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The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR):
Licensee Search

The DBPR Online Services website provides information about applicants and licensed individuals for those professions and businesses that are regulated by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation.

www.myfloridalicense.com

IDEA CAFE: The Small Business Gathering Place®
Once upon a time, a long time ago (like the 1980's) it was almost impossible for an entrepreneur to get the info needed to start and run a business. Just finding what government agencies you'd have to sign up with, report to, and pay taxes to was a Sisyphean task. Today, the opposite problem confounds entrepreneurs -- there's so much info you can't even begin to digest it -- especially now with the Web. (And if you took the time to try, you wouldn't have time to run your business.)

www.businessownersideacafe.com

The Orlando, Florida Chapter of SCORE
Part of a national nonprofit association dedicated to entrepreneur education and the formation, growth, and success of the nation's small businesses. SCORE volunteers serve as "Counselors to America's Small Business".

Orlando SCORE provides free and confidential business counseling tailored to meet the needs of your small business and your personal objectives. Orlando SCORE also offers workshops for a modest fee, for both start-up entrepreneurs and current small business owners.

SCORE volunteers are real-world professionals with time-tested knowledge who donate thousands of hours to help small businesses succeed. Counselors are experts in such areas as accounting, finance, marketing, import/export, management, and business plan development.

www.scoreorlando.org

Working Solo
Thinking of Starting a Solo Business?
You've come to the right place! We've pulled together a great collection of information to help you. Ready to make the entrepreneurial leap?

http://www.workingsolo.com/index.html

My Own Business
Free Internet Course for Anyone Starting a Business.

Welcome to the world's leading Internet business course on how to avoid failure in starting and operating your own business. This course is run by successful business owners and professionals who donate their time and experience to point out the common, avoidable pitfalls.

www.myownbusiness.org

The U. S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
Established as an independent agency of the Federal Government to help people get into business, stay in business and grow. That mission has not changed since 1953.

The SBA, with at least one office in each state, has an extensive network of public and private partners, organizations and services dedicated to assisting the small business community to promote economic development.

www.sba.gov Jacksonville