- SBA – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) was created in 1953 as an independent agency of the federal government to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free competitive enterprise and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of our nation.
- SBA Online Training – The U.S. Small Business Administration offers a variety of online courses, publications and other forms of technical assistance. Courses are self-paced and take about 30 minutes to complete. A brief online registration is required.
- SBA Business Loan Programs – Whether you’re just starting a small business or expanding to take advantage of new opportunities, your business needs the right financing at the right time in order to succeed. Working closely with a wide range of lending partners across the country, SBA has developed a number of financial programs that address the various needs of small businesses.Please note that SBA does not offer grants to start or expand small businesses. Those grant programs that SBA does offer are primarily designed to expand and enhance organizations that provide small business management, technical, or financial assistance.
- SBA Office of Advocacy – The voice for small business in the federal government and the source for small business statistics.
- Biz Info Library – The Biz Info Library contains a well organized yet vast collection of brief business articles on topics including Researching, Financing, Starting a Business, Marketing, and Managing Employees in a Business. Biz Info Library is a service from the entrepreneurial experts at the Ewing Marion KauffmanFoundation, the Edward Lowe Foundation, and the James J. Hill Reference Library. Registration is free, quick, and easy.
You can even try a search of the Biz Info Library from right here:
Biz Info Search Engine
Search for information to help you start and grow your business. For best results, enter a broad search term, e.g. “advertising.”
The Biz Info Library is a non-profit collection of practical articles for every stage of your business.
- HispanicBusinessNevada.com is a source of information… the site is a gateway for anyone looking for information on the “vitality of the Hispanic community” in Nevada. This innovative portal allows you to find information on Hispanic data (for example search for Hispanic demographic data in Nevada), purchase a Hispanic business lists for either Reno or Las Vegas, profile Hispanic businesses throughout the state, ask for help and look for business resources, read important news, find export/import links, among other things.
- Will it fly? – Avoid the cost of failure. With expert prep modules designed to speed up knowledge transfer and support users at their time of need,Willitfly.com provides a quick way to find out if you are ready to perform according to best practices for important business tasks.
- Nevada Inventors Association – By helping others with this thing called a “patent”, they share and learn, with your ideas and their ideas, they offer privacy, testimony and witness, trust, confidentiality (don’t trust anyone), respect, experience, successes and failures, and in turn the result the NIA helps this world one inventor at a time…. At times they can consider themselves a small think tank and group of pioneers, performers, doers, testers, bit twiddlers, thinkers, engineers, socializers, reporters, farmers, business owners, leaders, and denizens, etc.
- UNLV Center for Business and Economic Research - Housed at the University of Nevada – Las Vegas, this site provides research and analysis services to clients in both business and government while analyzing the economic and demographic impact of events and policy initiatives on Nevada and its local economies.
- NIREC | Nevada Institute for Renewable Energy Commercialization The Nevada Institute for Renewable Energy Commercialization (NIREC) is a nonprofit public-private partnership that integrates researchers, experienced entrepreneurs, business executives, and financial capital to identify, fund and accelerate the development of renewable energy technologies.
- Nevada State Data Center - A cooperative effort of the U.S. Census Bureau and the states to improve public access to census statistics and information. The objectives of the program are twofold: to provide access to and extend the use of Census Bureau statistical resources, and to provide training and technical assistance in accessing and using the data.
- Nevada State Demographer’s Office - Produces the official estimates of persons living in cities,counties, and townships in the state, and forecasts county, city and township populations.
- State of Nevada Law Library – Provides online access to Nevada’s Revised Statutes, Administrative Code, and the Nevada Register
- U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development - Loan and grant programs for rural businesses.
- Nevada State Industrial Development Revenue Bond Program – The Industrial Development Revenue Bond (IDRB) program is a vital component of Nevada’s economic development and diversification efforts. IDRB’s are a special tax-exempt form of financing made available by the State of Nevada to finance qualified projects at interest rates substantially below comparable commercial rates. Bonds offer flexible terms at variable and fixed interest rates. All borrowers must be credit worthy and present financially feasible business plans.
- Directory of Small Business Loan Programs in Nevada – BusinessLoanFunds.com is the largest resource of non-traditional sources for Washoe small business financing programs including; business development loans, micro loans, revolving loans, low interest loans, incentive loans and loan guarantees. These funds are available primarily through economic development agencies, state & federal government and not-for-profits.
- Nevada Development Capital Corporation – The SBA 504 Loan Program provides an opportunity for business owners to purchase commercial real estate and long-term equipment at reasonable rates and terms.
- Nevada Commission on Economic Development – The NCED’s mission is to promote a robust, diversified and prosperous economy, enriching the quality of life for Nevada citizens by stimulating business expansion and retention, encouraging entrepreneurial enterprise, attracting new businesses and facilitating community development to enable economic growth and prosperity.Links to economic development agencies throughout the state are available on their website.
- Rural Nevada Development Corporation – Headquartered in Ely, Nevada, RNDC is 501(c)3 non-profit development corporation that provides business loans for start-up and expanding business in the fifteen counties of Rural Nevada as well as the rural portions of Clark and Washoe Counties and the twenty-seven Indian Tribes of Nevada.
- IRS Business Tax Center – Offers a broad range of resources across federal and state agencies, as well as industry/profession specific information for self-employed entrepreneurs, employers and businesses.
- Bureau of the Census – Contains all types of statistical information.
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