Small Business Reference – The Billion Dollar Site

Growing a Small Business into a Multi-million Dollar Venture – from Power Home Biz
Fresh Ideas for Growing Companies – Small Business Times
The Power of Databases – Managing Information & Growing Your Small Business, Ways to Take Your Business to the Next Level – from Filemaker (PDF)
Small Business Success Stories – news & resources from Business Week
Small Business Success Stories – from Entrepreneur .com
10 Secrets of Successful Entrepreneurs - How do you know whether you can be a successful entrepreneur, or if you are better off as a salaried employee? While there is no surefire formula for success, studies have shown that successful entrepreneurs share these ten characteristics, says Isabel M. Isidro @ this Power Home Biz article
Canadian Small Business Success Stories – from About.com
Small Business Success Stories from Across America – from NASBIC
UK Success Stories – from Startups, UK
Small Business Success Stories in the NY State – from NY Loves Small Business
Canadian Small Business Success – Management Success Stories – Strategis, Canada
Small Business Success Stories & Case Studies – from Smart Biz
Home Business Start-up Ideas, Advice & Strategies – from AOL Small Business
Secrets to Small Business Success - from CIBC Small Business (PDF format)
Small Business Success Secrets - An Insider’s Guide to Small Business Success - by Tim Knox, the entire book is available online for free. Gives some street-smart suggestions (PDF)
Useful Small Business Marketing Articles – from Small Business Marketing Ideas
Small Business Trends – exploring trends that drive small biz
Small Business CEO blog – helping small businesses grow
Small Biz Technology – resources for technology solutions for growing businesses
Biz Story - The aim is to acquire and share the success stories and entrepreneurial insights of small business owners. Provide aspiring entrepreneurs the tools, software, and educational materials to help them start a small business. Encourage discussion and interaction among the small business community around the world.
Small Business Stats & Trends – from Score
Small Business Online Tools & Resources – from Score. Lots of useful links
Pioneer Entrepreneurs - Resources section - Recommended Reading, books on innovation, entrepreneurship, and adaptive strategy, Success Profiles, Highlights of conversations with leading entrepreneurs, investors, journalists, and thinkers, Newsletter, Perspectives & observations on people, places, business models, ideas, and trends.
Entrepreneur.com - for business & small business
Yahoo Small Business Online Help - Domain names, web hosting, e-commerce
United States Small Business Administration
Small Business, UK - helping your business think big

Other Web Resources for Small Businesses & Home Business

Business Ideas for Small Business & Home Buziness Entrepreneurs @ Business Know How
Human Resources Issues, News & Articles from Smart Biz
Yahoo Small Business – Domain names, web hosting, e-commerce, e-mail and online marketing
Microsoft Small Business Center
Small Business & Start-up Business Finance & Resources, UK-specific
Globe & Mail Small Business Resources for Canada
Small Business Companies, Start-up & News – from CNN Money
Small Business Bible – A-Z Resources for Small Business
Small Business Australia – NineMSN
Federation of Small Businesses, UK
Inc. – Resources for small business, entrepreneurs, home biz
Small Business School – resources for small business owners, case studies, success stories of starting, running and growing a business, pioneers, heroes…
Marketing & Advertising Case Studies for Small Business – from Give to Get Marketing
United States Association for Small Business & Entrepreneurship - USASBE
eVenturing – Information, guidance & contacts for entrepreneurs
All Business – small biz resources, advice & forms
Industry Analysis Resources – from Biz Miner
Business Owners Idea Café – small business ideas, information, networking
My Own Business – a course on how to start your own business
Small Business Television Network - SBTV
How to Build Your Business – from How To
Just Sell – Sales tools, jobs, resources
Trade Show Advisor – trade show success strategies for exhibitors
US Small Business Administration Technology Resources Network
Workz – resources to help small businesses grow
Open Office - Open Office offers free, open-source, MS Office-compatible software that runs on a variety of platforms
A chart showing how small vendors find business – from Small Biz Trends

Resources from U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)

Advocacy - The Office of Advocacy conducts economic research, policy analyses and small business outreach help to identify issues of concern
Business & Community Initiatives - The Office of Business and Community Initiatives administers programs and activities designed to provide information, education and training to prospective and existing small business owners
Disaster Assistance - SBA's disaster assistance program helps entrepreneurs develop security strategies and offers loan assistance to businesses impacted by a disaster.
Entrepreneurial Development - SBA's Office of Entrepreneurial Development helps small businesses start, grow and be competitive by providing training, counseling and other forms of management and technical assistance.
Government Contracting & Business Development - The Government Contracting & Business Development Office is charged with making sure that small businesses get a fair share of the approximately $46 billion annual federal procurement market
HUBZone - The HUBZone program stimulates economic development and creates jobs in urban and rural communities by providing federal contracting preferences to small businesses
International Trade - Export information and development assistance to help small businesses take advantage of export markets
Loan Programs - The SBA offers numerous loan programs to assist small businesses
Publications - The SBA has more than 200 free e-books and publications online
Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) - SBDCs assist individuals and small businesses by providing a wide variety of information and guidance through 58 branch locations
Small Business Training Network - The Small Business Training Network is a virtual campus housing free training courses, workshops and knowledge resources designed to assist entrepreneurs and other students of enterprise
Technology (SBIR/STTR) - SBIR is a highly competitive program that encourages small business to explore their technological potential and provides the incentive to profit from its commercialization.
Training - Online business classes on creating a successful business plan, customer service fundamentals, and created Web pages.

Some Good Blogs for Small Businesses

Cool Business Ideas – really cool and useful blog
Dane Carlson’s Business Opportunities Weblog
Free Sales Leads from Trade Pals
Unusual Business Ideas that Work
The Upstart Entrepreneur
The Start-up Garden – Ideas & resources for entrepreneurs
Startup Blog
Niche Geek – Showing you what others overlook
A Blog about Remarkable Products & Ideas – from Dan Sherman
Mary Sullivan’s Way to Grow Blog - News and Resources for New Entrepreneurs
Aggressive Small Business Marketing, Advertising & Entrepreneurship – Michael Cage’s Entrepreneur’s Life Blog
Idea Sandbox Blog – Creative ideas on branding, customer service & sales growth
Business Pundit – Ideas on competitive advantage & entrepreneurship
Seth Godin’s Blog
Small Business CEO – Helping Small Businesses Grow
Blog Business World - Blogs in business, marketing, public relations, and SEO search engine optimization for successful entrepreneurs