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National Resources
State Resources
Nebraska
- http://www.csc.edu/business/nbdc/index.csc
- http://www.nebraska.gov/business/business-services/
- http://www.revenue.nebraska.gov/business/bus_regist.html
Nevada
- https://www.sba.com/nevada/
- https://tax.nv.gov/
- https://nevadasbdc.org/
- http://nv.gov/business
- https://www.nvsos.gov/sos/businesses/start-a-business
New Hampshire
- https://www.nhsbdc.org/
- https://www.nh.gov/business/index.htm
- https://www.revenue.nh.gov/faq/register-business.htm
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
- http://www.sbtdc.org/
- https://www.nc.gov/services/business
- https://www.nc.gov/services-info/starting-business-nc
North Dakota
- http://ndsbdc.org/
- https://www.nd.gov/doing-business-nd/business-tools-resources
- https://www.nd.gov/businessreg/
Ohio
- https://clients.ohiosbdc.ohio.gov/
- https://business.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gateway/business
- https://www.sos.state.oh.us/businesses/information-on-starting-and-maintaining-a-business/starting-a-business/#gref
Oklahoma
- https://www.oksbdc.org/
- https://www.ok.gov/portal/section.php?sec_id=4
- https://okcommerce.gov/business/startup/
Oregon
- https://www.sba.com/oregon/
- https://www.oregon.gov/pages/index.aspx
- https://bizcenter.org/
- https://sos.oregon.gov/business/Pages/register.aspx
- https://sos.oregon.gov/business/pages/starting-business.aspx
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
- https://web.uri.edu/risbdc/
- https://www.ri.gov/
- http://sos.ri.gov/divisions/Business-Portal/Start-Or-Qualify-A-Business
South Carolina
- https://www.scsbdc.com/
- https://sc.gov/Business/Pages/default.aspx
- https://sc.gov/business/Pages/STARTINGABUSINESS.aspx
South Dakota
- https://sdbusinesshelp.com/
- https://sd.gov/business.aspx
- https://sdsos.gov/business-services/default.aspx
Tennessee
Texas
- https://www.sba.com/texas/
- https://comptroller.texas.gov/tba/
- https://sbdctexas.org/
- https://gov.texas.gov/business/page/start-a-business
Utah
- https://utahsbdc.org/
- https://www.utah.gov/business/industry.html?type=Business
- https://www.utah.gov/business/starting.html
Vermont
- https://www.vtsbdc.org/
- http://www.vermont.gov/portal/business/
- https://www.sec.state.vt.us/corporationsbusiness-services/resources/business-start-up-guide.aspx
Virginia
- https://www.virginiasbdc.org/
- https://www.virginia.gov/business/
- http://www.bos.virginia.gov/starting.shtml
Washington
- https://www.sba.com/washington/
- https://dor.wa.gov/doing-business
- http://wsbdc.org/
- https://www.business.wa.gov/site/alias__business/875/Home.aspx
- https://bls.dor.wa.gov/startbusiness.aspx
West Virginia
- https://wvsbdc.com/
- https://www.wv.gov/Pages/default.aspx#business
- https://business4.wv.gov/Pages/default.aspx
Wisconsin
- https://wisconsinsbdc.org/
- https://www.wisconsin.gov/Pages/business.aspx
- https://www.revenue.wi.gov/Pages/Businesses/New-Business-home.aspx
Wyoming
- http://www.wyomingsbdc.org/
- http://wyomingbusiness.org/
- https://soswy.state.wy.us/Business/StartABusiness.aspx
Canada Resources
- https://www.canada.ca/en.html
- https://www.canada.ca/en/services/business.html
- https://www.canadaone.com/tools/startingabusiness.html
UK Resources
- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-innovation-skills
- https://www.gov.uk/set-up-business
Additional Resources
Business USA’s Start a Business wizard
Entrepreneur’s Business Plans Forms and Templates
Yelp for Business (Utilizing the free directory only is recommended)
MIT Open Courseware (Free (and some paid module) Courses from MIT