12.1 Building and Connecting to Networks
Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives: acce.org
BNI: Business Network International: https://www.bni.com
HUBZone: https://www.sba.gov/offices/headquarters/ohp
Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE): https://www.score.org
Small Business Administration: https://www.sba.gov
Small Business Development Centers: https://www.sba.gov/sbdc
Women’s Business Centers: https://www.sba.gov/offices/headquarters/wbo
Veteran’s Business Outreach Centers (VBOC): https://www.sba.gov/offices/headquarters/ovbd
12.2 Building the Entrepreneurial Dream Team
Traits: Personality and Instinct
Cattell’s 16PF: https://openpsychometrics.org/tests/16PF.php
Kolbe Conation Index: http://www.kolbe.com
Typical Traits & Characteristics of Entrepreneurs:
https://smallbusiness.chron.com/typical-traits-characteristics-entrepreneurs-18325.html
Good Characteristics of an Entrepreneur:
https://smallbusiness.chron.com/good-characteristics-entrepreneur-18385.html
Attorney: State Bar Associations for attorneys in specific states:
New York: http://www.nysba.org
California: http://www.calbar.ca.gov
Texas: https://www.texasbar.com
Florida: https://www.floridabar.org
Accountant: National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (All fifty states Accountancy Boards are here with active links): https://www.nasba.org
Team Building Activities:
Three Teambuilding Exercises: http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/224212
Seven Team Building Ideas: http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/330594
Success Factors for Entrepreneurs:
Fifteen Entrepreneurial Key Success Factors:
http://www.entrepreneurshipinabox.com/852/entrepreneurial-success-factors/
Ten Qualities of Successful Entrepreneur:
https://www.under30ceo.com/10-qualities-of-a-successful-entrepreneur/
12.3 Designing a Startup Operational Plan
American Customer Satisfaction Index: https://www.theacsi.org/
North American Industry Classification System: https://www.census.gov/eos/www/naics/
US Census Bureau: https://www.census.gov/
US government contracts: https://www.sba.gov/federal-contracting/contracting-guide/basic-requirements
US Department of Commerce Homepage: https://www.commerce.gov/
US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis: https://www.bea.gov/
US Department of Labor Homepage: https://www.dol.gov/
US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics: https://www.bls.gov/bls/blswage.htm
Yahoo Finance: https://finance.yahoo.com/
Scheduling programs and templates:
https://getsling.com/blog/category/scheduling/
https://wheniwork.com/features
https://schedulebuilder.org/
Employer hiring costs of employee: https://gusto.com/tools/employer-tax-calculator
Payroll program: https://onpay.com/payroll-calculator-tax-rates