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The following websites
provide a great deal of useful information for anyone considering
opening a business downtown:
http://www.state.de.us/dedo/new_web_site/small_business.html
Delaware Economic Development Office’s Website for Small Business
Development
This
is the place to start. It describes many of the issues you need to
consider in setting up a small business in Delaware, provides links with
useful related websites and even supplies key forms that you will need
such as your Delaware Business License Form. Be sure to consult the
“Delaware Guide to Small Business” which is available on this site—it is
the single most comprehensive guide on this topic that you are likely to
find. Included in the Guide is information on various funding and
assistance programs available to new small businesses in Delaware.
Small Business
Development Center National Information Clearing House
http://sbdcnet.utsa.edu
The
national SBDC website provides access to more general information on
small businesses. There is a Spanish language version of this website as
well.
The
Delaware SBDC offers direct assistance and training for anyone starting
a new business. Their free three-hour course “So You Want to Start a New
Business” is offered on a regular basis in Dover and Georgetown.
Additional training for starting and operating a small business is
available free or for a small fee. And they offer a large selection of
low-cost on-line training courses. Details and schedules are available
on their website.
Go here for all the
federal tax information and forms you might need.
This is a good resource
on starting and financing a new small business. Includes information
on how to obtain a SBA guarantee for a bank loan. An extensive
glossary of words you will likely encounter in starting, operating
and financing your business is also available on this site.
Consult this website if you want to start an e-Commerce business or
supplement your “brick and mortar” business income via Internet sales
(what is now called a “click & mortar” business strategy).
This
is a commercial site that offers a lot of information and leads on
starting a new business.
This
is an excellent source for information all the legal issues you will
encounter in a small business.
Visit
the City of Milford website to get information on zoning, codes, signs,
etc. for your store in Downtown Milford.
SCORE
www.score.org
The SCORE Association, headquartered in Washington, D.C.., is a
nonprofit association dedicated to entrepreneurial education and the
formation, growth and success of small businesses nationwide. SCORE's
10,500 retired and working volunteers provide free business counseling
and advice as a public service. SCORE offers free face-to-face business
counseling at its many chapters around the United States. (The closest
SCORE offices to Milford are in Wilmington and Salisbury.) SCORE also
has low-cost workshops at its offices and an online service "Ask SCORE"
that provides advice via email. SCORE is associated with the U.S. Small
Business Administration.
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