Business Links & Resources
- Links with Small Business Information -
SMALL BUSINESS RESOURCES
This site offers a variety of tools to help with starting a business. Handy tutorials, worksheets, and information presented in a straightforward way can help you think through starting your own business.
SMALL BUSINESS TRENDS
This is a regularly updated site that keeps track of marketing trends and complies information useful to small businesses.
NATIVE AMERICAN SMALL BUSINESS PRIMER
This tutorial put together by the SBA was made specifically for American Indian people thinking about starting their own small business. The online tutorial is easy to use and
SMALL BIZ SURVIVAL
The rural and small town business resource. It is a blog site that hosts very interesting articles and features about keeping small businesses afloat in rural communities. The contributions are all from experienced businessmen and women, and the site offers an opportunity to gain from their insights.
- Links About Business Development & Financial Education in Indian Country -
Many of these site allow you to list your Native-owned business. This is a great way to gain exposure and access to larger markets – and it’s free! All of these site contain information about starting, running, and strengthening your Native-owned business so take a minute to connect with the larger Native business community.
NFEC
Native Financial Education Coalition. A truly wonderful site that offers a variety of useful tools for educating yourself about finance.
STRENGTHENING FINANCIAL WISDOM IN NATIVE PEOPLE & COMMUNITIES
Another great resource for learning the important art of finance. Useful for both personal and business finances, visit this site to learn smart ways to manage your money.
NCAIED
The National Center for America Indian Enterprise Development.
NATIVE EDGE
Run by NCAIED. Great collection of useful links and resources concerning different kinds of business success.
ONABEN
A Native American Business Network. Offers free business listings for Native-owned business. A great way to start marketing your business and gain access to a larger Native network.
NATIVE BIZ
A good source for Native business news and a great way to connect with other Native businesses and organizations. Lots of helpful information on this site.
NATIVE AMERICAN BUSINESS ALLIANCE
You can list your Native-owned business here, and search for other Native business to support.
NATIVE AMERICAN BUSINESS CONNECTION
Another site that offers free listing services for your business, you can also search for other native resources.
IICOC
Indigenous Internet Chamber of Commerce. Another place where you can list your business to gaing more exposure and access to resources. A basic listing in one category is free.
NATIVE AMERICA ON THE WEB
Another great networking tool for Native-owned business. Like IICOC, listing your business is free for your first category, and
AMERICAN INDIAN SEARCH
Yet another free listing service.
- Links with Information on Native & Rural Community Development -
REIMAGINE RURAL
This is a blog site, which by its own definition is “for rural residents who want to be a part of building a new future for their communities.” It is a place where people from rural communities all over can share ideas and strategies related to rural community development. Check it out, find things that might be relevant or useful to you. There’s a larger conversation happening out there – make Hydaburg part of it!
NACDI
Native American Community Development Institute.
FIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE
A great organization working actively to assist Native communities and nations in economic development. They put out thorough and targeted research reports on development in Indian Country.
RURAL COMMUNITIES ASSISTANCE CORPORATION
The Rural Communities Assistance Corporation works with rural communities generally, but has a host of information and services that are specifically for Native communities.