Recommended Web Sites

Business

Advancing Women http://www.advancingwomen.com

Provides career strategy, tools, resources, products, and services to support women's career, business and leadership goals, and work-life balance issues.

Business.gov (http://www.business.gov/topic/

This is the official business link to the U.S. government, with much business law information.

California Small Business Assistance Center http://www.taxes.ca.gov/Small_Business_Assistance_Center/index.shtml

Links and information about starting, running and closing your small business from the state of California.

Internal Revenue Service http://www.irs.gov/individuals/index.html

Tax information for individuals.

Hoovers http://www.hoovers.com/free/

This website contains company, industry, and business leader information.

MethvenLaw http://www.methvenlaw.com/

Business law links and resources.

Minority Business Development Agency http://www.mbda.gov/

Website of the Minority Business Development Agency (run by the U.S. Department of Commerce) designed to foster the establishment and growth of minority-owned businesses. Offers information and tips on financing, contracts and certification, business development, etc.

Office of Women's Business Ownership Entrepreneurial Development http://www.sba.gov/aboutsba/sbaprograms/onlinewbc/index.html

Website run by the U.S. Small Business Administration. Promotes the growth of women-owned businesses through programs that offer business training and technical assistance. Provides access to credit and capital, federal contracts, and international trade opportunities.

Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/

The source for small business statistics from the U.S. Small Business Administration.

ThomasNet http://www.thomasnet.com/

This is a comprehensive resource for industrial information.

U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml

This website has company filings to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.