Startup Journal

At the Startupjournal.com you can do a trademark search for Federal trademarks and Canadian trademarks and a domain name search at the same time. The two searches should go hand in hand before you ever name your business OR choose a domain name.

Choosing a domain name or naming your business before you do either can be costly in the long run if you find out you the have the domain name of someone who owns that trademark. The US courts are awarding up to 100,000 per trademark infringement! Do your homework.

You can visit this business resource here:
http://www.startupjournal.com/partners/tmsearch.html

SalesToolz

HOW TO GET YOUR PROJECT FUNDEDâ„¢ is a comprehensive system that provides you with the knowledge, understanding, practical examples and the cost-benefit analysis software to deliver analyses that get your projects funded whether you are a manager, entrepreneur or a sales professional.

The system enables you to create cost-benefit analyses faster, easier and more powerfully than ever before. HOW TO GET YOUR PROJECT FUNDEDâ„¢ uses the latest multimedia technology to deliver a working knowledge of a proven methodology that financially justifies requests for funding. It demonstrates the potential value and returns of your proposed solutions. You will learn how top-level managers make purchasing decisions, the criteria they use to justify capital expenditures, and a proven cost-benefit methodology to calculate payback, cash flows, return on investment, and net present value using real-world case studies.

Learning Objectives

You will learn the capital investment process that upper management uses to measure the potential returns on your proposed project. They will teach you the categories of capital investment along with the criteria used by top-level management in making purchase decisions. Next, you will learn how to calculate and build a cost justification or cost-benefit analysis. When completed you will understand and be able to calculate:
Payback
Return On Investment (ROI)
Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
Net Present Value (NPV)
Cash Flows

There is much more at this web site. You can visit this business resource here:
http://www.salestoolz.com

SCORE

The SCORE Association is a national nonprofit organization with a public service mission. SCORE stands for Service Corps of Retired Executives. SCORE’s 10,500 volunteers provide small business counseling and training through a network of 389 chapters, 800 branches and its Web site www.score.org. SCORE is a resource partner with the U.S. Small Business Administration. SCORE has served more than 7 million entrepreneurs since 1964. In fiscal year 2004, SCORE volunteers spent 1.42 million hours helping entrepreneurs.

SCORE’s mission statement says that SCORE provides professional guidance and information, accessible to all, to maximize the success of America’s existing and emerging small businesses.”

SCORE’s Outreach
From its inception, SCORE’s mission has been focused on the American dream of small business ownership. SCORE’s unique service is based upon the idea of giving back to the community—in this case the local business community. Businessmen and businesswomen with successful careers and entrepreneurial ventures join SCORE to volunteer their time and expertise to help new businesses start and existing businesses grow and succeed.

SCORE mentors entrepreneurs through one-to-one business advising sessions on a full range of business topics. In the 1970s, when SCORE chapters were formed, SCORE expanded its services to offer workshops and seminars on a variety of business issues. In 1996, SCORE ventured online and began providing small business advice via email to meet the entrepreneur’s need to have service on an around-the-clock basis.

You can visit this great business resource here:
http://www.score.org