Quick Links

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Business Planning

• Florida Small Business Development Centers – floridasbdc.org
  
• 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

• Cover Florida – coverfloridahealthcare.com
• "HMOs: A Guide for Consumers" and "Health Insurance: A Guide for Consumers," Florida Department of Financial Services – myfloridacfo.com/Consumers/Guides/Health/
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — hhs.gov

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 – floodsmart.gov
• "Small-Business Owner's Insurance Consumers' Guide," Florida Department of Financial Services – myfloridacfo.com/Consumers/Guides/SmallBiz/
• 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 – myflorida.com/dbpr/reg/childlabor
• Florida Dept. of Financial Services, Division of Workers' Compensation – fldfs.com/wc
• Florida New Hire Reporting Center – newhirereporting.com/fl-newhire
• 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 (Partnership Income)– 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

Marketing

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

Money/ Investment Capital

• Angel Investment Forum of Florida – aiffl.org
• Antares Capital – antarescapital.com
• Ballast Point Ventures – ballastpointventures.com
• Crossbow Ventures – crossbowventures.com
• Emergent Growth Fund – emergentgrowth.com
• Enterprise Florida Inc. – eflorida.com
• Florida Angel Investment Alliance – floridaangelalliance.com
• Florida Angel Investors – floridaangel.com
• Florida Venture Forum – floridaventureforum.org
• Gold Coast Venture Capital Association – gcvca.org
• Hyde Park Capital – hydeparkcapital.com
• Inflexion Partners – inflexionvc.com
• Lovett Miller & Co. – lovettmiller.com
• New World Angels – newworldangels.com
• Springboard Capital – springboardcapllc.com
• Startup Florida – startupflorida.com
• Stonehenge Capital – stonehengecapital.com
• University of Central Florida Venture Lab – venturelab.ucf.edu
• Winter Park Angels – winterparkangels.com
  

Money/ SBA Loans

• Access Florida Finance Corp. – accessfloridafinance.com
• 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.org
  
• Employ Florida – employflorida.com
  
• Enterprise Florida – eflorida.com
• Florida Small Business Development Centers – floridasbdc.org
• 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/businesses/small/index.html

Women & Minorities

• Access Florida Finance Corp. — accessfloridafinance.com
• Florida Black Business Investment Corporation — fbbib.com
• Hispanic Business Initiative Fund (Tampa) — hbiftampa.org
• Hispanic Business Initiative Fund (Orlando) — hbiforlando.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

• CareerBuilder.com
• EmployFlorida.com
• Monster.com