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15. Sources of Assistance for Small Businesses

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U.S. Small Business Administration

Google - Small Business

 

 

Startup Journal - The Wall Street Journal

BusinessWeek Online - Small Business

 

 

Microsoft bCentral - Small Business Solutions

Yahoo! Small Business

 

 

Quicken.com - Small Business Center

Young Entrepreneurs

 

 

National Assoc. of Home Based  Businesses

International Franchise Association

5432 Price Ave.

1501 K. Street

Baltimore, MD 21215 Suite 350

410.367.5308

Washington, DC  20005

 

202.628.8000

 

 

SBA - FRANNET  MasterCard Small Business
   

Michigan Small Business & Technology

Michigan Economic Development Corp.

Development Centers

 

 

 

Automation Alley

Chambers of Commerce

Southeast Michigan's Technology Cluster

Manufacturers and suppliers of small business

 

Business technologies and products

   
Business Statistics - BizStats.com United States Patent and Trademark Office

 

 

Entrepreneur.com

Inc.com

 

 

Black Enterprise

Biz Info Network

 

 

Michigan Venture Capital Assocation VISA INC.

c/o EDF Ventures

P.O. Box 8999
425 North Main Street San Francisco, CA  94128-8999
Ann Arbor, MI 48104  
734.223.3750 P      734.663.7358 fax  
   
Great Lakes Angels, Inc. Grand Angels West Michigan Investments
OU INCubator 10720 Adams Street
Golf View Lane Holland, MI 49423
Rochester, MI   48309

616.546.4559

248.648.4747

616.396.2424

   
Ann Arbor Angels

Michigan Municipal League (MML)

   
Doing Business with the State of Michigan Doing Business with the U.S. Government
(Sell your products and services) (Sell your products and services)
   

Better Business Bureau

Michigan Technology News

 

 

National Business Association

U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce

P.O. Box 700728

1200 G Street, NW, Suite 800

Dallas, TX  75370

Washington, DC  20005

800.456.0440

888.41.USWCC

 

 

BUSINESSFINANCE.COM

U.S. Department of Commerce

4eStrategy LLC dba BusinessFinance.com

Minority Business Development Agency

 

1401 Constitution Ave., N.W.

 

Washington DC   20230

 

1.888.324.1551

   

Michigan Department of Attorney General

Federal Trade Commission

Consumer Protection Division

Consumer Protection Division

Anti-Trust and Franchise Section

CRC-240

P.O Box 30215

Washington, DC  20580

Lansing, MI  48909

877.382.4357

517.373.7117

 

 

 

Small Business Service Bureau Michigan Economic Development Corp.

554 Main Street

300 N. Washington Square

P.O. Box 1441

Lansing, MI 48913

Worcester, MA  01615-0014

1.877.873.4567

800.343.0939

 

 

 

SBA - Women

Women's Network for Entrepreneurial

U.S. Small Business Administration

Training

477 Michigan Avenue

Office of Women's Business Ownership

Room 515

409 Third Street S.W.

Detroit, MI  48226

Washington, DC 20416

313.226.6075

202.205.6673

 

 

National Association of Women Business

Michigan Department of Civil Rights

Owners-GDC

Capitol Towers Building

26677 W. 12 Mile Rd.

110 W. Michigan, Suite 800

Southfield, MI  48034

Lansing MI, 48913

313.961.4748

517.335.3165

248.479.0331  fax

Publication - Pre-Employment Inquiry Guide

 

 

U.S. Small Business Administration

The Small Business Directory

409 3rd Street, S.W.

(You may request a free copy of the Small

Washington,DC 20416

Business Directory, a listing of business

800.U.ASK.SBA

Development publications and products.)

 

U.S. SBA Answer Desk number is

 

800.8.ASK.SBA or 800.697.4636 or e-mail

 

Questions to answerdesk@sba.gov.

 

Hearing Disabled persons (TDD) may call:

 

704.344.6640

 

 

Michigan Rehabilitation Services

Internal Revenue Service

Department of Labor & Economic Growth

Request:Tax Guide for Small Business,

1048 Pierpoint,  Suite 1

Publication 334

Lansing, MI   48913

Taxpayers Starting a Business, Pub. 583

517.241.5122

Tax Information Partnerships,

877.901.7392 toll free

Publication 541

517.241.3940  TTY

For an Employer Identification Number (EIN),

 

Call 1.800.829.4933 between 9:30am

 

5:15 p.m. (EST)  M-F, or Click here.

 

 

 

 

The Detroit office of the

On-line information related to small

U.S Small Business Administration

businesses in Michigan

Patrick V. McNamara Bldg.

Small Business Association of Michigan

477 Michigan Ave., Suite 515 120 N. Washington Square, Suite 1000

Detroit, MI 48226

Lansing,MI 48933

313.226.6075

800.362.5461

313.226.4769  fax

517.482.4205  fax

 

 

   
MICHIGAN SCORE LOCATIONS SmallBiz
If you have no prior or limited experience operating SmartMoney's Small Business Site
a personal business consider attending a Pre-  

Business Workshop. Other workshops are

 

available to help you with specific problems. A  
request for counseling can be made at any  

SCORE location.

 

   
Wayne State University Greater Detroit Regional Chamber
Michigan Metropolitian Information Center One Woodward Avenue
3300 Faculty Administration Building Suite 1700

656 W. Kirby

Detroit, MI  48226

Detroit,MI 48202

313.596.0384

313.577.8359

Holds monthly small business seminars

State repository for U.S. Census data, which

and programs.

provides economic and demographic statistics

 

used in business planning. One stop center  

for data, guidance and referrals for business

 

planning/proposals.

 

 

 

Michigan Minority Business Development National Black Chamber of Commerce

Council (MMBDC)

1350 Connecticut Avenue, NW

3011 W. Grand Blvd., Suite 230 Fisher Bldg Suite 825

Detroit, MI 48202

Washington, DC 20036

313.873.3200

202.466.6888

 

 

New Detroit, Inc.

Detroit Economic Growth Corporation

3011 W. Grand Blvd., Suite 1200

500 Griswold,  Suite 2200

Fisher Bldg.  12th floor

Detroit, MI,48226

Detroit, MI 48202 313.963.2940
313.664.2000 Assists small and large business ventures
Offers Small Business Resource Directory for  
Southeastern Michigan  

 

 

Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Booker T. Washington Business Assoc.
2445 Northwestern Highway 2885 East Grand Blvd

Suite 206

Detroit, MI 48202

Southfield, MI 48075

313.875.4250

248.208.9915 voice

 

248.208.9936 fax

 

   
Small Business Service Bureau Inc. US Dept. of Labor Compliance Assistance

1.800.343.0939

 

 

 

  

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