and a master list of links to private equity sources.

http://www.accel.com/entrepreneurs/index.html

National Venture Capital Association - Web site for the venture capital trade association. Provides an overview of the venture capital industry and the latest statistics on investment activities.

http://www.nvca.org/

Small Business Innovation Research Program - Information about government grants available to entrepreneurs for the purpose of technological innovations that are of interest to Federal Government agencies.

http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov/sbir/sbir.html

Garage.com - A venture capital investment bank that provides funding services for high tech start-ups. Business plans can be submitted online for funding consideration.

http://www.garage.com/