Search
Database
Demographic
Database Data
from numerous sources creates interesting profiles
of all U.S. cities. Just enter your zip to see the
data.
Building
Businesses
Veteran
Fast Launch
The SCORE Foundation,
in partnership Walmart, is offering a new program
for Veterans with a package of training scholarships,
free software and services combined with SCORE's
mentoring program in order to help accelerate the
ability of veterans and their families to start
and succeed as small business owners.
Also CLICK HERE for SBA Veterans
Programs
Building
Franchises
80% of small businesses fail in their
first 5 years of existence. However, over 80% of
business franchises succeed in that same time period?
That is why we apply the best practices and systems
that franchises use to enable small businesses to
grow and thrive.
Loan
& Funding Programs
for
the Public & Veterans
Ohio
Veterans Loan and Benefits Complete
information for veterans on business loans and other
benefits.
Veteran
Fast Launch Initiative The
SCORE Foundation, in partnership Walmart, is offering
a new program for Veterans with a package of training
scholarships, free software and services combined
with SCORE's mentoring program in order to help
accelerate the ability of veterans and their families
to start and succeed as small business owners.
Also
CLICK HERE for SBA Veterans Programs
Ohio
Business Lending Clearinghouse
is a free service
for Ohio small businesses, designed to improve communication
and access between Ohio’s businesses and Ohio’s
lending community. Ohio business loan prospects
will be able to easily invite no-obligation bank
reviews of their profile from multiple banks who
participate in the Ohio Business lending clearinghouse.
Access
Business Development and Finance
provides growing businesses with long-term, fixed-rate
financing for major fixed assets, such as land and
buildings. A certified development company [CDC]
is a nonprofit corporation set up to contribute
to the economic development of its community or
region. CDCs work with the SBA and private-sector
lenders to provide the financing to small businesses.
There are 17
CDCs in the State of Ohio. Click
HERE for more information on 504 loans
Commercial
Finance Advisors, Inc is
a commercial mortgage consultancy type firm that
does commercial real estate loans, SBA business
loans and USDA B & I loans nationwide, from
$400,000 to $5,000,000 (and up). Primary focus is
on small businesses, ie owner occupied loan requests
and investment property financing.
Ohio
Loans Ohio
Department of Development loans list.
Non-Profit
Checklist Guide to starting a nonprofit
organization in Ohio
Grant
Info Information
on GRANTS
Ohio
GrowNOW Interest Rate Reduction Program
for
small businesses who can document their loan will
create Ohio jobs and/or save Ohio jobs. See that
link for full details.
Gust
provides simple, powerful tools for finding and
working efficiently with angel and venture capital
investors throughout the funding process
Local
and State Business Centers
Ohio's
Project CSI
Ohio's Common Sense Initiative [CSI] will review
Ohio’s regulatory system to eliminate excessive
and duplicative rules that stand in the way of job
creation and business growth. Gov. John R. Kasich
launched CSI Ohio on January 10, 2011, to reform
our state’s regulatory policies. We are working
each and every day to make Ohio a jobs and business-friendly
state because we know that excessive, duplicative
and costly business regulations can put Ohioans
out of work.
Ohio
Department of Development Ohio's
central business information center's regional offices
and contacts.
EXPORT
ASSISTANCE The
U.S. Commercial Service offers a wide variety of
products and services to help U.S. companies increase
international sales, identify potential markets,
meet buyers, partners, agents and distributors,
navigate export channels, and much more. Let us
help you expand your business today!
OHIO
EXPORT DIVISION The
Global Markets Division is extending Ohio’s
economic reach into the global marketplace. Ohio’s
trade managers and network of international offices
in Canada, Mexico, Belgium, Chile, Brazil, Israel,
South Africa, Southeast Asia, China, Japan, and
India promote the exports of Ohio goods and services
and work to solidify Ohio’s position as a premier
location for investment.
The
Thank You Foundation The
Thank You Foundation is an all volunteer, non-profit
501c3 organization whose mission is to show appreciation
and express gratitude for those who have served
in the U.S. Armed Forces both past and present.
Thank You Foundation have partnered with SCORE to
provide information and resources to Veterans that
are interested in starting their own small business.
Start
a business in Ohio –ohiomeansbusiness.com
OhioMeansBusiness.com provides individuals with
the benefits of business expansion, business relocation
and capital investment in Ohio.
SOUTHWEST
OHIO PROCUREMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER (SWCOPTAC)
The Southwest Central Ohio Procurement Technical
Assistance Center (SWCO PTAC) is a full-service,
non-profit resource center for government procurement.
SWCO PTAC provides a results oriented assistance
program that is designed to help Ohio businesses
generate bids in response to federal, state, and
local solicitations. PTAC has offices in Cincinnati,
Dayton and Columbus.
National
Business Centers
HEALTH
and SAFETY INFORMATION for Small Businesses
NIOSH
is an excellent resource center for health and safety
issues that can occur in the workplace.
SCORE
OHIO OFFICES
List of
11 SCORE offices in Ohio
U.S.
Small Business Admin (SBA)
also checkout the Office of Women's
Business Ownership at National
WNET
SBA
Programs Columbus SBA website. Click
HERE
for a PDF Loan Program chart.
SBA NEWSLETTERS - Newsletters on all
topics from all areas of the country. Subscribe
to one or many newsletters.
Women's
Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) The
WBENC certification for women-owned businesses is
one of the most widely recognized and respected
certifications in the nation.
Entrepreneurs
on Bloomberg
Bloomberg showcases Top Entrepreneurs' success
stories
Software
and Website Info for Your Business
Website
Review Basic Website
Review will test key elements of your site and give
suggestions for improvement.
Search
Engine Optimization (SEO) Analysis
SEO Site Checkup
can analyze your site and give recommendations so
that your site will load faster, rank higher for
your search terms, and get more visitors.
Website
Traffic Metrics
Compete's traffic and engagement free metrics show
how your competitors are attracting and keeping
customers online. Understand what sites and channels
are their most productive, newest, or untapped so
you can stay competitive, reverse engineer more
effective traffic acquisition strategies, and fine-tune
your own marketing efforts.
Google
Places With
a free Google Places account your business can be
found, be sure people can find you on Google, Stand
out, Engage customers with photos, offers, public
responses and more. Also suggest placing a link
your business location using to Google Maps, as
shown on our our contact
us page
Google
Voice
enhances the existing capabilities of your business
phone, regardless of which phone or carrier you
have - for free. For example you can obtain a free
phone number for your business and have that number
forwarded to voice mail, e-mail, land line or cell
phone.
Google
Analytics is
the enterprise-class web analytics solution that
gives you rich insights into your website traffic
and marketing effectiveness. Powerful, flexible
and easy-to-use features now let you see and analyze
your traffic data in an entirely new way.
Free
"On-Demand" Conference Calls
from Rondee with
no service charge [not toll free], on-demand [no
inviations needed] and easy setup where you provide
your own PIN. Rondee
also offers conferencing service with web-scheduling,
attendance tracking and optional in-bound toll free
for a low charge.
PC
Mantainance by
using a registry cleaner regularly and fixing registry
errors your PC systems should not only be more stable
but it will also help improve your system performance
without expensive hardware upgrades.
On-Line Store Guidelines
Information about creating an on-line store to sell
your products.
Intuit
Website Services from the QuickBooks company
Intuit makes it easy to create your own website
using Intuit's website-building software tools.
You can have a website designed and built in minutes,
even if you've never attempted to create a website
before. Checkout actual customer sites HERE
OpenOffice
OpenOffice.org 3 is the leading open-source office
software suite for word processing, spreadsheets,
presentations, graphics, databases and more. It
is available in many languages and works on all
common computers. It stores all your data in an
international open standard format and can also
read and write files from other common office software
packages. It can be downloaded and used completely
free of charge for any purpose.
Resume
Creation
Free VisualCV is an Internet-based makes resume
writing easy.
*Any reference
obtained from SCORE to a specific commercial product,
process or service does not constitute or imply
an endorsement by SCORE or SBA or the United States
Government of the product, process, or service or
its producer or provider. The views and opinions
expressed in any referenced document do not necessarily
state or reflect those of the SCORE or SBA or the
United States Government.
