Advancing Women A good resource site for women who are already in the marketplace, or who are about to enter the work force. The site includes: Strategies to Advance Women in the Workplace, Career information for women who are coming out of college or entering the workplace and more. http://www.advancingwomen.com/
African-American Business Alliance Dedicated to stimulating patronage of African American business enterprises, and establishing a business attitude and environment that encourages unity and teamwork among African American businesses. http://www.a-aba.com/
Minority Business Development Agency The MBDA of the US Department of Commerce is the only Federal agency specifically created to encourage the creation, growth, and expansion of minority-owned businesses in the United States. http://www.mbda.gov/
Piper Resources PIPER Resources: Public Information in a Digital Age: The State and Local Government on the Net pages are a frequently updated directory of links to government sponsored and controlled resources on the Internet. http://www.piperinfo.com/state/states.html
Reports Specific for Floriculture Crops This full-text report presents data on floriculture crops including cut flowers, flowering potted plants, foliage, bedding/garden plants, cut cultivated greens and special Hawaiian crops; data includes area in production, price and value of wholesale sales, and intentions for next year for 36 selected states and growers having $100,000 or more in sales; also number of growers and growing area for growers with $10,000 or more in sales. http://mann77.mannlib.cornell.edu/reports/nassr/other/zfc-bb/
The Woman Owned Workplaces Network Dedicated to promoting women business owners. It also provides some great networking opportunities and information to assist entrepreneurial women who are starting new businesses or operating ongoing concerns. http://www.womanowned.com/
US Small Business Administration SBA´s Office of Minority Enterprise Development (MED) provides business development assistance to socially and economically disadvantaged business persons to ensure opportunity to participate more fully and successfully in the mainstream National economy. http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov/MED/