Research Guides: Business: Small Businesses & Non-Profits

Web Resources for Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship

SCORE.org

SCORE is a nonprofit association dedicated to helping small businesses get off the ground, grow and achieve their goals through education and mentorship.

Entrepreneur.com

Provides a variety of resources business start-ups such as business ideas, how to start/gow your business, sales and marketing, franchises and more...

Entrepreneurship.org

The Kauffman Foundation created Entrepreneurship.org as an online resource to help entrepreneurs grow great ideas. The site provides innovative educational tools and informative resources covering the latest issues and insights affecting entrepreneurs.

U.S. Small Business Administration

SBA provides assistances primarily through its four programmatic functions:

Access to Capital (Business Financing)
Entrepreneurial Development (Education, Information, Technical Assistance & Training)
Government Contracting (Federal Procurement)
Advocacy (Voice for Small Business)

Private Companies/Small Businesses

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Iinformation about starting, financing, and managing a small business.

Crunchbase
Crunchbase is a freemium service providing research and analysis on startup activity, funding, and investment. Information availability varies by company but this is a good place to find what's going on in the startup world.

Foundation Directories

Foundation Directory Online Professional This link opens in a new window
Database of 80,000 grantmakers and half a million grants.

Non-Profit Organizations

Nonprofit Organizations
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Candid
(formerly Foundation Center and GuideStar) Nonprofit and foundation information, grant opportunities, job listings.