SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE
STATE PROGRAMS
SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE OFFICE The Small Business Assistance Office, within the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED), specifically created by Minn. Stat. § 116J.66, provides accurate, timely and comprehensive information and assistance to businesses in all areas of start-up, operation and expansion. Functionally, the office has two bureaus for service delivery: the Bureau of Business Licenses and the Bureau of Small Business. The specific services of the Bureau of Business Licenses and the Bureau of Small Business are described below. Contact information for the Small Business Assistance Office is listed in the Resource Directory section of this Guide. Bureau of Business Licenses The Bureau of Business Licenses provides a number of services at no charge. It publishes the State of Minnesota Directory of Licenses and Permits reproduced in this Guide. That Directory, along with additional license and permit information, is available online at Minnesota ELicensing. The Bureau provides comprehensive information which licenses your business needs, which agencies issue them, and what requirements and responsibilities you must meet as an applicant. The Bureau can also explain how licensing agencies make decisions and point out any issues that could make it hard for you to get a license based on your business idea. They can help you apply for several related licenses at the same time, combine hearings when you need multiple licenses, and show you where to find information about any federal or local licenses you may also need.” Bureau of Small Business The Bureau of Small Business serves as a focal point within state government for small business related information. It publishes Checklist for Hiring an Employee (reprinted in this Guide), an outline of the federal and state requirements governing the hiring of an employee; A Guide to Intellectual Property Protection, a primer for the inventor and the entrepreneur on the protection of new ideas and the products which result from them; Employing Servicemembers: What You Should Know About USERRA, a manual concerning employers dealing with servicemember employees and the protections offered to those employees under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA); First Considerations for the Financially Distressed Business , is intended to alert the reader to legal issues related to restructuring of financially distressed businesses; First Considerations In Starting a Family Child Care Business , this publication is directed at persons considering the formation and operation of a family child care business; Raising Capital: Securities Law and Business Considerations, providing a general overview of the various federal and state securities law considerations
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