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Business Planning

• Florida Small Business Development Centers -- floridasbdc.com
  
• U.S. Small Business Administration -- sba.gov/smallbusinessplanner/index.html

Forms, Permits & Licenses

• Florida Division of Corporations, Sunbiz -- sunbiz.org
• Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Licensing -- myfloridalicense.com
• Florida New Hire Reporting Center -- newhirereporting.com/fl-newhire
• Florida Department of Revenue -- myflorida.com/dor
• Internal Revenue Service -- irs.gov
• MyFlorida.com -- myflorida.com
  

Global Business

• Enterprise Florida Inc. -- eflorida.com
• U.S. Export Assistance Centers -- export.gov

Government Contracting

• MyFloridaMarketplace.com -- dms.myflorida.com
• Office of Supplier Diversity -- osd.dms.state.fl.us
  

Health Insurance

• "HMOs: A Guide for Consumers" and "Health Insurance: A Guide for Consumers," Florida Department of Financial Services -- fldfs.com/consumers/Publications.htm#-health
• HSAdecisions.org -- hsadecisions.org
• U.S. Small Business Administration -- sba.gov/healthcare

Insurance

• Citizens Property Insurance Corporation -- citizensfla.com
  
• Florida Department of Financial Services, Division of Workers’ Compensation — fldfs.com/wc
• Florida Market Assistance program — fmap.org
• Florida Workers’ Compensation Joint Underwriting Association — fwcjua.com
• National Council on Compensation Insurance — ncci.com
• National Flood Insurance Program -- fema.gov/nfip
• "Small-Business Owner's Insurance Consumers' Guide," Florida Department of Financial Services -- fldfs.com
• U.S. Small Business Administration, Disaster Assistance — sba.gov/services/disasterassistance/index.html

Labor Law

• Florida Bar Lawyer Referral Service — floridabar.org
• Florida Dept. of Business and Professional Regulation, Child Labor Program -- state.fl.us/dbpr/reg/childlabor/index.shtml
• Florida Dept. of Financial Services, Division of Workers' Compensation -- fldfs.com/wc
• Florida New Hire Reporting Center -- newhirereporting.com/fl-newhire.com
• U.S. Department of Labor — dol.gov
• U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and hour Division — dol.gov/esa/whd
• U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration — osha.gov/dcsp/smallbusiness
• U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission — eeoc.gov
• U.S. Department of Justice, Americans with Disabilities Act — ada.gov

Legal Structure

• Florida Division of Corporations -- sunbiz.org
  
• Instructions for IRS Form 1065 -- irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1065.pdf
• IRS Tax Topic 408, Sole Proprietorship -- irs.gov/taxtopics/tc408.html
• IRS Publication 541, Partnerships -- irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p541.pdf
• IRS Publication 542, Corporations -- irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p542.pdf

Management

• Renaissance Executive Forums -- executiveforums.com
• Stetson University -- stetson.edu
• TEC Florida -- tecflorida.com
• The Alternative Board -- thealternativeboard.com
• University of Florida’s GatorNest -- gatornest.net
• University of Tampa, Strategic Analysis Program — ut.edu
• Young Presidents’ Organization -- ypo.org

Marketing

• Apple.com/business
• Blogger.com
• ConstantContact.com
• FaceBook.com
• GoDaddy.com
• GoToWebinar.com
• iContact.com
• LinkedIn.com
• MyPodcast.com
• MySpace.com
• NetworkSolutions.com
• Register.com
• Twitter.com
• YouTube.com

Money/ Investment Capital

• Angel Investment Forum of Florida -- aiffl.org
• Emergent Growth Fund -- emergentgrowth.com
• Enterprise Florida Inc. -- eflorida.com
• Florida Angel Investment Alliance -- floridaangelalliance.com
• Florida Angel Investors -- floridaangel.com
• Gold Coast Venture Capital Association -- gcva.org
• New World Angels -- newworldangels.com
• Springboard Capital -- springboardcapllc.com
• Startup Florida -- startupflorida.com
• Winter Park Angels-- winterparkangels.com
  

Money/ SBA Loans

• Business Development Corporation of Northeast Florida (Jacksonville) -- bdcjaxnfl.org
• Essential Capital (Jacksonville). — essentialcapital.net
• Florida Business Development Corp. -- fbdc.net
• Florida First Capital Finance Corporation -- ffcfc.com
• Gulf Coast Business Finance — gulfcoastbiz.com
• IDS Corp. (North Fort Myers) — idscorp.org
• Tampa Bay Economic Development Corp. -- tedcoloans.com
• U.S. Small Business Administration -- sba.gov

Patent, Trademark & Copyright

• U.S. Copyright Office -- copyright.gov
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office -- uspto.gov
  

Resources

• Agency for Workforce Innovation -- floridajobs.com
  
• Employ Florida -- employflorida.com
  
• Enterprise Florida -- florida.com
• Florida Small Business Development Centers -- floridasbdc.com
• SCORE -- score.org
• Workforce Florida -- workforceflorida.com

State and Federal Tax

• Florida Department of Revenue -- myflorida.com/dor
  
• U.S. Internal Revenue Service -- www.irs.gov/business/small/index.html

Women & Minorities

• Florida Black Business Investment Corporation — fbbib.com
• Hispanic Business Initiative Fund (Tampa) — hbiftampa.org
• Hispanic Business Initiative Fund (Orlando) — hbiforl.org
• Office of Supplier Diversity -- osd.dms.state.fl.us
• Women’s Business Center (Delray Beach) — flwbc.org
• Women’s Business Center (Orlando) — allianceflorida.com
• Women’s Business Center (Jacksonville) — jaxwbc.com
• WomenBiz.gov — womenbiz.gov

Workforce

• AllRetailJobs.com
• CallCenterJobs.com
• CareerBuilder.com
• Computerwork.com
• EmployFlorida.com
• GreatInsuranceJobs.com
• Jobs4HR.com
• Jobscience.com
• JobsInLogistics.com
• JobsInManufacturing.com
• JobsintheMoney.com
• JobsInTrucks.com
• Monster.com
• TalentZoo.com
• TelecomCareers.net