If you know of additional links to helpful websites or blogs, email the complete URL to Karen E. Klein.
Small Business
Business Nation: resources for startup.
Dun & Bradstreet: small business credit solutions.
Fambiz: resources for family business executives
Financial Research Associates: information and research for business planning
Gale/Cengage (formerly Gale Group): e-learning and business research
Internet Public Library: useful for finding industry and professional associations
National Federation of Independent Business
National Venture Capital Association
SBA's Small Business Development Centers
SCORE: nonprofit business counseling and advice
Spencer Stuart: an executive search consulting firm, for research on human capital management
ThomasNet (formerly Thomas Register): resources for manufacturers and suppliers to industry
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission: information on EDGAR filings
U.S. Small Business Administration: information on planning and executing a business startup plus information on SBA loans
Retirement
About.com: Retirement Planning
American Association of Individual Investors
American Association of Retired People (AARP)
The Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging & Longevity
MyMoney.gov: retirement resources from the U.S. Dept. of Labor
Smart Money magazine: retirement resources
Social Security Retirement Planner
Third Age: resources for Baby Boomers in transition