A Dingman Center affiliate, the Maryland Small Business Development Center, is co-sponsored by the U.S. Small Business Administration and can provide a full range of advice and training from offices in Eastern, Central, Southern and Western Maryland. SBDC serves small businesses of every type. Technological entrepreneurs can benefit from regional high technology councils for suburban Maryland and Anne Arundel County. The Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development maintains the valuable MD Business site. There are many other books and several magazines about starting and running a small business.
Some colleges offer short courses, too.