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Entrepreneur Resources

The founders of this business directory, former Disney Net chief Jake Winebaum and EarthLink co-founder Sky Dayton paid a whopping $7.5 million for the business.com domain name. The site has become the most comprehensive online business directory and search engine providing access to nearly 25,000 business categories and links to literally hundreds of
thousands of business-oriented Internet resources. More
than 10,000 profiles on various companies are kept here,
with extensive information about corporate financials
and history, as well as archived press releases, executive
biographies and time lines of corporate milestones. You can create a customized site by industry, investments, competitors, etc.

All good business plans require that you know your suppliers, and anyone who's anyone in business uses this directory to locate them. This site gives you free access to a searchable database of more than 550,000 distributors, manufacturers, and service companies in all key U.S. industrial markets - includes brochures, catalogs, videos, and links to suppliers' web sites. It requires registration to access the database, but it's well worth the effort.

"PA Open for Business" is the result of the Commonwealth's goal to make Pennsylvania the easiest place in the world to start, sustain and expand a business. This web site gives entrepreneurs "one door" to access business information, explore financial options and download or complete many of the important forms necessary to start and grow a business. You must register to use the site.

EntreWorld is an online information resource for entrepreneurs and supporters of entrepreneurship. EntreWorld provides a solution to information overload on the Web by providing highly filtered information coded by stage of business development.

(And just for fun, try out the Random Mission Statement Generator.

U.S. trademark law--rules of practice and federal statutes. Also includes a searchable U.S. patent full-text database.

Showcasing only the best and most innovative ideas. Includes a glimpse into the facts and myths of some other unusual inventions plus a whole lot more.

The Wacky Patent of the Month is devoted to recognizing selected inventors and their remarkable and unconventional patented inventions.