AEO (Association for Enterprise Opportunity)
1601 N. Kent Street, Suite 1101
Arlington, VA 22209
voice (703) 841-7760
FAX (703) 841-7748
aeo@assoceo.org
http://microenterpriseworks.org

AEO supports the development of strong and effective U.S. microenterprise programs to assist underserved entrepreneurs in starting, stabilizing, and expanding businesses.

Association of Women’s Business Centers (AWBC)
http://www.awbc.biz

The Association of Women’s Business Centers (AWBC) is a national nonprofit representing women’s business centers and women business owners. Founded in 1998, the AWBC supports entrepreneurial development among women as a way to achieve economic self-sufficiency, create wealth and participate in economic development through education, training, mentoring, business development and financing opportunities.

BUZGate
http://www.buzgate.org

BUZGate helps individuals to start, grow and succeed in business by connecting them to free and low-cost resources in areas such as business planning, funding, marketing, technology, one-on-one counseling expertise, and much more.

CAP Services Virtual Business Incubator
http://virtualincubate.com

This site is very easy to use and very helpful for startup and existing small businesses.

CircleLending
http://www.circlelending.com

69 Hickory Drive
Waltham, MA 02451
Phone: 781.419.7701
Toll free: 1.800.805.CIRCLE
info@circlelending.com 

CircleLending is a specialty loan administration company based in Waltham, Massachusetts that manages private “person to person” loans and mortgages. The company is widely regarded as a pioneer in the financial services industry for designing products and services that serve the private loan market in the U.S.

CircleLending provides everything customers need to formalize and repay private loans. CircleLending launched its first product, a variation of today’s Handshake PlusTM offering, in September 2001. Since then, CircleLending’s loan volume has been growing at over 25% per quarter, comprised of loans as small as $500 and as large as $500,000. The company’s loan volume surpassed $100 million in early 2006.

DED Business Tool Kit
State of Nebraska Department of Economic Development
Existing Business Assistance Division
P.O. Box 94666 - 301 Centennial Mall South
Lincoln, NE 68509-4666 USA
voice (402)471-3111
voice (800) 426-6505
FAX (402) 471-4374
swilliams@neded.org
http://assist.neded.org/

The Department of Economic Development's (DED) Business Tool Kit represents a comprehensive listing of resource and technical information websites for businesses.

Economic Data Sources
http://www.econdata.net/content_tenbest.html

This site lists a top ten websites for obtaining economic data.

Grow Nebraska Marketing Program
PO Box 7
Holbrook NE 68948
voice 888/476-9632
FAX 308/493-5396
angela@growneb.com
http://www.growneb.com

The Grow Nebraska mission is to expand Nebraska's arts and crafts industry, create an economically viable and sustainable environment for arts and crafts entrepreneurs, and to generate public awareness through promotion, marketing, and education.

IRS Small Business/Self-employed
http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/display/0,,i1=2&i2=23&genericId=20005,00.html

The Internal Revenue Service is an excellent one-stop website for small business.

IRS Tax Center, http://www.irs.gov 

The Internal Revenue Service Tax Center has extensive information for businesses, including these sections:
     Overview
     Getting Started
     IRS Forms and Publications
     Electronic Filing
     Employees
     Talk With The IRS
     Learning Center
     Resources
     Abusive Tax Schemes
     Resources for Specific Communities

National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)
53 Century Blvd., Suite 250
Nashville, TN 37221
voice (800) 634-2669
http://www.nfib.com/page/home

NFIB is the largest advocacy organization representing small and independent businesses in Washington, D.C., and all 50 state capitals. NFIB's purpose is to impact public policy at the state and federal level and be a key business resource for small and independent business in America.

NBDC (Nebraska Business Development Center)
voice (402) 595-2381
fax (402) 595-2385
http://www.nbdc.unomaha.edu/About/contactus.cfm
http://nbdc.unomaha.edu/home.cfm
http://nbdc.unomaha.edu/About/publications.cfm - Link to Keys to Successful Start-Up Publication

Through 25 years of service to the business community in Nebraska and to higher education in Nebraska, the Nebraska Business Development Center has amassed thousands of small victories that together mean a better economy and a better life for all Nebraskans. Beginning with a focus on small businesses through the U.S. Small Business Administration's Small Business Development Center program and expanding through technology training, the Manufacturing Extension Partnership, the Procurement Technical Assistance Program, the Pollution Prevention Regional Information Center, Business Training, and other programs, NBDC has touched businesses and communities throughout Nebraska. It has assisted businesses through economic distress and expansion and has enhanced the skills of thousands of people working in those businesses.

Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (NDEQ)
1200 "N" Street, Suite 400
PO Pox 98922
Lincoln, Nebraska 68509
(402) 471-2186 FAX (402) 471-2909
tom.franklin@ndeq.state.ne.us
http://www.deq.state.ne.us/

The Small Business Assistance Program (SBAP) was established as a result of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. The program was initiated to assist small businesses subject to air quality regulations, but has been expanded assist any business, large or small, address concerns regarding any of the department's programs.

The SBAP's goal is to ensure that businesses throughout Nebraska understand and comply with their obligations under DEQ regulations. Public Assistance Coordinator - Tom Franklin can be contacted at (402) 471-8697 or tom.franklin@ndeq.state.ne.us.

Nebraska EDGE (Enhancing, Developing and Growing Entrepreneurs)
http://nebraskaedge.unl.edu/index.htm

The Nebraska EDGE  is the umbrella organization for rural entrepreneurial training programs hosted by local communities, organizations, and associations. Since 1993, the Nebraska Edge has assisted more than 1,250 individuals, entrepreneurs, small business owners and their partners start and improve their businesses. Over 50 training courses have been held from Scottsbluff to Omaha, and in many communities in between.

NEON (Nebraska Enterprise Opportunity Network)
P.O. Box 6605
Lincoln NE 68506-0605
voice (402) 420-9589
FAX (402) 420-5125
wleonard@alltel.net
http://neon.neded.org

NEON's mission is to create and support local, small business opportunities for individuals and communities with limited access to economic resources.

Nebraska Microenterprise Partnership Fund
PO Box 99
Walthill, NE 68067
voice (402) 846-5757
FAX (402) 846-5219
nmpf@nebbiz.org
http://www.nebbiz.org

Recognizing a need to support programs that serve Nebraska’s small and micro businesses, it is the mission of the Nebraska Microenterprise Partnership Fund to mobilize, allocate, leverage and link strategic local, state and national resources with community-based organizations that provide financial and technical assistance to Nebraska’s businesses. The Nebraska Microenterprise Partnership Fund envisions a Nebraska where every small and micro business owner has the opportunity and resources to realize his or her potential as a business owner.

SBA Online Women's Business Center
Office of Women's Business Ownership
Small Business Administration
409 Third Street SW, Fourth Floor
Washington, DC 20416
voice (202) 205-6673
owbo@sba.gov
http://www.onlinewbc.gov/
http://www.sba.gov/womeninbusiness/
http://www.sba.gov/womeninbusiness/wbcs.html#ne

The SBA's 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.

SBA Nebraska District Office
11145 Mill Valley Rd
Omaha NE 68154
voice (402)221-4691
FAX (402)221-3680
http://www.sba.gov/ne/

The U.S. Small Business Administration, established in 1953, provides financial, technical and management assistance to help Americans start, run, and grow their businesses. With a portfolio of business loans, loan guarantees and disaster loans worth more than $45 billion, in addition to a venture capital portfolio of $13 billion, SBA is the nation's largest single financial backer of small businesses. Last year, the SBA offered management and technical assistance to more than one million small business owners. The SBA also plays a major role in the government's disaster relief efforts by making low-interest recovery loans to both homeowners and businesses.

America's 25 million small businesses employ more than 50 percent of the private work force, generate more than half of the nation's gross domestic product, and are the principal source of new jobs in the U.S. economy.

SBA (Small Business Administration)
409 3rd St. S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20416
Metro: Federal Center SW
voice 800-U-ASK-SBA
http://www.sba.gov/
http://www.sba.gov/services/index.html
http://www.sba.gov/services/training/index.html

Willitfly.com
www.willitfly.com

Willitfly.com's mission is to make it easier to avoid the failure that frequently accompanies new undertakings.

With expert prep modules designed to speed up knowledge transfer and support users at their time of need, Willitfly.com provides a quick way to find out if you are ready to perform according to best practices for important business tasks.

The Will-it-Fly?R DKTS technology is consistently rated by users as easier to use and more useful than other knowledge transfer tools -- making life easier for enterprising minds everywhere.

Small Business Directories

AEO (Association for Enterprise Opportunity) "Buy Me"
http://microenterpriseworks.org/projects/buyme/directory.htm

Contains links to small business directories and programs across the country

Nebraska Department of Economic Development (NDED)
http://assist.neded.org/products.html

NDED maintains a small business directory.

The Veterans Business Directory
http://www.vetfriends.com/biz1

A nationwide directory of Veteran services, products and Veteran owned companies.

UNL Cooperative Extension Publications
UNL Institute of Agricultural and Natural Resources
http://www.ianr.unl.edu/pubs/consumered/index.htm#smbus

The 'NebFacts' series on small business, from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln/IANR

http://connecting.unl.edu

conNEcting Nebraska technology training is one component of the Center for Applied Rural Innovation (CARI) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

The conNEcting Nebraska Technology Team is responsible for three major components to enhance the knowledge of a community to move it the Information Technology era. REAP cooperates with the Connecting Nebraska team to conduct eCommerce trainings.