Business Resources
- Federal Government
- State Government
- Local Government
- Chambers of Commerce
- Women's Business Networks
- Miscellaneous Organizations
- Journals and Publications
- Business Start-up and Management Resources
- Consumer Protection
Federal Government
- Chief Information Officers Council
- Federal Business Opportunities (formerly Commerce Business Daily)
- The Federal Executive Institute and the Management Development Centers (OPM)
- Small Business Administration (SBA)
State Government
- Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development (MD Manual)
- Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development
- Maryland Small Business Development Center Network
- State of MD Business Licensing Information System (BLIS)
Local Government
- Howard County Economic Development Authority
- Montgomery County Small Business Services
- Rockville Economic Development, Inc.
Chambers of Commerce
Women's Business Networks
- American Business Women's Association - Columbia Charter
- Business Women's Network of Howard County
- National Association of Women Business Owners
- Women Business Owners of Montgomery County
Miscellaneous Organizations
- American Society of Association Executives
- Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America
- Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE)
- National Women's Business Center
Journals and Publications
- Baltimore Business Journal
- Business Journal
- The Business Monthly, the business newspaper of Howard County, BWI business district, and northern Anne Arundel County
- Business Week
- Defense Systems
- E-Gov
- Federal Computer Week
- Federal Times
- Government Computer News
- Government Executive
- Government Leader
- Inc
- Red Herring
- Washington Technology
The author makes no assertions about the benefits or usefulness of any of the links below. They were just included to make it easier to find them again!
Business Start-up and Management Resources
- Business Know-How, Small Business and Home Business Ideas
- Business Owners Idea Cafe
- Bplans.com, "business plans made easy".
- Dan Pink's Business Ideas, from Startup Journal. Whatever idea he thinks of that might work as a future business, some of them impractical.
- Startup Journal (Wall Street Week)
- Yes! Circle, business start-up support group based in Washington, DC
Consumer Protection
- Citizens Against Government Waste
- Consumer Watch Dog
- Fraud Watch International, anti-phishing information