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Business Resources

Southern Arizona Supply Chain Development: Provides Tucson info on increasing your company's name recognition with potential new customers, improving your ability to secure more business and enhancing your bottom line.
Bestjobsintucson.com: Tucson Arizona's best place to post your resume, post a job, search for jobs and candidates... all in the Tucson area!
Tucsonhasit.com: Find out what Tucson has to offer in the way of more than three dozen economic development programs to help your business.
Tucson-Pima Public Library Small Business Information Center The Small Business Information Center Web page provides links to recommended Internet links. This site is specifically designed to meet the needs of Tucson businesses. The easy to use subject arrangement highlights over 40 business categories with links to more than 150 Internet sites specializing in business information. This site is constantly updated to help you keep pace with the latest offerings on the World Wide Web.
Small Business Resource Guide: Phone numbers and contact information for service organizations in Tucson, Arizona.
Inside Tucson Business: Weekly business information (a must read) for Tucson, Arizona.
Small Biz.com: Provides connections to services, products and information in Tucson, Arizona.
Microsoft Small Business Site: Microsoft recently re-designed the section of their website for Small Business. There's a section called "Smallbiz Reader Success Stories." They say every two weeks they'll publish new stories submitted by Small Businesses about their businesses. This URL should take you right to their story pages. It also includes a mail link direct to their SmallBiz Editor.
The Business Owner's Toolkit: A useful online resource for people running home-based businesses. The Business Tools section of the site offers sample documents you can use to help develop contracts, employee evaluations, customer service evaluation forms, and much more. You'll also find spreadsheet templates to help you track your finances and even checklists to help you manage complex tasks, such as developing a franchise agreement. Other sections offer news articles and advice columns; plus, you can access an online sourcebook for small businesses.
Smart Business Supersite: The Smart Business Supersite gives you the resources and tools to help you be successful in your business or career. Instead of wasting a lot of time searching the net for scattered resources, here's one central place that has a large collection of "how-to" information. Whether you need a book on managing employees, a couple of articles on finding venture capital, or a software program to handle your accounting, it's all there on SBS.
Trade Show Search Database on Smart Business Supersite: Lists over 30,000 trade show events world-wide.
SBA's Women's Business Ownership: The site targets current and potential women busines owners throughout the federal government and private sector. The office provides a network of training, counseling and mentoring services to help women start and/or expand businesses. It offers information about national and local resources to meet constituent needs.
Family Business Supersite: They bill themselves as the Internet's Only Family Business Search Engine. Their newest offering lets you search both their server as well as the rest of the Web for the information you need to run your family business and plan for the future.
SCOR-NET site info for raising capital for small business: Links to companies that have gone or are going public utilizing the uniform Small Corporate Offering Registration (SCOR) Form U-7, Regulation A, SB-2 or other methods. In addition, you can reach service providers and other information providers who are knowledgeable about the processes and structures of raising capital for small businesses.
Let's Talk Business Network-RealAudio program about entrepreneurship: Let's Talk Business is a nationally syndicated radio talk show focused on the issues of small business, entrepreneurship and franchising. Currently heard in 70 markets in the U.S., Let's Talk Business has been on the air since September of 1994. You can hear the show live on Audionet from anywhere in the world!
John R. Jagoe's Resource Guide for Exporters: Listings and descriptions of the top export-related Internet resources.
Money Magazine: A great source of information on a variety of financial matters.
CNNFN Financial Network: A great source of financial news.
Franchise Handbook Online: A great source for franchise information, franchise opportunities, latest franchise industry news, articles on franchising, consulting and development services, list of worldwide franchise Associations, and a directory of Business Opportunities.
Information for Small Business, Legal, Medical and Technical Professions: Provides secrets for small businesses and entrepreneurs, finance secrets for financial professionals with intelligence that will give them the edge over their competition, legal professionals with the information edge they are looking for, medical or dental professionals with up-to-the-minute news and information that affects them...and their patients, and technology professionals with online education sites, technical support listings, tech stock links, and hundreds of tech news sources.
Arizona Central-Small Business Book: What you need to know about business in Arizona-Great Info!
BizProWeb's Business & Professional Web SitesThis is a directory of links to web sites that can help you to plan, set-up, operate and maintain your business. Here you'll find liide ess.Sess Administration, S.C.O.R.E, Business Books, Publishers and Magazines, Marketing Resources, Trade Show Listings, Financial Software, Shipping Vendors, Employment Policy Guidelines, and more.
Entrepreneur Magazine -- The Online Small Business Authority: Get the tools you need to plan, run, and grow your small business. Find archived articles from Entrepreneur, Business Start-Ups and more in their Small Business Library search tool.
SBAA: A great site for finding accountants across the nation.
WinStruct, Inc.: A videotape based training company founded by 2 former Microsoft Windows Product Managers. They have trained over 100,000 people world-wide on Windows.
The Business Start Page: The place business people start their business day.
American Marketing Association: A great site from the American Marketing Association, full of advice for small businesses. Check them out.
BizWeb: Their slogan is, "We scour the Web so you don't have to." An excellent list of companies with a Web presence, updated frequently.
MouseTracks: MouseTracks presents and offers commentary on some of the marketing and shopping mall activities and resources on the Internet.
Business Resource Center: Formerly "The Small Business Help Center," this site from Khera Communications, a marketing firm, contains real practical advice on marketing, PR and other vital business topics.
CommerceNet: This is a consortium of businesses doing commerce on the Internet. Some excellent resources for entrepreneurs can be found here.
Dun & Bradstreet: They're promoting their company, but they've got a lot of practical advice on starting a business, writing a business plan, etc.
Gil Gordon Associates: This real estate firm in New Jersey has built an excellent site geared toward telecommuters.
Insurance News Network: If you've got an insurance question, chances are they've got the answer.
Internet Business Connection: A virtual mall catering to small business
Nonprofit Organizations on the Internet: Just what it says -- where to find associations or charities.
Idealist - a project of the Contact Center Network: Idealist is a fully interactive clearinghouse that enables any nonprofit or community organization to enter and update detailed information about its services, volunteer opportunities, internships, job openings, upcoming events, and any material or publication is has produced.
Internet Nonprofit Center: A repository for publications and data about nonprofit organizations and the nonprofit sector, generally by sources other than nonprofits themselves.
Philanthropy Journal: A nonprofit newspaper for the nonprofit sector.
SEC EDGAR Database: Investing? Get the lowdown on the latest SEC filings.
SRI International: Stanford Research, one of the country's premier research firms, lets you discover your VALS (Values and Lifestyles) Type, and learn a lot about market research.
Xerox Small Office/Home Office Home Page: All the latest on Xerox products for the home office, and business resources, services and news.
Yahoo Small Business Information: The Yahoo directory, small business division.
Your Home Office Resource Site on the World Wide Web: "SoHo" is an acronym which stands for Small Office/HomeOffice, and SOHO Central is the official World Wide Web address of the Home Office Association of America (HOAA), the national and local organization for full-time home-based professionals, telecommuters, and the millions who use a home office so they can spend more time with their families. Working at home represents one of the fastest-growing business trends of the 90s.

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Government Resources

Senate Committee on Small Business: The site explains the issues facing small businesses today and what the U. S. Senate Committee is doing to promote the efficiency and productivity of the small business community. It addresses all relevant legislation currently being considered. It also should be a helpful source for information on upcoming hearings and other official activities of the Committee.
Government of Canada/British Columbia Business Resources: Not for Canadians only! Check out the Small Business Workshop. Lots of great info and advice.
1990 Census Lookup: Demographics is a powerful marketing tool. This interactive online search of census data can get you the information you need quickly -- and free.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA): Floods, tornadoes, earthquakes--they don't just happen to other people. Learn how to prepare, and how to get government help if disaster strikes.
Treasury Department: Provides access to various agencies (IRS, US Customs, Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms, etc.)
Internal Revenue Service Newsletter: This newsletter is updated daily and is a good source of information on proposed regulations, forms, business tax info and news releases.
Internal Revenue Service - Tax Forms and Publications: Downloadable tax forms.
Government: Congressional Legislation in Progress. White House. Small Business Administration. State Department Travel Warnings. Internal Revenue Service. Department of Education.
Minority Business Development Agency: Part of the Department of Commerce, the MBDA is designed to help the growth of minority-owned businesses in the U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office: Everything you need to know about trademarks and service marks, with links to the Copyright Office as well. Also, an invaluable resource for inventors.
Social Security Administration: Lots of information on regulations and benefits.
THOMAS: The legislative database of the Library of Congress.
The USA CityLink Project: A collection of home pages constructed by cities across the country. Some are more useful than others, but most provide a good starting point for research.
U.S. Postal Service: More information than you ever wanted on the Post Office, but you'll get good use out of the online zip code lookup.

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Continuing Education Resources

The Globewide Network Academy: A non-profit consortium of educational institutions. Participants offer course in all disciplines, all around the country. Professional educators are also invite d to submit course proposals.
Mind Extension University (ME/U): A pioneer in learn-at-home, ME/U offers accredited degree programs via cable, videotape and online.

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Legal Resources

The Seamless Website: Built by lawyers, for lawyers, but of interest to anyone with legal questions.
Legal Information Institute: From Cornell University Law School, an outstanding site.

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Employment Resources

Net-Temps: Net-Temps is an employment portal targeted specifically to the contract and temporary employment markets. Net-Temps boasts a cross posting distribution of over 500 Internet search engines, portals, directories, on-line services and newsgroups as classified employment ads. These include Excite, Yahoo, Alta Vista, and Lycos.
HeadHunter.net: One of the premier Internet community sites for job seekers, employers and recruiters. You can search for jobs or résumés, or post jobs or résumés for free! Listings on HeadHunter.NET represent the original content of their users. The database is constantly cleaned: jobs are never over 45 days old, and résumés are never over 90 days old.
Dice High Tech Jobs Online: Search through thousands of high tech jobs by keyword, job type, state, and area code. Use their Job Tools: Let DICE do the work for you. Job seeker sends you the jobs you want. Resume Online stores your resume on the web. Announce your availability: Enter your skills profile and be ready for calls! What's Hot at DICE: Information on the conventions, conferences, and changes to this site.
JobEngine: Now Ziff-Davis and I-Search, the leading provider of Internet recruitment databases, have set up a high tech job search Web site on ZDNet called jobEngine. Post your resume online. Powerful, proprietary software will scan and mine it for key information and ask you a few questions. Within moments, employers worldwide looking to fill a position you fit are able to spot you.
CareerPath: A collaboration between six major newspapers, CareerPath lets you search over 20,000 employment ads.
National Business Employment Weekly: Job leads and job search help.
CareerMosaic: A wide-ranging career resource center.

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Telecommunications Resources

For home businesses, your phone can be your most important tool. These links can keep you apprised of all the services available from your phone providers.

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Publishing Resources

Advertising Age: Not just articles from the magazine -- also many marketing-related resources.
Electronic Newsstand: From Hearst Corporation, just what it says. Browse articles, and sunscribe online.
Home Business Review: A monthly publication for home-based workers.
Home Office Computing: Anchored by editorial from the leading publications for technology-reliant small businesses -- Home Office Computing and Small Business Computing www.smalloffice.com brings you "how-to" and technology advice on a broad range of business issues.
Mobile Office Magazine: If you do business via cellular phone, pager or laptop PC, check out this site for product updates and info.
Pathfinder: Time Inc.'s popular website, with articles from Time, SI, Fortune and Money.
TechWeb: CMP Publishing, publishers of NetGuide, Interactive Age and Windows Magazine, offer product reviews and Internet information.
ZD net: Ziff-Davis publishes PC Magazine, Computer Life, and many other titles. A wide selection of articles is available online.
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Miscellaneous Local Tucson & Arizona Sites

ALIS Online - Arizona Legislative Information System which enables public access and awareness of the legislative process in Arizona.
Arizona Daily Star - Online version of Tucson's highest circulation daily newspaper.
Arizona Guide - Official site of the Arizona Office of Tourism containing a wide-range of information about accomodations, attractions, events, weather and much more.
Austin City Connection - Very comprehensive site providing indepth information about business, city services, education, government, health, leadership, libraries, public safety and much more.
Book Mark, The - The largest "Independent" book store in the Southwest with over 200,000 new books.
Briefing by Charter Media Inc. - Site providing a wide range of good financial information for individual investors.
C/net - Excellent source of daily news about online information technology and related topics.
E-mail - Local directory of several hundred email addresses for southern Arizona....new entries & changes to existing entries should be submitted via email to admin@itucson.com.
Greater Tucson Economic Council - Serves as the primary economic development organization in greater Tucson with responsibility for the recruitment and/or relocation of new businesses.
Hotwired - Electronic counterpart of popular Wired hardcopy magazine offering coverage on subjects not found elsewhere.
Internet Air Fares - Good service for finding least expensive air fares, making reservations & requesting tickets to 40 cities in US & Canada on 10 airlines.
Internet/WWW Expo - Provides the Tucson business community with periodic updates on new Internet products and services.
KUAT TV/Radio - Educational boradcast and production resource of the U of A consisting of KUAT-TV, Classical KUAT-FM, KUAT-AM/KUAZ-FM and video services.
KUAT TV/Radio - Educational boradcast and production resource of the U of A consisting of KUAT-TV, Classical KUAT-FM, KUAT-AM/KUAZ-FM and video services.
KVOA TV 4 - Station providing news, weather, sports and entertainment programming for NBC.
Metacrawler - National search engine of other search engines (Alta Vista, Galaxy, Infoseek, Lycos, Open Text, Webcrawler & Yahoo) offered as a service from the University of Washington.
New York Times on the Web - First-class electronic implementation of one of the world's finest newspapers.
Online Tucson - Site contains just about everything you ever wanted to know about Tucson.
Pima Community College - Fifth largest community college in nation offering more than 2000 active & pilot courses in more than 200 different programs.
Pima County - Information and communication with Board of Supervisors, Justice Courts, Development Services, Sheriff's Department, and County Assessor.
State of Arizona - Official home page for the State of Arizona.
Top 10 Web Sites in Tucson, AZ - US Web Sites listing of the "Top 10" Web sites for City of Tucson...the 25th most wired community in America.
TUCOWS - Site containing a wide-selection of free software for facilitating access to the Internet by Windows users.
Tucson Computer Society - Organization of 900 business people, executives, entrepreneurs and home users who are interested in sharing ideas and information about PCs.
Tucson Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce - Largest Chamber of Commerce in Arizona providing a wide-range of useful information about the business scene in Tucson, Arizona.
U.S. House and Senate Bills - Information on current and historical activities of Congress, U.S. Government Internet resources and special documents.
University of Arizona - Nationally recognized institution of higher learning with more than 35,000 students and top 20 research university.
US Web Sites - National directory of the "Top 10" Web sites in the "Top 100" most wired cities in America...great place to see the favorite sites of other communities, including Tucson.
USA Today - Electronic implementation of the fine hardcopy daily newspaper.
Welcome Tucson - Site contains a wide-range of information about Tucson as a community.
White House, The - News and information on the President, VP, White House and Federal government services.