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Finding Help

The 10 Worst Partners For Your Start-Up
Don’t give away equity or authority to these characters.

5 Lifelines for Your Startup
These organizations can help you find direction and funding.

The Best- and Worst-Performing Industries
Plus 3 great startup resources

MBA to the Rescue
Need help growing your business? Go back to school.

Partnering With a University
Universities have long been centers of innovation. Now, many are partnering with entrepreneurs to commercialize their ideas.

The Best Research Tools for Entrepreneurs
Visit the library or hop online, and the information you need is right under your nose.

Keep It Up!
Need some motivation? Someone to show you the ropes? A business coach can help you push your startup to its limits.

It's Who You Know
If you really know how to work your connections, a successful startup is less than 6 degrees away.

Taking Vets
Special programs are fighting for veterans starting businesses.

A Guide to State Chambers of Commerce
Find your local chamber of commerce with this comprehensive list.

Friends in Need
Now you can find start-up support without ever leaving your computer.

What's Stopping You From Startup?
It's not just fear that's making you second-guess your start-up dreams. Here are 5 other common reasons you might be stalling--and what you can do about them.

Start-Up FAQs
Tax deductions, pricing, scoping out your competition and more answers to some of your common questions

Guiding Light
Feeling a little lost at the helm of your business? Don't worry: A peer group can help you find your way out of the darkness.

With a Little Help From My Friends
A strong support system will see you through the start-up phase and beyond.

Cool Aid
Don't go the startup route alone. Help is right around the corner--and it's free.

Hire a Consultant to Do What You Can't
Whether you're undertaking a new marketing campaign or installing a computer network, a consultant may have the answers to your questions.

Learning From the Best
Why mentors rock—and how they can help you grow your business

A Legal How-To for Startups
Little-known legal tips to help you start your business hassle-free

Help for Business Owners
Make use of these free and low-cost resources designed to help you start and grow your business.

Joining a Support Group, Part II
What can you learn from a group of young entrepreneurs with little more experience than you? In a word, plenty.

Can I Get a Little Help Here?
You need experience to hit up investors, but no one said it had to be your own.

Finding a Business Mentor
Meeting someone who can show you the ropes may be the best thing you ever do for your business.

Call In the Pros
Step one in starting a business: Admit you don't know everything.

Joining a Support Group, Part I
With a spiraling economy and, for some, rough waters ahead, Starve-Ups and organizations like it help young entrepreneurs muddle through and prosper.

Working With a Turnaround Expert to Save Your Business
If you're prepared to listen and take a consultant's advice, you can save your ailing business.

Where Do You Stand?
Some say the new administration isn't exactly oozing with support for new start-ups; some say help is on the way. So what's the truth?

Peep Peep
In a business climate where the line between laying the golden egg and becoming poultry is a fine one, can an incubator provide the help you need?

Start Me Up!
Ready, willing and able--five sources guaranteed to get your business going

Do You Need Help With Your Startup's Finances?
How to choose a financial advisor who can assist with those tricky money questions