Entrepreneur Associations and Resources

Resource Title

How It Benefits You

Website

Utah Business Guide

The Utah handbook of doing business in Utah; provides the steps and resources necessary to guide your business creation

http://tax.utah.gov/forms/pubs/pub-38.pdf

Utah Small Business Guide

http://www.smallbusiness3.com/pdf/english/utah.pdf

Utah Small Business Development Center

Receive free professional counseling and mentoring

http://www.utahsbdc.org

Small Business Administration

http://www.sba.gov

Allbusiness.com

Business information

http://www.allbusiness.com

Asian Women in Business

http://www.awib.org/

Better Business Bureau

http://www.bbb.org

Biz Info Library

http://www.bizinfolibrary.com

Business Online Services

Utah government resource listings for business

http://www.utah.gov/services/business.html

Business Owners Toolkit

Updated news and resources on the daily how-to's

http://www.toolkit.com/

Business.gov

U.S. government business link

http://www.business.gov

Center for Nonprofit Excellence

http://www.cfnpe.org/

CNN Money

http://money.cnn.com/

Corporate Alliance

Create and manage business relationships

http://corporatealliance.net/

Count-me-in.org

Business loans and scholarships for women

http://www.count-me-in.org/

Disabled Entrepreneurs Network

http://www.disabled-entrepreneurs.net/

Economic Development Corporation of Utah

http://www.edcutah.org/

Entrepreneur.com

Articles and updated resources

http://www.entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurs' Organization

http://www.eonetwork.org/Pages/default.aspx

Entrepreneurs.about.com

Extensive web site dedicated to entrepreneur resources

http://entrepreneurs.about.com/

Entrepreneurs.com

Advice from other entrepreneurs

http://www.entrepreneurs.com

Entrepreneurship.org

A Kauffman Foundation site to aid in strong entrepreneurship

http://www.entrepreneurship.org/

Fambiz.com

Family business research site

http://fambiz.com/

HispanicBusiness.com

http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/

Home Business

Links for resources for home based businesses

http://www.homebusiness.com/

HubZone SBA

Historically underutilized business zone resources

https://eweb1sp.sba.gov/hubzone/internet/index.cfm

Inc.com

http://www.inc.com

Kauffman Foundation

The Foundation of Entrepreneurship

http://www.kauffman.org/

Lassonde New Venture Development Center

University of Utah's entrepreneur center

http://www.lassonde.utah.edu/index.html

M2W International

Women's Business Center and Marketing Consortium

http://womenpartner.com/

Manufacturing Extension Partnership

Provides services and solutions regarding a company's manufacturing needs

http://www.mep.org/

Minority Business Development Agency

http://www.mbda.gov/

Morebusiness.com

http://www.morebusiness.com/

Mountainland Association of Governments

http://www.mountainland.org/

National Association for the Self-Employed

http://www.nase.org/Home.aspx

National Association of Women Business Owners

http://www.nawbo.org

National Black Business Council, Inc.

http://www.nbbc.org/

NFIB - The Voice of Small Business

National Federation of Independent Business Owners

http://www.nfib.com

NFIB - Utah

http://www.nfib.com/utah

Office of Women's Business Ownership Entrepreneurial Development

http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov/womeninbusiness/

Resources for Utah Entrepreneurs

http://www.gaebler.com/help-for-Utah-entrepreneurs.htm

Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology

Brigham Young University's entrepreneur network and resources

http://marriottschool.byu.edu/cet/

Rural Development

Rural projects resources and information

http://business.utah.gov/programs/rural-development/

SBA Hub Zone Assistance

http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov/hubzone/

SCORE

Counselors to America's Small Business

http://www.score.org/

Small Business Administration Library

Extremely useful for market and legal research, business statistics

http://www.sba.gov/tools/resourcelibrary/index.html

Small Business Trends

A useful website to help keep you updated on available resources

http://smallbiztrends.com/

Spanish Small Business Administration website

http://www.sba.gov/espanol/

Startup Nation

http://www.startupnation.com/index.asp

The Association of Small Business Development Centers

Realize your dream of business ownership

http://www.asbdc-us.org/

The Economist

http://www.economist.com

The Minority Business Network

http://www.mbnet.com/

The Wall Street Journal Small Business

http://www.startupjournal.com

TiE Global

The Indus Entrepreneurs

http://www.tie.org/

To Start a Spinoff Biz, Look to Utah

http://www.business.utah.edu/news/to-start-a-spinoff-biz-look-to-utah

Utah Business Magazine

http://www.utahbusiness.com/

Utah CEO Magazine

http://www.utahceomagazine.com/

Utah Counseling and Resources

Links to government websites, especially for minority and women owned businesses

http://www.utah.gov/business/closing/counseling_closing.html

Utah Department of Commerce

http://www.commerce.utah.gov

Utah Entrepreneur Challenge

Student entrepreneur resources

http://www.uec.utah.edu/

Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development

http://business.utah.gov/

Utah Office of Tourism

http://travel.utah.gov/

Utah Tourism Industry Coalition

Legislative action, research and information, networking

http://utahtourism.org/

Utah Valley Entrepreneur Forum

Networking and idea exchanges

http://uvef.net/

Utah Valley University Entrepreneurship Institute

http://www.uvu.edu/woodbury/progs/entrepreneurship/