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|
The American Accounting
Association |
http://aaahq.org/index.cfm
The AAA works
to promote excellence in accounting education |
The American Institute
of Certified Public Accountants |
http://www.aicpa.org/index.htm
The AICPA is the premier
national professional association for CPAs in
the United States |
Financial Accounting
Standards Board |
http://www.fasb.org
The FASB sets Generally
Accepted Accounting Principles |
| Financial Executives
International |
http://www.fei.org/
The FEI represents
senior corporate financial executives |
| Governmental Accounting
Standards Board |
http://www.gasb.org/
The GASB establishes financial
accounting and reporting standards for state and
local governmental entities. |
| The Illinois CPA Society
|
http://www.icpas.org/icpas/index.asp
The ICPAS represents 26,000
CPAs in the State of Illinois. |
| The Institute of Internal
Auditors |
http://www.theiia.org/
The IIA is an international
organization dedicated to the promotion and development
of internal auditing. |
| The Internal Revenue
Service |
http://www.irs.gov/
The IRS collects most
of the federal government's revenues |
| The Web CPA |
http://www.webcpa.com/
Web CPA is an online magazine
and resource guide for professional accountants |
|
|
ADLAW |
www.adlaw.com
Legal information on advertising and marketing |
ALI-ABA |
www.ali-aba.org
American law institute- American bar association
committee on continuing professional education |
American Arbitration
Association |
http://www.adr.org/
The most comprehensive site for up-to-the-minute
information about mediation, arbitration and other
forms of alternative dispute resolution (ADR). |
American Bar Association
|
www.abanet.org
|
Aspen Publishers |
www.aspenpub.com
Publishing company of legal resources |
Chicago Bar Association
|
www.chicagobar.org
|
Delaware Secretary
of State |
http://www.sos.delaware.gov |
Delaware Secretary
of State Divisions of Corporations |
http://www.state.de.us/corp/default.shtml
Check name availability under the Services- General
Information Link |
Law Journal Seminars
|
www.lawjournalseminars.com
A division of American Lawyer Media, the nation's
largest legal journalism organization offers continuing
legal education |
Practicing Law Institute
|
www.pli.edu |
|
|
Federal Reserve |
www.federalreserve.gov
|
Illinois Offices of
Bank And Real Estate |
www.obre.state.il.us |
Insurance News Net
|
www.insurancenewsnet.com |
Office of Comptroller
of Currency |
www.occ.treas.gov
Regulates banks, contains interpretive letters |
State Insurance Department
Web Sites |
List
of Links Links to Insurance departments of all 50 states
|
|
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BizBuySell |
www.bizbuysell.com
Facilitates sales of businesses. More than
15K businesses are listed, and roughly 6K listings
are added or updated monthly. Includes new
franchise offerings and start-up business opportunities,
as well as a directory of more than 1,000 professional
business brokers. |
MergerNetwork.com
|
www.mergernetwork.com
Connects buyers and sellers of businesses.
Includes database that allows searches by type,
size and location of business sought, and a service
listing buyers and their preferences. |
|
|
Blackburne |
www.blackburne.com
Commercial Mortgage lender database |
CCH Business Owner's
Toolkit |
www.toolkit.cch.com
Small business owner's resources (Beware of free forms) |
Inc.com |
www.inc.com
Offers information and resources for small business
owners. Includes a service for owners to list businesses
for sale, opportunities to connect with peers and
find new suppliers, online discussion groups on
many topics, research and more. |
ITEC- Illinois Technology
Enterprise Corporation |
www.northwestern.edu/itec
Promotes the formation, growth, and retention of
early stage technology companies in Illinois by
defining strategies and providing services to realize
the commercial potential of University and regional
innovations. |
Just Sell |
www.justsell.com
Part of a network of six websites with sales resources
designed for people whose jobs include selling.
Contains content related to sales and sales
management and aims to support small business owners
with free sales leads, online recruiting capabilities
and articles to help improve skills. |
Kauffman Foundation
|
www.kauffman.org/sitemap.cfm
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation works with
partners to encourage entrepreneurship across America
and improve the education of children and youth.
The Foundation focuses its operations and grant-making
on two areas: entrepreneurship and education. |
Kaufman.Org |
www.Kaufman.org
Obtain an email or web address in your name.
This site has over 17,000 name-based domains. |
OSBI Consulting |
http://www.osbi.uiuc.edu/
OSBI Consulting (OSBI) is a student consulting organization
run by the College of Business and the Illinois
MBA Program |
Prentice Hall's Entrepreneurship
and Small Business Resource Website |
www.prenhall.com/scarbzim/index.html
Access a world of information that can help you
build a plan for launching a company or that can
make your existing small business more successful. |
Small Business Administration
|
http://www.sba.gov/ |
Small Business Help
Center |
www.helpbizowners.com
Offers free articles and information on buying and
selling a business, international business, marketing,
management, finance, personnel and taxes.
Features links to government, trade association
and business incubator sites geared to small business. |
STAT-USA |
www.stat-usa.gov
A service of the U.S. Department of Commerce that
is a resource for international trade, business
and economic information. Offers reports
and news releases from more than 40 Federal agencies
online for a subscription fee. |
U.S. Business Advisor
|
www.business.gov
Provides small businesses with one-stop access to
government information, services, and transactions.
Can search online for resources and regulations;
posts daily news of interest to small businesses.
|
|
|
Biotechnology Industry
Organization |
http://www.bio.org/ |
Local Business |
www.localbusiness.com
Information on local businesses |
Technology Executive
Club |
www.technologyexecutivesclub.com
Formerly known as Internet executives club.
A Thought Leadership and Business Development Community
for High Technology and eBusiness Executives |
The Illinois Coalition
|
www.ilcoalition.org
Includes VC contact information |
The Illinois Technology
Development Alliance |
www.itda.biz
The ITDA provides consulting services to growth
stage technology firms to fundamentally address
business, technology, management and other strategic
issues critical to their success. |
|
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Business Angels International
|
www.equityinternational.com
Aims to link investors with small-to-medium-sized
companies needing capital, and to improve communications
between private investor networks. Available
for deal consultation and advice. |
Chicago Assn. Of Neighborhood
Development Organizations' Self-Employment Loan
Fund |
www.candochicago.org
Non-Profit alliance of economic community development
organizations offers microloans up to $20K for entrepreneurs
who traditionally have not had access to capital.
Known as SELF loan program. |
Illinois Finance Authority
|
www.il-fa.com
The Illinois Finance Authority (IFA) is a self-financed,
state authority principally engaged in issuing taxable
and tax-exempt bonds, making loans, and investing
capital for businesses, non-profit corporations,
agriculture and local government units statewide. |
Northern Illinois
Angels |
www.northernillinoisangels.com
|
Prairie Angels |
www.prairieangels.org
|
Venture Capital Online
|
www.vcapital.com
Works across all sectors of the high-tech industry
to help companies secure financing and obtain full
advisory services, from early stage to initial public
offering. For a fee small business owners may submit
an executive summary with "high growth" opportunity
for a confidential review of investment opportunity. |
|
|
Chamber of Commerce
|
www.chicagolandchamber.org
|
Chicago Department
of Planning and Development |
www.cityofchicago.org/plananddevelop
Listings of department services offered to small
businesses, information about tax-increment financing
and other financial assistance programs and general
information about the city |
Chicagoland Entrepreneurial
Center |
www.wehaveanswers.org
A clearinghouse of services for small business
|
City of Chicago |
www.ci.chi.il.us
|
Cook County Assessor
|
www.cookcountyassessor.com
|
Cook County Clerk
|
www.cookcountyclerkofcourt.org
|
Cook County Information
Center |
www.co.cook.il.us
|
Cook County Recorder
|
www.ccrd.info
|
Cook County Treasurer
|
www.cookcountytreasurer.com
|
Crain's |
www.crainschicagobusiness.com
|
|
|
IL Corporation Name
Search |
Secretary
of State Corporation Name Search |
Illinois Commerce
Commission |
www.icc.state.il.us
Addresses issues affecting IL businesses such as
Ameritech customer service problems and electricity
provider deregulation. Also includes online
form for complaints. |
Illinois Courts |
www.state.il.us/court
|
Illinois Department
of Commerce and Community affairs |
www.commerce.state.il.us
Offers Information on the department's services
for small business such as start-up and expansion
assistance, export development assistance and help
with permits. Also lists community development
programs |
Illinois Department
of Employment Security |
www.ides.state.il.us
|
Illinois Department
of Insurance |
www.state.il.us/ins/default.htm
|
Illinois Government
Links |
Yahoo
Directory |
Illinois Manufacturers'
Assn. |
www.ima-net.org
Aims to enhance B2B marketing opportunities for
manufacturers and allied businesses by offering
access to the products and services of 4300 IMA
members. Also provides important news and business
information for IL manufacturers. |
Illinois Secretary
of State (Cyberdrive) |
www.sos.state.il.us
|
Illinois Secretary
of State Business Services |
Secretary
of State Business Services |
Illinois State Bar
Association |
www.isba.org
|
DuPage County Government
|
www.dupageco.org
|
Kane County Government
|
www.co.kane.il.us
|
Lake County Government
|
http://www.co.lake.il.us/
|
McHenry County Government
|
www.co.mchenry.il.us
|
Will County Government
|
www.willcountyillinois.com
|
|
|
ADH Patent Services
|
www.adhservices.com
Service that assists in the application process |
All About Trademarks
|
www.ggmark.com
|
Bpubs: Intellectual
Property |
www.bpubs.com/Intellectual_Property/
Business Publications resources on intellectual
property |
BitLaw |
www.bitlaw.com/index.html
BitLaw is a comprehensive Internet resource on technology
law, containing over 1,800 pages on patent, copyright,
trademark, and Internet legal issues. |
Copyright Office |
www.lcweb.loc.gov/copyright
|
Copyright Resource
Online |
www.library.yale.edu/~okerson/copyproj.html
|
ICANN |
www.icann.org
Internet corporation for assigned names and numbers-
in charge of domain names |
Intellectual Property
Mall |
www.ipmall.fplc.edu
Part of the Franklin Pierce law Network with links
to information on every aspect of IP law |
IPMag.com |
www.ipmag.com
Index of Intellectual Property law sites |
Liblicense: Licensing
Digital Information |
www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/index.shtml
|
Licensing Executive
Society International. Inc. |
www.lesi.org
An association of 27 national and regional societies,
each composed of men and women who have an interest
in the transfer of technology, or licensing of intellectual
property rights - from technical know how and patented
inventions to software, copyright and trade marks |
Licensing Executive
Society- USA and Canada |
www.usa-canada.les.org
|
Patent and Trademark
office |
www.uspto.gov
Allows online searches of the organization's patent
and trademark databases |
Stanford Copyright
& Fair Use |
http://fairuse.stanford.edu
|
The UT System Crash
Course in Copyright |
http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/
|
When works Pass into
the Public Domain |
www.unc.edu/~unclng/public-d.htm
Information on when copyrights are no longer protected |
World Intellectual
Property Organization |
www.wipo.org
|
Yet2.com |
www.yet2.com
Technology Transfer Intellectual Property Patent
Exchange & Transfer IP Licensing Marketplace |
|
|
U.S. Department of
Commerce Market Access and Compliance |
www.mac.doc.gov
Contains the text of more than 200 trade agreements
plus detailed market access information for nearly
200 countries. Allows U.S. exporters- especially
small and mid-sized companies- to file market access
and trade agreement complaints online. |
International Trade
Club of Chicago |
www.itcc.org
Aims to Support Chicago area businesses that want
to initiate and develop global trade. Includes
calendar of events and member directory for one
of the oldest international organizations. |
U.S. Council for International
Business |
www.uscib.org
Site aims to help businesses involved in international
trade, import/export and other foreign transactions.
Provides practical information on policy
and regulatory issues affecting trade and investment
abroad, including customs, trade facilitation, labor
issues, taxation and e-commerce. |
International Small
Business Consortium |
www.isbc.com
A free resource for small international businesses.
Specializes in networking and discussion
groups to link potential customers and suppliers. |
Organization for Economic
Development |
www.oecd.org
Organization that encourages international cooperation
and helps governments face the challenges of the
international economy |
Orchard Law |
http://www.orchardlaw.com/
UK law firm website |
|
|
CEO Express |
www.ceoexpress.com/
Links to many sources of daily news and information |
Corporate Information
|
www.corporateinformation.com
Research and information on corporations |
Forrester |
www.forrester.com
Provides research and analysis as well as assistance
in adopting technology to help companies grow |
Free Edgar |
www.freeedgar.com
|
Hoover's Online (some
info free) |
www.hoovers.com
Business information center |
NASDAQ |
www.NASDAQ.com
|
NYSE |
www.nyse.com
|
Wall Street Research
Net |
www.wsrn.com
|
|
|
Findlaw |
www.findlaw.com
|
Law Guru |
www.lawguru.com
Access to answers to legal questions, forms, and
other useful resources |
Links to each states'
UCC |
www.law.cornell.edu/uniform/ucc.html
|
Pacer |
http://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov
Administrative office of the US courts |
|
|
The American Society
of Composers, Authors and Publishers |
www.ascap.com
|
BMI |
www.bmi.com
BMI is an American performing rights organization
that represents more than 300,000 songwriters, composers
and music publishers in all genres of music |
Harry Fox |
www.harryfox.com
|
RIAA |
www.RIAA.com
|
SESAC |
www.sesac.com
The most innovative and fastest growing performing
rights organization in the U.S. |
|
|
FTC Privacy Initiatives
|
www.ftc.gov/privacy/index.html
FTC site on privacy |
Privacy Headquarters
|
http://www.complianceheadquarters.com/
Part of compliance headquarters- general information
on privacy |
|
|
Chicago Association
of Realtors |
www.car-realtor.com
One-Stop shop for real estate education needs. Offerings
include Pre-licensing sales, Broker licensing, continuing
education, professional designation classes, online
education, technology and much more |
Chicago Department
of Buildings |
www.ci.chi.il.us/Buildings/
|
Chicago Department
of Housing |
www.ci.chi.il.us/Housing
|
Chicago Department
of Human Services |
www.ci.chi.il.us/HumanServices
|
Chicago Department of Zoning |
www.ci.chi.il.us/Zoning/
|
City of Chicago Department of Zoning Maps |
http://maps.cityofchicago.org/website/zoning
|
Chicago Department
of Planning and Development |
www.ci.chi.il.us/PlanAndDevelop
|
Chicago Residential
Landlord Tenant Ordinance |
http://www.illinois-attorney.com/ordinance.htm
|
Chicago Title- Chicago
Metro |
http://cmetro.ctic.com
|
Cook County Assessor
|
www.cookcountyassessor.com
|
Illinois Offices of
Bank And Real Estate |
www.obre.state.il.us
|
Investing in Land
|
http://investinginland.com/
How to build wealth buying, selling, subdividing,
rezoning, and developing land you can buy at bargain
prices |
Keyhole |
www.keyhole.com
The only company to deliver a 3D digital model of
the entire earth via the Internet. Keyhole's groundbreaking
EarthStream(TM) technology combines advanced 3D
graphics and network streaming innovations to produce
a high performance system that runs on standard
PC's and commodity servers. |
Multiple listing service
of Northern Illinois |
www.mlsni.com
Listing service owned and operated by 13 Chicago
area boards and associations of realtors. |
Realty Times |
www.realtytimes.com
A newspaper like approach to real estate containing
news and advice. |
Reed Construction
Data |
http://www.rsmeans.com/
Registration is free. This site provides
you with access to a QuickCost Calculator, Construction
Dictionary, and other features |
|
|
RR Donnely |
www.realcorporatelawyer.com
R . R. Donnelley site- educational resource for
corporate and securities lawyers |
SEC |
www.sec.gov
|
SEC Law |
www.seclaw.com
Online guide to securities law |
SEC Law-IPO center
|
www.seclaw.com/centers/ipocent.shtml
|
Securities Lawyer
Handbook |
www.law.uc.edu/CCL/sldtoc.html
Securities lawyer deskbook- includes information
on the 33 & 34 Act, Inv. Co. Act, Reg S-X, S-B,
S-K, M, ATS, S-P, FD |
U.S. Securities and
Exchange commission |
www.sec.gov/edgarhp.htm
The SEC's Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and
Retrieval system (EDGAR) is the fastest way to get
federal filings for thousands of public companies |
|
|
Delaware Statutes
|
LexisNexis™ |
Illinois Compiled
Statutes |
www.legis.state.il.us
|
Statutes, Constitutions
and Legislative Information - By State |
http://www.law.cornell.edu/statutes.html
|
US Code |
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode
|
|
|
CCH |
http://tax.cchgroup.com/
|
Delaware Franchise
Tax Estimator |
http://www.state.de.us/corp/frtaxcalc.shtml
|
Green Trader Tax |
www.greencompany.com
The most complete free tax and law resource for
traders on the Internet. |
IRS |
www.irs.gov
Offers IRS tax forms, tax preparation information
and educational documents that can be downloaded. |
Non-Profits |
www.fundraisetaxlaw.org
State Sales & Use Tax Information for Non-Profit
product fundraising |
Quicken |
www.quicken.com
|
Tax Code |
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Battelle |
www.battelle.org
Developer of new technologies, commercializes products,
and provides solutions for industry and government |
| David Loundy's E-Law Page
|
www.loundy.com
This is the home page of David J. Loundy, an attorney
and author. It is the official Internet home of
his published works, as well as other information
about the author, and a few other useful Internet
links tossed in for good measure. |
Tech Dictionary |
www.techdictionary.com
Thousands of tech terms including computer, Internet
and telecommunications terms, acronyms, emoticons
or smilies, chat abbreviations, filename extensions,
HTML tags, and domain suffixes |
Tech Law Journal |
www.techlawjournal.com
News, records, and analysis of legislation, litigation,
and regulation affecting the computer and Internet
industry |
Technology Review
|
www.technologyreview.com
Web site on emerging technologies |
Technology View |
www.technologyview.com
Portal for information on technology, business,
law, insurance, finance, etc. |
The Cyberlaw Encyclopedia
|
www.gahtan.com/cyberlaw/
An I.T., I.P. and Electronic Commerce Legal Portal |
| |
Technology Commercialization
Resources |
http://www.vpted.uillinois.edu/Tech_Comm/
Identify, evaluate, protect, market, and license
the University's intellectual property. |
TRECC |
http://www.trecc.org/commercial/resources.php
TRECC provides a network of information and technological
resources with gigabit access to international research
networks via multiple dedicated fiber-optic connections. |
Webopedia |
www.webopedia.com
Definitions of many computer-related terms, from
hardware to the internet |
Whatis.com |
http://whatis.techtarget.com
Definitions on thousands of the most current IT
and Computer related words |
Wireless Dictionary
|
http://wireless.agilent.com/dictionary/
Definitions of acronyms and terms used in the wireless
industry. |
ZDNet: Tech Update
|
ZD
Net
Current technology news updated daily |
|
|
Copyright Office |
www.lcweb.loc.gov/copyright
|
FTC |
www.ftc.gov
|
IRS |
www.irs.gov
|
OCC |
www.occ.treas.gov
|
Patent and Trademark
office |
www.uspto.gov
Allows online searches of the organization's patent
and trademark databases |
SEC |
www.sec.gov
|
U.S. Securities and
Exchange commission |
www.sec.gov/edgarhp.htm
The SEC's Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and
Retrieval system (EDGAR) is the fastest way to get
federal filings for thousands of public companies |
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