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Let's Celebrate National Small Business Week 2012

The week of May 20th, our nation’s entrepreneurs will come together online and in Washington, DC for National Small Business Week.   Or you can --- 

Participate Online

Sign up to view the live webcast of the free educational panels. We'll send you a reminder.

With a strong focus on how small businesses can take advantage of economic opportunities and new marketing trends, topics for the educational forums this year include:

• Strategies and resources for taking your small business global through exporting
• Tips and best practices for putting social media to work for your business
• An open discussion on how small businesses can better position themselves to win federal government contracts 

Check out the full conference schedule here

...or you can follow along on Twitter with the event hashtag #SBW2012.

SMALL BUSINESS START-UP

Small Business Resource Kit which provides a detailed description of how to start and run a small business. This kit is available on the UWF internet web site.

The University of West Florida Small Business Development Center offers a FREE

click here http://www.sbdc.uwf.edu/request.asp and provide required information.

If you have any questions you can contact the following.

Contact us:

Okaloosa & Walton Counties:

922 Mar Walt Drive
Suite 203

Ft. Walton Beach, FL 32547
Phone: (850) 833-9400
e-mail: mailto:fwbsbdc@uwf.edu

How to Set-up a Small Home Business

Listen carefully and you just might hear opportunity knocking at your front door - from the inside!  This article will provide step-by-step guidelines for setting up a home-based business.

Earning - Yes, You Can

Help for Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs from the Florida Electronic Library

DemograhicsNow features a new interface, making it simpler for your users to accomplish a number of tasks. The new look and functionality is highlighted by an advanced mapping tool that allows users to create customizable, printable maps with thematic scales in a variety of formats. The many benefits to your library business patrons include:

• Market sizing
• Segmentation
• Contacts within a segment
• Competitor identification
• Authentic credit ratings
• Expanded minority owned identification
• Legal business hierarchies (detailed business ownership classifications)
• Consumer and retail expenditures
• Lifestyle segmentation reporting capability
• Professional output, including charts and graphs
• Lists of businesses no longer in business (to enhance a business plan or market analysis with residential and location awareness/analysis)

The new DemographicsNow is the only eResource of its kind to provide mapping, addresses, mailing lists and essential tools to support the analysis required to complete an entire business plan.

Small Business Toolbox: Taxes - Know What and When To Pay - from Florida Trend's Florida Small Business

Small Business Toolbox: Taxes - Know What and When To Pay - from Florida Trend's Florida Small Business

2012 Small Business Workshops/Events

Check out these great opportunities to learn more about starting or improving your small business.