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Square Green ButtonSites for starting and running a small business

The U.S. Small Business Administration website is a wellspring of "programs and services to help you start, grow and succeed."

SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives) is a national, nonprofit organization that provides free and confidential business advice. SCORE has a national network of over 10,000 volunteer working and retired executives who offer free guidance on the Web, at workshops and at their offices across the country.

Work.com is a service for entrepreneurs with "more than 2,000 How-to Guides written by business experts and organized around a Taskonomy® of common business tasks such as finding employees, money and finance, business technology or start-up issues."

Kaufman eVenturing has information related to starting and running a company,
which includes templates, original articles, written by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs, as well as a compilation of "the best of the best" related content on the Web.

About.com's small business information site is chockablock full with a wide range of small business how-to's.

StartupNation offers small business advice through podcast, newscasts and articles. It also has a forum and blog for information sharing between its members (membership is free).

Bplans offers free sample business plans, government forms, templates to help examine financial issues, industry reports, advice and other planning tools. It is owned and operated by Palo Alto Software, so their products are also for sal on the site.

Business Owner's Toolkit™ provides "free cost-cutting tips, step-by-step checklists, real-life case studies, startup advice, and business templates to small business owners and entrepreneurs. The site also offers a monthly newsletter, up-to-date news topics, and Ask Alice!, a column that closely follows industry trends and provides advice to inquiring site visitors."

The Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN) is a University of Michigan based organization that creates demographic media, such as user guides, web sites, and hands-on classroom computer materials that make U.S. census data accessible U.S. Census Bureau demographic information is broken down into useful and manageable segments.

Another source of free statistical information online is FedStats, a site that provides a range of information produced by the Federal government.

The Library of Congress has compiled The Entrepreneur's Guide to Small Business Information, a listing of books by category about establishing and running a business.
Square Green ButtonSites about Color

An easily manipulated color wheel to pick web-smart colors.

View color schemes and create your own at ColorSchemer.

Color, Vision & Art, an interactive exhibit about:Light, color and vision; Luminance and equiluminance;Color interaction; and Simultaneous contrast Peripheral vision.
The Color Association of the United States contains valuable information about color trends. More information is available on the web stie through membership and in their shop.

Square Green ButtonSites about Body Language

Wikihow has introductory articles on a wide variety of subjects. See their articles about body language and looking approachable.

The Center for Nonverbal Studies (CNS) is a private, nonprofit research center dedicated to the study of human communication in all its forms apart from language. It is the home of the Nonverbal Dictionary of Gestures, Signs & Body Language Cues “From Adam's-Apple-Jump to Zygomatic Smile”

Previews from University of California Videos provide a quick test of your own nonverbal skills.

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Remember, you can still do your research the old-fashioned way by visiting a public library where a librarian will be able to provide a range of information, including industry publications. An on-line visit to a many libraries in the United States and around the world can also yield useful information

Many web sites are ephemeral. Although we do our best to keep up-to-date you may encounter non-functioning or incorrect links. Please report such events to us and the errors will be quickly corrected.

These links are provided by the Image Resource Center of New York for your convenience. As we have no control over their content we disclaim any responsibility any errors or misinformation on these sites.