Starting a Small Business

U.S. Small Business Administration
Devoted to helping start your business. A great resource and quick go-to-site for entre-related questions.
sba.gov

Site that is geared towards giving information to and about small, high-tech businesses.
tech-net.sba.gov/index2.html

Helpful hints on advertising and many other entrepreneurial aspects.
sba.gov/starting/signage/index.htm

Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is a grant program for R&D concerning small businesses.
sba.gov/sbir

Small Business Administration’s web site designed to disseminate information on financing for small businesses.
sba.gov/financing

The Department of Labor
The elaws Advisors are interactive e-tools that provide easy-to-understand information about a number of federal employment laws. Each Advisor simulates the interaction you might have with an employment law expert. It asks questions and provides answers based on responses given.
dol.gov/elaws

United States Postal Service
Web site designed to help develop your small business. Useful in determining shipping costs.
usps.com/business/welcome.htm

Sedgwick County Specific
A list of biz resources for Sedgwick county
sedgwickcounty.org/businesses.htm

Small-business guide
sedgwickcounty.org/ecodevo/smallbusinessguide.htm

Writing Your Business Plan

Small Business Development Centers
Offering free consultation on all aspects of business startup
Wichita SBDC
Topeka SBDC
Lawrence SBDC
Kansas City SBDC

SCORE "Counselors to America's Small Business"
A nonprofit association dedicated to educating entrepreneurs and the formation, growth and success of small business nationwide. SCORE is a resource partner with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).
score.org

Liraz Publishing
A collection of guides designed to help you start your small business.
liraz.com

Entrepreneurship Education

Edward Lowe Foundation
envisions a society that actively embraces and encourages entrepreneurship as the source and strategy for economic growth, community development and economically independent individuals.
edwardlowe.org

Kidsway
"Recent Polls Suggest That Today's Kids are Seeking Independence and a Business of Their Own. That's Where KidsWay Comes in."
www.kidsway.com

SBA Online Training
A virtual campus providing quality and targeted online training to meet the information needs of prospective and existing small business owners .
sba.gov/training

Entrepreneurship &
Business Organizations

The Women’s Business Center
Organization designed to help women-owned businesses grow through education, advocacy, counseling, and mentorship.
womenbiz.org

Business.gov
Designed to strengthen the connection between small business and government, the U.S. Business Advisor exists to provide small businesses with one-stop access to government services, information and transactions.
business.gov

Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing.
kdoch.state.ks.us/public

Your Local Chamber of Commerce
wichitachamber.org
topekachamber.org
lawrencechamber.com
kckchamber.com

Entrepreneur® Assist
A collection of free business planning and productivity tools designed with entrepreneurs in mind.
assist.entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneur.com
Entrepreneur® Magazine's online resource hub. Unlimited resources for your unlimited potential.
entrepreneur.com

BizThink Tank
A dedicated small business website, with a wealth of regularly updated tips and articles. Whether you're looking to start a business or grow your business, you'll find a wealth of handy advice and information. And you can ask questions, get feedback, and learn from other business owners' experiences on the forums.
bizthinktank.com

Innovation & Invention

The U.S. patent and trademark office.
uspto.gov

By Kids For Kids
BKFK is a company entirely dedicated to inspiring the innovative spirit within every teen. BKFK inspires young innovators to create and share their ideas. They can also enter their ideas in various competitions to win amazing prizes with big time innovators. BKFK also transforms outstanding ideas into commercial products where the young people earn self esteem, business experience and royalties. BKFK represents some of the most brilliant young minds in America.
bkfk.com

Lemelson-MIT Program
Celebrates those inventors who have turned their ideas into accomplishments. Outreach programs to inspire the next generation of inventors. Also, explore the unique Invention Dimension.
web.mit.edu/invent/index.html

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
Databse developed as the standard for use by Federal statistical agencies in classifying business establishments for the collection, analysis, and publication of statistical data related to the business economy of the U.S.
naics.com

KTEC Pipeline
The nation's premier state-sponsored technology entrepreneur fellowship / venture development program. PIPELINE is an innovative program designed to identify high potential technology entrepreneurs, match them with best-in-class training, resources and mentors and facilitate their dynamic growth in Kansas.
ktecpipeline.com

Market Research

U.S. census
census.gov

WSU's
Center for Economic Development & Business Research.
wichita.edu/cedbr

Investing

Virtual Stock Exchange
A stock market simulation game from Market Watch & The Wall Stree Journal.
virtualstockexchange.com

Internet and Global Sales

Computers & network
Information technology services, computer systems consultants, Internet products & services and electronic commerce.
Kansas-business-pages.com

E-MBE.net
E-business tutorials and help geared towards women- and minority-owned small businesses.
e-mbe.net

Kansas World Trade Center
A non-profit membership organization helping companies become competitive in global markets.
kansaswtc.org

Contracting, Purchasing & Solicitations

FedBizOpp.com
Government solicitations and contract opportunities.
fedbizopps.gov

Dodbusopps.com
An online directory that provides opportunities for business owners and franchisors.
dodbusopps.com

USD 259
Bid proposals and contracting opportunities.
usd259.com/purchasing

Kansas contracting opportunities.
sba.gov/GC/indexcontacts-sbsd.html

U.S. Air Force
Office of Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization.
selltoairforce.org

Department of Defense
Office of Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization.
acq.osd.mil/sadbu

Bid4Assets.com
Government and private industry surplus buying and selling.
bid4assets.com

Government Liquidation
Holds an exclusive contract to sell the Department of Defense’s surplus property.
govliquidation.com

Government Offices

Kansas State Treasurer's Office
kansasstatetreasurer.com

Four Year Colleges and Universities

Babson College

Carnegie Mellon University

Case Western Reserve University

Columbia University

Dartmouth
  Tuck School of Business

Duke University
  Fuqua School of Business

Harvard University

Indiana University

Kansas University

Kansas State University

*Kansas Wesleyan University

MIT
  Sloan School of Business

New York University
  Stern School of Business

Northwestern University
  Kellogg School of Business

Notre Dame
  Mendoza School of Business

Oklahoma University
  Price School of Business

Purdue University

Stanford University

Texas A&M University
  Mays School of Business

University of Chicago

University of Colorado
  Leeds School of Business

University of Michigan

University of Pennsylvania
  Wharton School of Business

University of Texas at Austin
  McCombs School of Business

Wake Forest
  Babcock School of Business

Wake Forest
  Calloway School of Business

*Washburn University

Washington University
  Olin School of Business

*Wichita State University
  W. Frank Barton School of Business

Yale University

Community Colleges

Butler County Community College

Cowley County Community College

Hutchinson Community College

Johnson County Community College

Technical Colleges & Schools

Kansas State University-Salina
  College of Technology

Washburn Insitute of Technology

Wichita Area Technical College

Electrical Contracting
  Apprentice Program