General • Kauffman Entrepreneurs - Links to information of interest to entrepreneurs • Trade Show News Network (TSNN) - Features a worldwide directory of trade shows, exhibitions and conference. • WSJ’s Small Business - Offers articles, forums and a toolkit for small business owners Government Assistance • USA.gov -Small business - Links businesses to forms, assistance, laws and regulations • Bureau of Labor Statistics - Provides economic data and analysis on employment • IRS Small Business and Self - Employed Tax Center • Small Business Administration - Features guides to starting, financing and expanding a business • U.S. Census Bureau - Provides social, demographic and economic information
ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF ASSISTANCE
SPECIALIZED LEGAL RESEARCH AND ASSISTANCE LegalCORPS, part of the Minnesota Bar Association, provides referrals to Minnesota attorneys and provides pro bono services to small businesses, private nonprofit organizations, and low- income innovators. For more information contact Legal Corps at 612-206-0780. The Mitchell Hamline School of Law offers their Legal Practice Center in which students assist with drafting contracts for nonprofit groups; filing patent applications; and forming business entities for new small enterprises. The University of Minnesota Business Law Concentration has experienced business law attorneys from several law firms supervise two-person teams of law students working with clinic clients. The clinic provides free legal assistance in non-litigation matters to small businesses, nonprofits and entrepreneurs with a viable business plan. For more information contact Business Law Clinic at 612-625-4641. LawMoose is a Minnesota legal search engine that, while not offering legal advice, offers an online legal reference library for researching Minnesota law, an online search engine focused on law related sites in Minnesota, and a Minnesota legal periodical index. The site assists users in framing
legal questions and issues to address to their own legal counsel. The Minnesota Judicial Branch offers legal help topics and forms.
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