Advising Services (free)

• Service Corps of Retired Executives http://www.score.org
• Oregon Small Business Development Centers http://www.bizcenter.org/counseling.html

Business Resources

• Business 2.0 Web Guide http://www.business2.com/b2/webguide
• CCH Business Owners’ Toolkit http://www.toolkit.cch.com

Start-up Guides

• UMSL SBDC: Evaluate Your Business Idea http://www.umsl.edu/~smallbus/evaluate.htm
• SBA Start-up Basics http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/index.html
• SBA Oregon Start-up Guide http://www.sba.gov/or/orstartup.html
• Starting an Online Business http://www.businesstown.com/internet/

Business Plans

• Small Business Plan Guide http://www.smallbusinessplanguide.com
• SBA Business Plan Road Map to Success http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html
• SBA & Palo Alto Sample Business Plans http://www.bplans.com/samples/sba.cfm
• SBDCNET Sample Business Plans http://sbdcnet.utsa.edu/SBIC/bplans.htm

Financing Options

• Cascades West Financial Services http://www.cascadeswest.com/
• SBA Loan Programs http://www.sba.gov/financing/index.html
• OECDD Financial Programs http://www.econ.state.or.us/financeb.htm
• Cascadia http://www.cascadiafund.org/

Linn & Benton Counties

• LBCC Training/Business Development Center http://www.linnbenton.edu/tbdc
• Albany-Millersburg Economic Development http://www.albany-millersburg.com
• Corvallis-Benton County EDP http://www.corvallisedp.com
• Benton County http://www.co.benton.or.us/
• Linn County http://www.co.linn.or.us/
• Business Enterprise Center http://www.thebec.com
• Albany Chamber of Commerce http://www.albanychamber.com
• Corvallis Chamber of Commerce http://www.corvallischamber.com
• Lebanon Chamber of Commerce http://www.lebanon-chamber.org/
• Philomath Chamber of Commerce http://www.philomathchamber.org
• Sweet Home Chamber of Commerce http://www.sweethomechamber.org
• Brownsville Chamber of Commerce http://brownsvilleoregon.org/history.shtml

Oregon

• Oregon Business Guide http://www.filinginoregon.com/obg/index/htm
• Corporation Division http://www.filinginoregon.com
• SBA OR Regulations & Your Business http://www.sba.gov/or/orregulations.html
• Dept. of Consumer & Business Services http://egov.oregon.gov/DCBS/
• Oregon Dept. of Revenue http://www.dor.state.or.us/default.html
• OR Economic & Community Development http://www.econ.state.or.us
• Oregon Construction Contractors Board http://www.ccb.state.or.us/
• Oregon Employment Department http://www.emp.state.or.us/
• Oregon OSHA http://www.orosha.org/
• Oregon Department of Revenue http://www.dor.state.or.us

U.S. Government

• US Business Advisor http://www.business.gov
• US Small Business Administration http://www.sba.gov
• Small Business Information Center http://sbdcnet.utsa.edu
• BusinessLaw – Laws & Regulations http://www.businesslaw.gov
• US Patents & Trademarks http://www.uspto.gov
• US Copyright Office http://www.copyright.gov/
• US Internal Revenue Service http://www.irs.gov
• Federal Trade Commission http://www.ftc.gov
• Securities and Exchange Commission http://www.sec.gov