Business Media
SBA Network - www.sbanetwork.org
SBA Network provides small business marketing and management consulting services. The focus is on ensuring that clients gain market-advantage, inspire a change-adaptive culture, develop leadership skills and create standards and systems to measure performance.
Bloomberg - www.bloomberg.com
CNN - www.cnn.com
MSNBC - www.msnbc.com
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| Steps To Starting Up |
The Official Business Link to The U.S. Government
http://business.usa.gov/top-programs-and-services-recommended-starting-your-business
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202.326-2830 |
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Plan-As-You-Go
Business Planning
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planasyougo.com/outline/ |
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Financial Resources |
U.S. Small Business Administration
www.sba.gov |
213.251.7253 |
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Operation Hope Banking Center
www.operationhope.org |
323.290.2410
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Community Financial Resource Center
www.cfrc.net |
323.233.1900 |
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Valley Economic Development Center
www.vedc.org |
818.907.9977 |
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| Small Business Loans
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MAKING IT!
Sponsors' Supplier Diversity Departments |
| Boeing |
www.boeing.com/companyoffices/doingbiz/esd/index.htm |
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Comerica Bank
888.419.1234 |
www.comerica.com |
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| Hewlett Packard |
www.hp.com/hpinfo/globalcitizenship/environment
/supplychain/supplierdiversity.html |
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Hilton Hotels, Inc.
310.278.4321 |
www.hiltonsupply.com |
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Honda
310.783.2000 |
http://purchasing.honda.com/supplier_information.asp |
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Sempra Energy
877.736.7723 |
www.sempra.com/about/supplier-diversity/ |
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Port of Long Beach
562.590.4146 |
www.polb.com |
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Entrepreneur Training Resources |
My Own Business
A non-profit organization educating entrepreneurs by providing free coursework to foster success and prevent and mitigate economic losses arising from preventable mistakes. |
www.myownbusiness.org |
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CHARO Community Development Corporation
4301 E. Valley Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90032 |
323.269.0751 |
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USC Business Expansion Network
3375 Hoover, Suite A
Los Angeles, CA 90007
213.821.2100
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www.communities.usc.edu |
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Pacific Coast Regional Corp.
Small Business Development Center
3255 Wilshire Boulevard Suite 1501
Los Angeles, CA 90010
213.739.2999 |
www.pcrcorp.org |
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The Anderson School at UCLA
Management Development for Entrepreneurs Program
110 Westwood Plaza Room C305
Los Angeles, CA 90095
310-206-4169
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www.anderson.ucla.edu |
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Sessions College for Professional Design
398 S. Mill Avenue, Suite 300
Tempe, AZ 85281
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http://www.sessions.edu/ |
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| County Registrar Records Office |
800.201.8999 |
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Networking and Minority Certification |
| Southern California Minority Business Development Council |
213.689.6960 |
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| Mayor's Office MBOC Economic Development Line |
213.978.0671 |
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| Southern California Minority Business Development Council |
www.scmbdc.org/Minority-Business-Certification |
Business Information on the World Wide Web |
http://www.franchiseexpo.co.nz/
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2MinutesWith: www.2minuteswith.com
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www.myownbusiness.org |
| www.bluestreetcapital.com |
www.YoungEntrepreneur.com
www.BusinessFinance.com |
www.MinorityJobs.net
Diversity Jobs – Search over one million diversity jobs: Free Resume posting & Job listing site, with Career guide, civil rights, legal & government news archive, plus scholarship links
www.evancarmichael.com |
| www.thebusinessmarket.com- "Franchises and business opportunities for sale!" |
Business Article
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create surveys online
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Research & Counseling |
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S.C.O.R.E.
818.552.3206
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http://www.score.org |
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L.A. Central Library
Business & Economic Dept.
213.228.7100 |
http://www.lapl.org |
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SBA Business Information Center
213.251.7253 |
http://www.sba.gov |
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Entrepreneur.com
2445 McCabe Way
Irvine, CA 92614
949.261.2325 |
www.entrepreneur.com |
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Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
4801 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, MO 64110
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www.entrepreneurship.org/
http://www.kauffman.org/ |
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Groups & Associations |
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| National Hispanic Entrepreneurs' Organization, Inc. |
http://www.nheo.org |
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| American Small Business League 3910 Cypress Dr. Petaluma, CA 94954 707.789.9575 |
http://www.asbl.com |
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Asian Business Association
3550 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 550
Los Angeles, CA 90010
213.805.4ABA |
http://www.aba-la.org/ |
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Black Business Association
5444 Crenshaw, Blvd., 2nd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 900
323.291.9334 |
http://www.bbala.org |
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Latin Business Association
5400 Olympic Boulevard
Suite 130
Los Angeles, CA 90022
323. 721.4000 |
http://www.lbausa.com |
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National Center For American Indian Enterprise Development
11138 Valley Mall Street
Suite 200
El Monte, CA 91731
818. 442.3701
or 602. 545.1298 |
http://www.ncaied.org |
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National Association of Women Business Owners-Los Angeles Chapter
404 South Figueroa Street
Suite 204
Los Angeles, CA 90071
213-622-3200 |
http://www.nawbola.org |
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Books/Directories |
Title |
Author |
| Never Eat Alone |
Keith Ferrazzi |
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Succeeding in Small Business
The 101 Toughest Problems |
Jane Applegate |
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Bootstrapper's Success Secrets
151 Tactics for Building Your Business on a Shoestring Budget |
Kimberly Stansell |
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| Guerrilla Marketing--Secrets for Making Big Profits from Your Small Business |
Jay Conrad Levinson |
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| Built to Last |
James Collins and Jerry Porras |
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| 201 Great Ideas for Your Small Business |
Jane Applegate |
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| Think and Grow Rich |
Napoleon Hill |
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| Innovation and Entrepreneurship |
Peter Drucker |
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| 301 Great Customer Service Ideas |
Inc. Magazine |
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| Guidelines for Maximizing your Company's Public Relations Campaign: How to Obtain Free Publicity from the Trade Press |
Bruce Wiebush
To order, call 440-734-7613 |
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| Starting on a Shoestring: Building a Business without a Bankroll by |
Arnold S. Goldstein |
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| Where to Go When the Bank Says No: Alternatives for Financing Your Business |
David R. Evanson |
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| The Shoestring Entrepreneur's Guide to the Best Home-Based Franchises |
Robert Spiegel |
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| All Business Directory |
www.allbusinessdirectory.biz |
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BusinessSeek.biz
Business Directory |
www.businessseek.biz |
| Find companiission services to the business sector. Allows the addition of extensive business information on all directory entries. |
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Small Business Web Directory
by category and pages |
www.onlinebizdirectory.com |
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SEO Services
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Magazines |
Business Week - www.businessweek.com
Entrepreneur - www.entrepreneur.com
Fast Company - www.fastcompany.com
Forbes - www.forbes.com
Fortune & Fortune Small Business - www.fortune.com
Hispanic Business - www.hispanicbusiness.com
Inc - www.inc.com
Los Angeles Business Journal - www.labusinessjournal.com
Minority Business Entrepreneur - www.mbemag.com
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Customized Training
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Media Evaluation
Media monitoring and evaluation services from TNS
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