Related Links

United States Small Business Administration
Advocate for all small businesses by taking leadership in building a productive partnership between the American people and its government

SBA Women's Business Center
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

Startup Journal
The Wall Street Journal Startup website, a good business resource for "start-ups"

GHG Financial Planning
BOI client Gina Hitchens, of GHG Financial Planning, has launched her business Web site. The site is informative and interactive, and provides great calculators to use. Gina also teaches BOI’s workshops on Personal Money Management.

National Women's Business Owners Corp.
The NWBOC (National Women’s Business Owners Corp.) has launched a Web site for all women business owners. This marketplace is being made available to public and private buyers across the country, who are interested in providing bid opportunities to women business owners. We welcome buying entities of any size that looks to do business with women owned companies. You can be both a buyer and a vendor on our marketplace. To qualify, you must own a minimum of 51% of your company and also play a major role in the operation of that company. If this describes you, please go to their Web site, click on "Register your company” towards the top of the page. It will take only 5-10 minutes to get your company registered along with thousands of other women business owners. If you have any question about the site or registration, please call NWBOC customer support at 1-866-526-9266.

IRS American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
Enacted two months ago, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) consists of many provisions to help small businesses and their employees. Some of these include the ability to: spread net operating losses over five years instead of two; deduct certain property as an expense in one year rather than depreciate it over several years; reduce estimated tax payments; state & local taxes can be deducted on certain new vehicles bought in 2009 and more.