Southeastern Louisiana University

Links to Helpful Websites and Information

Tax and Legal Links:

Tax Information For Business - IRS

http://www.irs.gov/businesses/index.html

Legal Forms and Model Documents

http://courttv.uslegalforms.com/

Legal and Tax Answers for Nonprofit Organizations

http://www.answers.com/topic/nonprofit

Nolo Home Page - Legal definitions  & books

www.nolo.com

Louisiana State Bar Association

www.lsba.org

Society of Louisiana CPAs

www.lcpa.org

Technology Links:

NASA Tech Briefs - Engineering Solutions for Design and Manufacturing

http://nasa.techbriefs.com/

Services for Inventors - Education, Product Development, Machine Design, Consulting

http://www.octs.com/invntsvc.htm#SvcFAQ

NTTC Home Page

http://www.nttc.edu/

Invention Marketing Companies

http://www.lightlink.com/bbm/pinvmktg.html

NASA Tech Briefs - Engineering Solutions for Design and Manufacturing

http://nasa.techbriefs.com/

Louisiana Business & Technology Center

http://www.bus.lsu.edu/lbtc/

SBIR Information Site

www.zyn.com/sbir

Start-Up Info Links:

First Stop Shop (Business Licenses) 

http://www.sec.state.la.us/first-1.htm

Secretary of State 

http://www.sec.state.la.us/

Secretary of State Corporations Division 

http://www.sec.state.la.us/comm/comm-index.htm

Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) 

www.score.org

U.S. Chamber Of Commerce

http://www.uschamber.com/default

Office of Workers' Compensation Administration (forms) 

http://www.ldol.state.la.us/qm_formsindex.asp

Tangipahoa Economic Development Foundation 

http://www.tedf.org/

Tangipahoa Parish Chambers of Commerce
http://www.2chambers.com/

St. Tammany Economic Development Foundation 

http://www.stedf.org/

ABC's of Small Business and Entrepreneur Success

http://www.liraz.com/

Small Business Advancement National Center

http://www.sbaer.uca.edu/

Info Louisiana 

http://www.state.la.us/wps/wcm/connect/Louisiana.gov/Home/

SmallBizBooks.com

http://www.smallbizbooks.com/cgi-bin/SmallBizBooks/index.html

Take The Entrepreneur Quiz

http://www.liraz.com/webquiz.htm

Community and Development Corp

www.cdconline.org/businessplan.htm

Business Name Check

www.sos.louisiana.gov/comm/corp/corp-index.htm

Louisiana Licensing Guide

www.laworks.net/qm_lmi.asp

Opening a Food Establishment

www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/?ID=216

Business Plan Information Links:

Business Plans

http://www.bplans.com/

BulletProof Business Plans: Sample Plans

http://www.bulletproofbizplans.com/bpsample.html

Howard University Development Center Business Plan Outline 

http://www.sb2000.com/webapp/sbs/sbs/index.jsp?page=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sb2000.com%2Fwebapp%2Fsbs%2FBasics%2Fhubp.jsp

How To Prepare a Business Plan 

http://businessbookshop.com/manuals/r1.htm

Sample Business Plans 

http://www.bplans.com/sp/index.cfm

Sample Business Plans and Marketing Plans 

http://www.bplans.com/sp/

Demographic Links:

American Demographics Magazine 

http://adage.com/americandemographics/

BEA Home Page

http://www.bea.gov/

Bureau of Justice Statistics Home page

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/

Bureau of Labor Statistics

http://www.bls.gov/

National Agricultural Statistics Service

http://www.nass.usda.gov/index.asp

National Center for Education Statistics

http://nces.ed.gov/

The DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

http://www.bts.gov/

U.S. Census Bureau

http://www.census.gov/

Louisiana Population Data Center

http://lapop.lsu.edu/

Louisiana State Census Data Center

www.state.ls.us/census/

Center for Veterans Enterprise

www.vetbiz.gov

Financing Links:

Louisiana Bankers Association

www.lba.org

Gulf Opportunity Zone Business Guide

www.GoZoneGuide.com

Louisiana Office of Financial Institutions

www.ofi.state.la.us

Louisiana Credit Union League

www.lcul.com

Small Business Administration Financing Page

http://www.sba.gov/services/financialassistance/index.html

Bankrate.com

www.bankrate.com/brm/default.asp

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

www.cfda.gov

FinanceHub

www.financehub.com

Worldhot.com - Top 100 venture capital firms

www.worldhot.com/business/venturecapita

Government Links:

Department of Environmental Quality Small Business Assistance

www.deq.louisiana.gov/assistance/sbap

Louisiana Rural Development

www.rurdev.usda.gov/la

Louisiana Recovery Authority

www.lra.louisiana.gov

Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization

www.doc.gov/osdbu/

US Patent and Trademark Office

www.uspto.gov

Louisiana Department of Labor Office of Workers' Compensation Administration

www.laworks.net/bus_owca.asp

Louisiana Department of Insurance

www.ldi.state.la.us

US Securities and Exchange Commission

www.sec.gov

Other Helpful Links and Info:

Louisiana Engineering Society

www.les-state.org

Insurance Information Institute

www.iii.org

Official Guide to Doing Business in Louisiana

www.BusinessGuideLA.com

Business Know-How - information and ideas for home and small business

www.businessknowhow.com/

Edward Low Digial Library - over 5,000 documents to help start and run your business

www.lowe.org

Idea Cafe - designed to help entrepreneurs succeed in reaching their business goals

www.ideacafe.com

Microsoft Small Business

www.bcentral.com

SBDC Net - Copyright Trademark Info

www.sbdcnet.utsa.edu

The Crafts Report Online - industry statistics

www.craftsreport.com

Bison.com - franchise info

www.bison.com

Franchise Handbook Online

www.franchise1.com

The LSBDC Program is partially funded by the U. S. Small Business Administration, Louisiana Economic Development, and Southeastern Louisiana University.  The support given by the SBA through such funding does not constitute an expressed or implied endorsement of the cosponsors or participants’ opinion, products, or services.  All SBDC programs are non-discriminatory and open to the public.