Useful Stuff
Small business help – SCORE
Tax info – IRS Small Business and Self-Employed Tax Center
Cool widget that tells you what business licenses you need, based on your zip code & type of business:
Retirement plans comparison and selection tool for self-employed & small businesses
IRS Retirement Plans Navigator
Free & cheap software
OpenOffice – No, it’s not Word or Excel, and it’s certainly not PowerPoint, but free is always good
The Small Business Web – All the software you could possibly want, everything from CRM to email to scheduling, invoicing and shopping carts. All free or mega-cheap, and all integrated. If you need software to do something, and you’re short on cash, take a look here.
101 Freelancing Resources – Tools for time-tracking, invoicing, project management, stock libraries, web and business tools and more, from Freelance Switch, which is a pretty good resource itself.
Windows PC
Emergency PC Services – Andrey Rozmaity will come to wherever your computer is and he will even do emergency house calls 24/7! Pretty awesome, and he also did my security, so all your tax and financial stuff is as protected as he can make it.
Mac
Apple makes all kinds of cool, fun shiny things – iPods, iPads, iPhones – and they also make computers that increasing numbers of people are using for business. If you’re thinking of going over to the glossy white side, Matt Longmire of MacBlend offers training and support. And he even buys coffee!
Linux
I’m not gonna lie to you, Marge. I use a Windows PC for work because that’s what the tax software runs on. At home, I’m a Mac fan from way back to my first Apple IIc. But if you’re looking for a way to run your computers without buying Mr Gates another Ferrari, Linux might be for you.
Edoceo – cost-effective business solutions based on the Linux platform
