Executive Service Corps
- http://info.hartwick.edu/esc/
- The Executive Service Corps of Otsego and Delaware counties is an association of middle management and senior level executives volunteering their time to consult with small business, government, and not-for-profit organizations.
National Business Incubation Association
- http://www.nbia.org/
- Business incubators help emerging growth companies survive and grow during the start-up period when they are most vulnerable. With approximately 800 members worldwide, NBIA is the largest membership organization of its kind. Membership fee.
National Congress of Inventor Organizations
- http://www.inventionconvention.com/ncio
- Resource for inventors and entrepreneurs. Inventor Online magazine, free consultations, patent search online, links to patent office and other government resources, free how-to information on how to keep proper records, important warning information about invention scams.
Small Business News
- http://www.sbn-online.com
- Provides smaller growing businesses strategies, the latest trends, and solutions to help make them become even more successful
The Jerome Levy Economics Institute
- http://www.levy.org/
- Bard College's nonpartisan, independently funded research organization devoted to public service vis a vis economics. Scholarship and economic forecasting yield useful ideas, directions and information for small businesses.
The Small Business 2000 Index
- http://www.sb2000.com
- Over 100,000 small business have registered on this site; all specific information remains confidential but the indexed results by industry are public.
UK Business Incubation (UKBI)
- http://www.ukbi.co.uk
- The UK Business Incubation (UKBI) web site contains details of all UK incubation projects, sources of finance for incubators, best practice guidelines, news and events, and is generally a forum for the exchange of information to help potential and existing UK incubators, and small businesses generally.
United States Chamber of Commerce
- http://www.uschamber.com/
- A business federation representing companies, business associations, state and local chambers in the U.S., and American Chambers of Commerce abroad. Daily news updates, the issues, and chamber webcasts.