Resources
The following organizations provide business education and information in a number of areas.
General
- Small Business Development Center
- SCORE (Service Corp of Retired Executives)
- MercyCorps NW
- Austin Family Business Program
- Oregon Secretary of State "Business Xpress"
- Oregon Office of Small Business Assistance - Business SOS program
- Small Business Administration
Legal
- Small Business Legal Clinic
- Department of Consumer & Business Services
- Small Business Administration (SBA) Licenses & Permits: General info on licenses and permits
- Oregon Secretary of State: How to start a business in Oregon
- Oregon Business Information Center
- Oregon Licenses, Permits, Registrations
- Oregon Secretary of State Business FAQs
- Clackamas County: Tools for Business Success
- Clackamas County: Government Requirements for Business
- Washington County: Doing business in Washington County (pdf)
- Gresham Step-by-Step Business Guide
- Gresham Small Business Guide
Sales & Marketing
Start-Ups
- Oregon Entrepreneurs Network (OEN)
- Portland Incubator Experiment (PiE)
- Portland 10
- Oregon Angel Fund
- Meetup Groups
- Starve Ups
- Oregon Micro Enterprise Network (OMEN)
Sustainable Business
Taxes
- Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
- IRS Taxpayer Advocate
- Oregon Department of Revenue
- City of Portland Tax & License Program
Technology
- Techlandia
- CAKE (Consulting and Knowledge Exchange)
- SCORE (Service Corp of Retired Executives)
- Mercy Corps Northwest
- Technology Association of Oregon (formerly Software Assoc. of Oregon)
- Startup Weekend
- SEMpdx
- WordPress TV
- Silicon Florist blog
- Lynda.com
- Portland WordPress Meetup
- TiE Oregon