[programs & services] (direct
resource referral service) (links
to resources)
Starting a Business & Small Business Development
Kansas
First Stop Clearinghouse: The First Stop Clearinghouse is
an information resource provided by the Kansas Department of Commerce.
Find a program overview on this page and click on the “Documents
and Forms” link to obtain a variety of documnets, including Steps
to Success: A Resource Guide to Starting a Business in Kansas.
Kansas Small
Business Development Centers: Links to regional
SBDC offices in Kansas provided by the Fort Hays State University
SBDC. Your SBDC offers free one-on-one
counseling services related to feasibility and management and
low-cost business seminars and workshops.
Small Business Administration
(SBA): Extensive resources on
starting, financing and managing a business. See the Library
section for more specific topics and extensive
links.
Small Business Development
Centers (SBDC): A section of SBA,
the Small Business Development Centers focus on small business
startup and development needs.
Small
and Home-Based Business Virtual Library: The University
of Maine-Extension has gathered Extension publications related
to small business management from Land Grant Universities
across the nation and organized them by topic.
SBAonline’s Women’s Small
Business Center
The Office of Women’s Business Ownership promotes the growth
of women-owned businesses through programs that address business
training and technical assistance, and provide access to credit
and capital, federal contracts, and international trade opportunities.
In the Networking section, users can send confidential questions
to SBA women’s business center experts via email and also find
links to women’s business organizations.
University
of Nebraska’s Small Business Program
This link goes
to a page full of small business information web links. Scroll
down past the Nebraska-specific links to the
more general small business links.
Small Business Series, Ohio State University - Extension
A series
of community development fact sheets from Ohio State University,
related to entrepreneurship, home-based business,
and micro enterprises. Topics include business plans, taxes,
financing, human resource management and others.
Home-based Businesses
The University of Missouri has a series
of fact-sheet type articles for Home-based and Hometown businesses.
