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The online resources highlighted below were collected by the KSBDC team to provide our clients easy access to the vast array of resources available to both startup and existing entrepreneurs in the state of Kansas. Any links to outside organizations are not an endorsement of said companies, but are provided to assist with collecting information. Please feel free to contact your KSBDC regional office to discuss these resources in more depth.

NetWork Kansas provides a resource navigator tool that will help you find the resources you need. You can access the tool here: The Resource Navigator.

• Online Resources
• SBA in Spanish
• Regional Centers for Information
• Additional Kansas Resource Links

Online Resources

• Access to Capital - finding money to finance your business
• Agribusiness Resources-Kansas State University
• Agricultural / Rural - resources for rural and agricultural businesses
• Accounting - keeping better records
• Business Plans - writing a business plan
• Buying or Selling a Business - assistance with buying or selling a company
• Center for Engagement and Community Development - includes business development resources throughout the state of Kansas
• Demographics/Statistics - easy links to statistical data
• Espanol SBA - Agencia Federal para el Desarrollo de la Pequena Empresa
• Federal Government Agencies - US government entities for small business
• Federal Government Resources as listed on ASBDC
  
• Franchising - information on franchising and franchises
• Grants - the truth about grants and resource links
• Heartland PTAC - Procurement Technical Assistance Center
• Human Resources - links for employers
• Industry Specific Resources - information for specific industries
• Internal Revenue Service - federal government taxing entity
• Institute for Policy and Social Research - Find your Kansas legislator
• Institute for Policy and Social Research - Center for Research in Entrepreneurial Activity
• Insurance Resources - insurance in the small business setting
• International Trade - information for importers and exporters
• Internet/E-Commerce Resources - resources for online businesses
• Kansas Pride Program - a volunteer, grassroots effort to improve the quality of life in Kansas communities.
• Kauffman Foundation's eVenturing resource - Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation page that provides articles written by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs.
• Legal Issues - legal topics impacting your small business
• Marketing/Advertising/PR - information on promoting your business
• MicroLoan Programs - financing link for loans under $50K
• Minority Owned Businesses - resources for minority owned businesses
• NAICS Code Search - search for NAICS Codes and convert from SIC Codes
• Non-Profit Organizations - information on forming a not for profit organization
• Other Entrepreneurial Support Organizations - other groups who help small business
• Rural Grocery Initiative - to identify and sustain sources to aid rural grocers and to establish a rural grocery website.
• Selling to the Government - procurement resources to help you sell to the government
• SIC Code Search - search for SIC Codes by industry
• Small Business Publications - read online versions of key small business periodicals
• Spanish/SBA documents in Spanish - Agencia Federal para el Desarrollo de la Pequena Empresa
• Starting a Business - where do I begin in starting a business?
• State of Kansas Agencies - government agencies for Kansas
• Taxes - information on tax implications for small businesses
• Technology/Inventors - resources for new technologies
• USDA Rural Development - business and community programs in Kansas
• USDA Rural Development - national site
• U.S. Small Business Administration - federal government organization for small business
• Veteran Owned Businesses - information for veteran-owned businesses
• Women Owned Businesses - resources for women-owned businesses

Additional Kansas Resource Links

• Center for Engagement and Community Development - Kansas State University
• KCSourceLink - locate entrepreneurial resources in the Kansas City region
• Kansas.gov - Kansas web portal for business
• Kansas Department of Commerce - Kansas economic development
• Kansas Department of Revenue - Kansas taxing entity
• Kansas Department of Transportation - Disadvantaged Business Enterprises
  
• Kansas African American Affairs Commission - business and employment resources
• Kansas Hispanic & Latino American Affairs Commission - business and employment resources
• NetWorkKansas - Over 400 resource partners for Kansas entrepreneurs
• Secretary of State - Kansas business registry