There is a lot to learn and much to consider when you begin to plan for a new business. The internet can be an excellent resource to start your research, if you know where to begin. The links provided below will hopefully get you started, without leaving you overwhelmed.
General
- Small Business Administration - the federal government's vanguard for aiding, counseling, assisting, and protecting the interests of small businesses.
- Service Corp of Retired Executives (SCORE) - Counselors to America's Small Business.
- Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation - works with partners to encourage entrepreneurship across America and improve the education of children and youth.
- eVenturing - Kauffman Foundation resources.
- Entrepreneur Magazine - portal for timely entrepreneurial topics.
Local Resources
- Entrepreneurship Center - Entrepreneurship major, minor, classes, and other resources at the University of Oklahoma.
- Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth (CCEW) - A program at the University of Oklahoma that brings together inventors, successful entrepreneurs, faculty mentors, and student interns to develop business ventures around promising new technologies.
- OKC SCORE - Oklahoma City Chapter of SCORE.
- Tulsa SCORE - Tulsa Chapter of SCORE.
- Self-Employment Training - training designed for people who want to start their own business.
- Oklahoma Technology Commercialization Center (i2E) - specialized business development services that are required to take new technologies from concept to market.
- Oklahoma EPSCoR - increases the state’s research competitiveness through strategic support of integrated education and research programs.
- Oklahoma Small Business Development Center - one-to-one business counseling, economic development assistance, and training for small businesses.
- Oklahoma Dept of Commerce - the lead state agency for economic development.
Business Planning
- Donald W. Reynolds Governor's Cup - A business plan competition for students of Oklahoma universities and colleges with one of the largest cash award pools in America. DO NOT OVERLOOK THIS OPPORTUNITY.
- Moot Corp New Venture Competition - "Super Bowl of World Business Plan Competition".
- SBA - Writing The Business Plan - Business plan basics.
- Bplans.com - Business plan software and sample business plans.
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