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Appalachian Development Corporation Small Business Resource Links |
| Area/Region Links | |
| Upstate Economic Development Offices | Upstate Chambers of Commerce |
| Upstate Alliance | Anderson Area Chamber of Commerce |
| Anderson County Development Partnership | Cherokee County |
| Cherokee County Development Board | Clemson Area Chamber of Commerce - Pickens and Anderson Counties |
| Greenville Area Development Corporation | Greater Easley Chamber of Commerce - Pickens County |
| Greer Development Corporation | Fountain Inn Chamber of Commerce - Greenville and Laurens Counties |
| Oconee County Economic Development Commission | Greater Greenville Chamber of Commerce |
| Alliance Pickens (Pickens County) | Greater Greer Chamber of Commerce - Greenville and Spartanburg Counties |
| Spartanburg County Economic Development | Greater Pickens Chamber of Commerce |
| Greater Seneca Chamber of Commerce - Oconee County | |
| Simpsonville Area Chamber of Commerce - Greenville County | |
| Spartanburg Area Chamber of Commerce | |
| City of Westminster - Oconee | |
| infoMentum FactFinder | A comprehensive collection of tables containing vital demographic and economic information for the SC Upstate region. |
| Clemson University SBDC | Offers a variety of services and management assistance to those wishing to start or expand an enterprise. |
| Alliance for Small Business & Nonprofit Organizations | The Alliance is a collaboration of services and resources in support of small businesses and nonprofit organizations in South Carolina. |
| State Links | |
| Small Business Administration - SC District Office | Homepage for the SBA office in Columbia, SC |
| USC Small Business Development Center | Established to aid small business start-up ventures and assist in the continued growth of small businesses. |
| South Carolina Business One Stop | A state resource for locating business registration information. |
| SC Small Business Assistance Program | A
free, nonregulatory service of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. |
| South Carolina Department of Commerce - Entreprenuership and Small Business Services | Working with statewide partners to develop programs and services to help entrepreneurs and small business owners become successful in an increasingly competitive environment. |
| SC Small and Minority Business Assistance | The mission of OSMBA is to promote the interest of small and minority businesses as a part of the free enterprise system; thereby, enhancing economic growth and development in South Carolina. |
| USDA Rural Development Business Programs | Enhancing the quality of life for rural Americans by providing leadership in building competitive businesses including sustainable cooperatives that can prosper in the global marketplace. |
| Business Utility Zone Gateway | BUZGate content focuses on helping individuals to learn about, connect with, and utilize the resources they require to succeed in their professional ventures |
| General Tax Guide for Starting a Small Business in South Carolina | From the SC Department of Revenue, this publication is intended to give you some basic information about South Carolina's tax laws and how you, as a business owner, are affected. |
| Small Business Incubators in South Carolina | This is a list of business incubators in South Carolina |
| South Carolina Chamber of Commerce | Home site of the SC Chamber of Commerce |
| Steps to Starting a Small Business | A detailed resource from the Frank L. Roddey Small Business Development Center of SC. |
| News of the Knowledge Economy in SC | The resource of record for South Carolina knowledge-based companies, organizations, and initiatives. |
| South Carolina's Knowledge Economy Engine | SC Launch! provides entrepreneurs with key tools for success to build technology startups, jobs and equity in the future for South Carolina. |
| National Links | |
| SBA - Startup Basics | Free small business startup guide through the Small Business Administration. |
| Small Business Development Center- National Information Clearinghouse | Serves as a resource providing timely, relevant research, web-based information, and training to SBDC counselors and their small business clients. |
| Small Business Administration (SBA) | The National Small Business Administration website. |
| Service Corps for Retired Executives (SCORE) | SCORE offers small business advice and training through 10,500 volunteers with more than 600 business skills. Volunteers are working/retired business owners, executives and corporate leaders. |
| National Association for the Self-Employed | Helps the self-employed successfully meet the challenges of managing and growing their businesses. |
| National Business Incubation Association | Provides information, education, advocacy and networking resources to early-stage companies. |
| US Chamber of Commerce Small Business Center | Offers small business toolkits and tools to help the small businesses become better advocates for important business issues. |
| Minority/Womens Resources | |
| Online Women's Business Center | To assist women by helping them start and run successful businesses. |
| Small Business Resources for Women Business Owners | Providing information, tools, networking opportunities and advice to women entrepreneurs. |
| Small Disadvantaged Business | Companies, just starting or in a growth stage, can benefit from the wide-range services offered—support for government contractors, access to capital, management and technical assistance, and export assistance and more. |
| South Carolina Statewide Minority Business Development Center | Established to increase the growth of new minority owned business and strengthen existing ones, therefore making them more profitable and creating new jobs for South Carolina. |
| South Carolina Minority Business | Searchable database providing access to minority and woman-owned businesses statewide. |
| 8(a) BD Program | SBA program to assist socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns. |
| General Links | |
| Small Business Resources | Free helpful advice from small buisness & Internet experts. |
| Microsoft Small Business Startup | Advice on small business startups including how to write a business plan, where to seek financing, business entities to consider and business names to avoid. |
| Business Owners Toolkit | Thousands of pages of information and tools to help you start, run and grow a successful small business. |
| More Business.com's Small Business Primer | Small business articles and information |
| Low Cost Startup Ideas from Entreprenuer Magazine | More than 40 ideas—plus a list of tools and financing options for smaller businesses—to get you started. |
| My Own Business - Free Internet Course for Anyone Starting a Business | A free course is run by successful business owners and professionals who donate their time and experience to point out the common, avoidable mistakes made by new business owners. |
| Kaufman Foundation's Entreworld | Online magazine offering resources to entreprenuers. |
| Pew Partnership for Civic Change | The Pew Partnership for Civic Change is a civic research organization that provides consulting and program support to communities, governments, foundations and nonprofit agencies. |
| Sustainable Jobs Fund | SJF Ventures is a venture capital fund that finances and assists rapidly growing companies with more than $1 million in sales. |
| Current Prime Lending Rate | The Prime Rate is the interest rate charged by banks to their most creditworthy customers. |
| Daily Treasury Yield Curve | |
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