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Get Street Map & Driving Directions to Local SBA Counseling and Training Resources More than 11,500 member volunteer association sponsored by the U.S. Small Business Administration. SCORE matches volunteer business managment counselors with present and prospective small business entrepreneurs in need of expert advice. They have experts in virtually every area of business management. Local chapters offer workshops and one on one counseling. For more information please visit one of our Arizona SCORE locations. The National SCORE website has a free monthly small business newsletter sign up by visiting their website: www.score.org. The U.S. Small Business Administration administers the Small Business Development Center program to provide management assistance to current and prospective small business owners. The program is a cooperative effort of the educational community, the private sector, and federal, state and local governments. SBDCs extend management and technical assistance, counseling and training to current and prospective business owners. For Arizona's SBDC office locations, visit: SBDC's - Arizona The 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. With a women's business ownership representative in every SBA district office, a nationwide network of mentoring roundtables, women's business centers in nearly every state and territory, women-owned venture capital companies, and the Online Women's Business Center, OWBO is helping unprecedented numbers of women start and build successful businesses. There are two Women's Business Centers in Arizona - in Phoenix and in Tucson. The centers offer mentoring, training, round table discussions, and other resources addressing issues women face in starting and growing businesses. Contact the Women's Business Centers in Arizona nearest to you. Be sure to visit SBA's Online Women's Business Center -- it 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. SEACs offer a full range of federal export programs and services from a number of federal agencies under one roof. Many locations have new-to-export programs called E-TAP. Startup basics, business planning, marketing topics, finding employees, employment laws, tax topics, legal topics and much more.
E-Business Institute is a virtual campus housing free training courses, workshops and knowledge resources designed to assist entrepreneurs and other students of enterprise. Online training for Starting a Business, including business plans; Franchising; Business Management; International Trade; Employee Management; Financing; Marketing and Advertising; Federal Small Business Training; Business Planning Tools; Government Contracting; Risk Management; E-Commerce; Federal Taxes and a Resource Center. The U.S. Small Business Administration is pleased to work with the U.S. Department of Justice in assisting small businesses to understand and comply with the Americans With Disabilities Act. Reproduction of the ADA Guide for Small Business is encouraged. Over 40 different Federal agencies assist or regulate businesses. With so many sources of information, finding what you want can be complicated and time-consuming. Business.gov is a gateway for U.S. businesses to connect with federal agencies, providing specific business tools and resources. Find information and links to Business Development, Financial Assistance, Taxes, Workplace Issues, Laws and Regulations, International Trade, Buying and selling with the government, Federal forms and more. | ||