Business Assistance and Financing

BUSINESS ASSISTANCE

Federal

• *Small Business Administration (SBA) Free On-line Courses: Starting a Business & Surviving in a Down Economy
• *Small Business Administration (SBA) Writing a Business Plan
• Internal Revenue Service - Small Business Products
• North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
• The U.S. Small Business Administration Starting Your Business Web Site
• The Ho-Chunk Nation Financial Literacy Program

State of Wisconsin

• Business Procurement Assistance Center - "Assisting WI Businesses with Government Contracts"
• *Business Wizard - State of WI Business Assistance
• Forward Wisconsin
• "Let's Talk Business" - Ideas for Expanding Retail & Services in Your Community - UW Cooperative Extension Center for Community Economic Development
• Starting a Business in Wisconsin - State of Wisconsin
• Wisconsin Business Permit Primer - environmental permitting programs
• Wisconsin Business Resource Network - Web Site Directory
• *Wisconsin Entrepreneurs' Network
• Wisconsin Innovation Service Center
• Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership
• Wisconsin Small Business Development Center
• *Wisconsin SBDC Solutions for Small Business
• Wisconsin Technology Council

South Central Wisconsin Region

• 4-C Community Coordinated Child Care, Inc.
• Thrive
• Workforce Development Board of South Central Wisconsin, Inc.

Sauk County

• Reedsburg Retail Market Analysis - 2006
• Reedsburg Target Industry Study (Business Park) - 2008
• Sauk Prairie Market Analysis - 2005
• Sauk County, WI Business Data - City-Data.com

Otherr

• SCORE Business Plan Templates
• Entrepreneur Magazine
• Idea Cafe - The Small Business Channel
• More Business - By Entrepreneurs for Entrepreneurs
• Tourism Business Development Toolbox
• Agricultural Marketing Resource Center

BUSINESS FINANCING

Comprehensive Directory

• Thrive Capital Connections Inventory - an inventory of financial programs for economic development in the 8-county Madison, WI region

GOVERNMENTAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE SITES

Federal

• Small Business Administration (SBA)
• *Small Business Loans & Grants - the Official Business Link to the U.S. Governement
• United States Department of Agriculture - Rural Development
• Ho-Chunk Nation Small Business Loan Programs

Wisconsin

• Build Your Business - State of Wisconsin
• Impact Seven - A Wisconsin Development Corporation
• *Wisconsin Business Development Finance Corporation
• *Wisconsin Department of Commerce - Financing Your Business in Wisconsin
• Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority
• Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation

Sauk County

• *Sauk County Revolving Loan Program
• City of Baraboo Revolving Loan Program

PRIVATE VENTURE CAPITAL RESOURCES

Wisconsin/Midwest Capital Organizations

• Mason Wells is a middle-market private equity investor serving Midwest entrepreneurs who need capital to start a business, acquire a business or to support growth.
• Silicon Pastures - A Milwaukee based venture capital firm
• Venture Investors Management LLC - Manager of Early Stage Venture Capital Funds
• Wisconsin Venture Capital Firms
• Wisconsin Angel Network - mission is to increase the number and amount of early-stage equity investments in Wisconsin start-ups
• Raising Start-up Capital Step-by-Step Guide - excellent resource from the Wisconsin Angel Network

National Organizations

• Baird Venture Partners consists of a series of partnerships that invest in high-growth, early- to late-stage companies and change-of-control transactions within targeted industry sectors in both North America and Europe.
• National Venture Capital Association