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Sources of Information on Exporting

Information on Exporting

95% of the world’s consumers live in other countries. Advice and assistance on exporting is available at little to no cost if you know where to look. You may feel overwhelmed at the number of sources for information, but the truth is it is valuable to be familiar with all of these sources if you [...]

Federal Information Resources: the Census Bureau – part 2

Census Bureau-part 2

The Bureau of the Census doesn’t just count the number of people in the United States; that happens once every ten years. In the interim, the Census Bureau prepares loads of other useful demographic information about businesses as well as individual people and this can be a fantastic resource for market research. These statistics are [...]

Federal Information Resources: the Small Business Administration – Part 1

Small-business-administration

The Small Business Administration (SBA) is a federal agency that was created in 1953. The SBA was designed to provide management and financial assistance to small businesses. One of the main activities of the SBA is to guarantee small business loans through financial institutions, but they also give general aid and assistance, are a wealth [...]

General Information Resources

general information resource

The Internet is a wealth of resources that are waiting for you to do the searching. Research is one of the best and most useful activities to engage in during the time period before you open your doors for business. The stronger your foundation of knowledge is, the easier it is to build on that [...]