Reference & Research Links
The following links will assist you in navigating the important information
needed to start and grow a small business in Idaho:
- General
U.S. Small Business Administration, Business Gateway Initiative: www.business.org
- The Merchant Bill of Rights: www.merchantbillofrights.com
- Financing
- Active Capital (formerly ACE-Net): www.activecapital.org
- Business Finance: www.businessfinance.com
- Count Me In For Women's Economic Independence: www.count-me-in.org
- Springboard Enterprises: www.springboardenterprises.org
- U.S. Small Business Administration Loan Programs: www.sba.gov/financing
- Venture Capital Financing: www.vfinance.com
- Sage Community Resources: www.sageidaho.com
- Small Business Development Center: www.sba.gov
- MicroEnterprise Training and Assistance (META): www.metaidaho.org
- Lenders/Banks: Chamber's Online Directory
- International & Federal Markets
- U.S. Department of Commerce at www.buyusa.gov/boise and www.export.gov
- Assess Your International Risk: www.assessyourinternationalrisk.org
- Export-Import Bank: www.exim.gov
- Overseas Private Investment Corporation: www.opic.gov
- U.S. Small Business Administration Office of International Trade: www.sba.gov/aboutsba/sbaprograms/internationaltrade/index.html
- Federal Business Opportunities: www.fbo.gov
- Mentoring
- Aspen Institute MicroMentor Program: www.micromentor.org
- Athena Foundation PowerLink: www.athenafoundation.org
- Commonwealth Institute – The Commonwealth Forum for Women CEOs: www.commonwealthinstitute.org
- Idaho Small Business Development Center: www.idahosbdc.org
- SBA Office of Women's Business Ownership Entrepreneurial Development: www.sba.gov/aboutsba/sbaprograms/onlinewbc/index.html
- Women Presidents' Organization: www.womenpresidentsorg.com
- Entrepreneurs' Organization: www.eonetwork.org
- SCORE: www.score.org
- Procurement & Certification
- Central Contractor Registration: www.ccr.gov
- Federal Offices of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization: www.osdbu.gov
- GovWorks Federal Acquisition Center: www.aqd.nbc.gov
- U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program: www.itd.idaho.gov/civil/external.htm
- National Women Business Owners Corporation: www.nwboc.org
- Womenbiz.gov: www.womenbiz.gov
- Women's Business Enterprise National Council: www.wbenc.org
- Training & Technical Assistance
- Association of Women's Business Centers: www.awbc.biz
- Idaho Small Business Development Center: www.idahosbdc.org
- National Business Incubation Association: www.nbia.org
- Online Women's Business Center: www.sba.gov/aboutsba/sbaprograms/onlinewbc/index.html
- SCORE: www.score.org
- Small Business Development Centers: www.sba.gov/aboutsba/sbaprograms/sbdc/index.html
- Women-21.org: www.women-21.gov
- Kickstand: www.kickstand.org
- Idaho TechConnect: www.idahotechconnect.com
- TechHelp: www.techhelp.org
- Boise Public Library: www.boisepubliclibrary.org
- Idaho Small Business Solutions: www.idahobizhelp.org
- META: www.metaidaho.org
- Women's Business Membership Organizations
- American Business Women's Association: www.abwa.org
- Association of Women in International Trade: www.wiit.org
- Business and Professional Women/USA: www.bpwusa.org
- The Committee of 200: www.c200.org
- National Association of Female Executives: www.nafe.com
- National Association of Women Business Owners: www.nawbo.org
- Women in Technology International: www.witi.com
- Women Impacting Public Policy: www.wipp.org
- Women Presidents' Organization: www.womenpresidentsorg.com
- Women's Business Enterprise National Council: www.wbenc.org
- Idaho
- Idaho Department of Commerce: http://commerce.idaho.gov/business/
- Idaho Department of Labor: http://labor.idaho.gov/
- Idaho Small Business Development Center: www.idahosbdc.org
- Boise Valley Economic Partnership: www.bvep.org
- Business Publications
- Idaho Department of Commerce Publications: http://commerce.idaho.gov/business/
- Idaho Department of Labor Publications: http://labor.idaho.gov/
- IRS: http://www.sbrg.irs.gov/index.htm
- Idaho Small Business Solutions: www.idahobizhelp.org
- Miscellaneous
- Business Week Online: www.businessweek.com/smallbiz