Small Business Resources
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Provided below are a list of helpful links for small businesses to use as a resource.
Flagstaff Prospector, www.flagstaffprospector.com: Provides demographic information on the City of Flagstaff and Coconino County. Includes information on consumer expenditures, types of existing businesses, and workforce information. Search engine for commercial property for lease or sale by size and type.
 Arizona Department of Commerce Small Business Services, www.azcommerce.com/BusAsst/SmallBiz/: Provides small business services including online resource guides and checklist, information on business licensing, statewide resources, certification programs, commerce incentive programs and education programs.
Arizona Small Business Association, www.asba.com: Offers workshops and seminars for every stage of business growth, from infancy to second-stage and beyond. For a fee membership, business owners and entrepreneurs get to access education, technology and B2B marketing opportunities and free, applications that are not available to non-members.
 Arizona Small Business Development Center Network, www.azsbdc.net: Helps your business address virtually any challenge to help it reach its full potential with 13 centers throughout the state. AZSBDC is an innovative partnership between the state's ten community college districts and the U.S. Small Business Administration. The network is the largest and most accessible source of assistance to Arizona businesses with fewer than 200 employees. It was formed in 1988 and reached its present size in 1992. In January 2004, the network added it's 11th center located in Gila County.
 Arizona Tax site, www.aztaxes.gov: Arizona business license links, business tax description codes, and Arizona Department of Revenue links.
 Coconino Community College Small Business Development Center, www.coconino.edu/sbdc: Has assisted more than 100,000 small businesses in the last 15 years. Offers confidential business counseling, training seminars and customized training ranging from business purchase/start-up, management, marketing, record keeping to business sale.
 Coconino County Community Services Basic Business Empowerment (CCCSD-BBE)
www.coconino.az.gov/comsvcs.aspx?id=5497: Small businesses are the primary source of wealth and job creation in America. For this reason, Coconino County Community Services Department (CCCSD), a Community Action Agency, offers First Step FastTrac business development training and Individual Development Account match savings opportunities for those who are able to particpate. Selected applicants are those passionate to do business, but lacking resouces and knowledge. To learn more, or to submit an application, visit our website.
 Internal Revenue Service, Small Business and Self Employed Tax Center www.irs.gov/businesses/small/index.html: Your one stop assistance center for your business or as a self-employed entrepreneur. This includes Small Business and Self-Employed "Filing Season Central"; Business-related News; A-Z Index for Business; Online Learning and Educational Products; Applying for an Employer ID Number (EIN); Online Learning and Educational Products; Small Business Forms and Publications; Starting, Operating, or Closing a Business; Highlights of Tax Law Changes; Tax Tips, and more.
Learn the basics on self-employment, filing requirements, and reporting responsibilities for independent contractors.
 Northern Arizona University Center for Business Outreach through The W. A. Franke College of Business, www.franke.nau.edu/businessoutreach: Offers business training, education, consulting, and information resources.
Northern Arizona Center for Emerging Technology, www.nacet.org: Small business assistance program founded to help entrepreneurs and startups succeed in Northern Arizona. Offers hands-on consulting to high-tech, science, and renewable energy firms.
Service Corps of Retired Executives, www.score.org: Nonprofit association dedicated to educating entrepreneurs and the formation, growth and success of small business nationwide. SCORE is a resource partner with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).
 The United States Chamber Small Business Division, www.uschamber.com/sb: Small business toolkits, articles and a small business library of info.
U.S. Small Business Administration, www.sba.gov: Offers SBA-backed loans, government contracting opportunities, disaster assistance and training programs and the latest issue of The Small Business Advocate.
The SBA report, The Importance of Angel Investing in Financing the Growth of Entrepreneurial Ventures, seeks to provide an alternative assessment of the role of angel investment in the entrepreneurial finance system.
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 U.S. Government business site, www.business.gov: The official business link to the U.S. Government. Small business guides, business law, licensing and permits, tax and finance info.
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