VBOC Business Links

• American Marketing Association
  The world's largest and most comprehensive professional society of marketers
• Annual Reports
  Online access to annual reports 
• Biz Stats
  Compare your company performance to others in the same industry
• Capital Opportunities for Small Business
  SBTDC's online publication for finding capital resources for NC businesses
• Council for Entrepreneurial Development
  A private, non-profit organization formed to identify, enable and promote high growth, high impact entrepreneurial companies and to accelerate the entrepreneurial culture of the Research Triangle and NC
• County Business Patterns
  An annual series that provides subnational economic data by industry. Businesses use the data
• Defense Logistics Agency
  The Defense Logistics Agency is DOD's largest combat support agency, providing worldwide logistics support in both peacetime and wartime to the military services as well as several civilian agencies and foreign countries. Find info on selling to the military.
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
  Commission which enforces laws protecting against discrimination in employment
• FindLaw
  Legal information for lawyers and general public, including case law, statutes, lawyer search
• FRANdata
  Information for franchisees and franchisors
• Franchising.com
  Resource for Online Franchise Information
• Internal Revenue Service
  Tax information for small businesses
• M Plans - Marketing Plan and Templates
  Choose from several free marketing plans or purchase others
• Marketresearch.com
  Reports to purchase
• National Retail Federation
  The world's largest retail trade association 
• NC  Biotechnology Center
  Supports biotechnology research, business and education statewide
• NC Department of Commerce
• NC Rural Databank
  Statistical information on North Carolina's rural counties
• NC Secretary of State
  Responsible for the examination, custody and maintenance of the legal documents filed by corporations, limited partnerships and limited liability companies in NC.
• NC Small Business Profile
  North Carolina Business Profile.
• Small Business Administration
  Inclusive Website
• Business Link NC
• Twitter 101 for Business
  Has standards information and links to standards sites.
• U.S. Census
  Main census website
• U.S. Census - QuickFacts by State
  Demographics and other information broke down by State, County, and/or City.
• US Patent and Trademark Office
  Protect intellectual property by patenting 
• US Trade & Development Agency
  Advances economic development and U.S. commercial interests in developing and middle income countries. The agency funds various forms of technical assistance, early investment analysis, training, orientation visits and business workshops that support the development of a modern infrastructure and a fair and open trading environment.
• ZapData
  Free industry reports from Dun & Bradstreet