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If you are thinking about starting a business or are already on the road to small business success, there are many questions needing answers.  Where do you go for a quick piece of information or a fast fact?

This site offers endless research opportunities through its vast array of Internet links.  With more than 500 from which to choose, you will probably experience success researching almost any business topic of your choosing.

Each top ten link has a fairly detailed explanation of its content and potential usability.  They were reviewed by Business Faculty at Mesa State College with your use in mind.  We want to ease the burden that small business startup can create.  Have fun and GOOD LUCK!

Top 10 Entrepreneur Links
The Colorado Business Resource Guide
This guide provides general information to assist you in operating your business whether you are a new startup or you have been in business for some time. It is designed to save you time by putting together most of the regulatory information necessary to establish a business in Colorado. It also contains many useful tools and references for successful business operation. When distributed by mail, the Guide contains the necessary city, state, and federal forms needed to register; when available, links have been established from this online Guide to the various state and federal forms.

FedStats
More than 70 agencies in the United States Federal Government produce statistics of interest to the public. The Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy maintains this site to provide easy access to the full range of statistics and information produced by these agencies for public use. 

Grand Junction, Colorado Chamber of Commerce
The Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce represents business and promotes a vision for economic growth.  This is a good local site for entrepreneurs.

Department of Labor, Washington, DC 
Site contains useful information about:
Bureau of International Labor Affairs
Bureau of Labor Statistics

Employment Standards Administration

Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Office of Small Business and Minority Affairs

Wage and Hour Division
Women's Bureau

Lectric Law Library
The Library's goal is to allow you to easily find and access law-related information and products that you want or need.  There's lots of material for legal professionals, business folks and formal and informal students of the law, but mostly they have things that just about everyone might find interesting or helpful at one time or another.   And best of all, everything's free of charge, and worth every penny.

Legal Information Institute, Cornell University Law School
Site contains useful information about Employment Discrimination Law Materials, Employment Law Materials, Labor Law Materials, United States Code: Title 29 - Labor Cornell Law School Collective Bargaining, Employment Discrimination, Unemployment Compensation, Pensions, Workplace Safety, Worker's Compensation.

Grand Junction Economic Partnership
The mission of the Grand Junction  Economic Partnership is to recruit primary jobs to Mesa County which will provide sustainable economic development, meet or pay a wage greater than the Mesa County living wage and preserve our quality of life.  GJEP shall screen prospects with these conditions in mind and coordinate all possible assistance in relocation to qualified candidates.  This is another good local site for entrepreneurs. 

U.S. Census Bureau
The mission of the U.S. Census Bureau is to be the preeminent collector and provider of timely, relevant, and quality data about the people and economy of the United States.  This is a good place to get local demographic information. 

US Small Business Administration
The SBA, established in 1953, provides financial, technical and management assistance to help Americans start, run, and grow their businesses. With a portfolio of business loans, loan guarantees and disaster loans worth more than $45 billion, in addition to a venture capital portfolio of $13 billion, SBA is the nation's largest single financial backer of small businesses.  There is a great deal of valuable information on this site. 

US Tax Code On-line
This document allows you to access the complete text of the United States Internal Revenue Code, Title 26 of the US Code (26 USC) in a variety of ways. 



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