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Local
Southwestern Indiana Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
The SBDC offers free business counseling and low cost seminars to assist businesses in Southwestern Indiana.
Southwestern Indiana Chamber of Commerce
The Southwestern Indiana Chamber of Commerce seeks to foster an innovative business, educational, and cultural environment that allows local businesses to excel in a global marketplace. The Chamber provides members with numerous benefits which include retail and service assistance, manufacturing assistance, and workforce development.
Economic Development Coalition of Southwestern Indiana
The Economic Development Coalition of Southwest Indiana serves as the coordinating economic development organization for Vanderburgh, Posey, Warrick, and Gibson counties that seeks to maximize the strengths of the region in retaining area businesses and attracting new businesses.
WorkOne Evansville
WorkOne Evansville provides invaluable services to businesses in the Tri-State area including monthly business seminars, work keys profiling, labor market information, and providing job opening advertisements.
State
Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC)
The ndiana Economic Development Corporation is the state of Indiana’s lead economic development agency established to respond to the needs of businesses in Indiana. The IEDC offers several incentive programs for businesses currently in Indiana or those seeking to relocated to the state.
Indiana Economic Development Association (IEDA)
As a non-profit economic development organization, the IDEA seeks to maximize the knowledge and resources of the Association to promote economic development activities in the state.
Indiana Workforce Development
This state department manages and implements innovative employment programs and facilitates regional economic growth initiatives for Indiana.
National
Small Business Administration (SBA)
The Small Business Administration focuses on providing aid, counseling, assisting, and protecting the interests of small business concerns across the nation. The SBA provides an extensive network of field offices and partnerships with public and private organization to help Americans start, build, and grow businesses.
National Business Incubation Association (NBIA)
The NBIA serves as the nation’s leading organization advancing business incubation and entrepreneurship by providing professionals with information, education, and networking resources.
Business Resources
Entrepreneur.com
Entrepreneur.com, an online publication, provides information and resources to entrepreneurs. The publication provides information on a wide variety of topics important to small businesses including, technology, management, and human resources.
Business Plan Road Map
This site, sponsored by the Small Business Administration, provides information and guidance about starting your own business, specifically developing a business plan.
Sources of Funding
www.clarianhealthventures.com
The mission of Clarian Health Ventures is to profitably facilitate the
commercialization of activities within Clarian Health - Indiana's largest health
care system - and to invest in external business opportunities that directly
benefit the mission of Clarian.
Patent Information
US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
The primary goal of the USPTO is to promote the progress of science by securing for limited times to inventors the exclusive right to their respective discoveries. The USPTO encourages technological advancement by providing incentives to invent, invest in, and disclose new technology worldwide.
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