Small businesses are a dynamic force in the American economy.
The Small Business Administration provides extensive free information on topics such as starting, expanding, financing and marketing a small business. The Success Series provides dozens of papers on succeeding and their is a very detailed description of the contents of a business plan. The SBA loan process is described there and you can link directly to ACE-Net, the investor matching service. This site provides region and country information, industry data, trade statistics, market research, export prospects and telephone numbers of counselors at Export Assistance Centers. This agency's purpose is to help exporters but import information is also here.