Business Planning Resources Economic & Financial Development - Federal Resources Economic & Financial Development - Maine Resources Industry Specific/Related Intellectual Property Links SBIR/STTR Other Helpful Links Business Planning Resources top "Investor's Choice" Web site www.venturecapital.org Bplans.com's Business planning www.bplans.com CCH Business Owner's Toolkit - know how for small business www.toolkit.cch.com/tools/tools.asp Cluster & Cluster Development Information from Harvard Business School www.isc.hbs.edu/econ-clusters.htm Dawnbreaker(R) Business Tools site www.dawnbreaker.com Entreworld.org - Resource for Entrepreneurs www.entreworld.org Maine Business Law: The legal resource for Maine Businesses www.mainebusinesslaw.com Maine Small Business and Technology Development Centers www.mainesbdc.org/cSpecialTech.cfm  Maine Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) www.mainesbdc.org MIT Enterprise Forum(R) Business Plan Resources web.mit.edu/entforum/resources.html Pacific Northwest National Laboratory "Business Tips" http://www.pnl.gov/edo/tips/ Small Business Center FAQ www.nolo.com/encyclopedia/faqs/sb_ency.html U.S. Business Advisor www.business.gov Economic & Financial Development - Federal Resources top Advanced Technology Program www.atp.nist.gov/ Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) www.score.org U.S. Department of Commerce Technology Administration www.ta.doc.gov U.S. Small Business Administration www.sba.gov Economic & Financial Development - Maine Resources top Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments www.avcog.org Center for Entrepreneurship and Small Business www.usm.maine.edu/~cesb Eastern Maine Development Corporation www.emdc.org Finance Authority of Maine www.famemaine.com Greater Portland Council of Governments www.gpcog.org Kennebec Valley Council of Governments www.kvcog.org Lewiston-Auburn Economic Growth Council www.economicgrowth.org Maine & Company www.maineco.org Maine Business Works www.mainebusinessworks.org Maine Department of Economic and Community Development www.econdevmaine.com Maine Development Foundation/Economic Growth Council www.mdf.org Maine International Trade Center www.mitc.com Maine Investment Exchange/Maine & Co. www.mixforum.org Maine Manufacturing Extension Partnership www.mainemep.org Maine Procurement Technical Assistance Center (Maine PTAC) www.maineptac.org Maine State Chamber & Business Alliance www.mainechamber.org Maine State Planning Office www.state.me.us/spo/ Northern Maine Development Commission www.nmdc.org Small Enterprise Growth Fund www.segfmaine.com Industry Specific/Related top Agricultural Research Service www.nps.ars.usda.gov/fte Biotechnology - An Information Resource www.nal.usda.gov/bic Biotechnology Association of Maine www.mainebiotech.com Maine Center for Enterprise Development www.mced.biz Environmental and Energy (E2) Technology Council of Maine www.e2tech.org  EPA's Center for Environmental Industry and Technology (CEIT) www.epa.gov/ne/assistance/ceit/index.html Maine Farm Bureau www.mainefarmbureau.com Maine Metal Products Association www.maine-metals.org Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association www.mofga.org Maine Potato Board www.mainepotatoes.com Maine Software Developers Association www.mesda.com Maine Space Grant Consortium www.msgc.org Maine Wood Products Association www.mainewood.org Thomas Teague Biotechnology Center of Maine www.biotechme.com Wild Blueberry Association of North America www.wildblueberries.com Intellectual Property Links top Franklin Pierce Law Center Basic IP information www.fplc.edu/tfield/plfip.htm Independent Inventor Resources www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/iip/index.htm Intellectual Property Network www.delphion.com Maine Patent Program www.mainepatent.org Center for Law and Innovation at the University Maine School of Law www.lawandinnovation.org US Patent and Trademark Office www.uspto.gov SBIR/STTR top National SBIR/STTR website www.zyn.com/SBIR Project SBIR West www.sbir.dsu.edu SBA Technology Resources Network tech-net.sba.gov SBIR World Web Site (sponsored by NSF) www.sbirworld.com State of Kansas SBIR page www.ktec.com/business/section/resources.htm State of North Carolina SBIR page www.sbtdc.org/technology/sbirsttr.asp State of Ohio SBIR page www.odod.state.oh.us/tech/sbir/default.htm U.S. Small Business Administration www.sbaonline.sba.gov/sbir Other Helpful Links top Angel Capital Electronic Network acenet.csusb.edu/ CapitalVenue's Venture Capital Resources www.capitalvenue.com Coastal Enterprises Inc. www.ceimaine.org Garage.com - Start-up business site www.garage.com InKnowVation Online www.inknowvation.com Maine Technical College System www.mtcs.net State Science and Technology Institute www.ssti.org University of Maine System www.maine.edu