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Our Business Startup Tool Kit brings together business development tools, "how-to" guides, and research materials to assist you with your business plans and solutions. Business Resource Network: Connect your business into a growing community of business professionals and partnerships ready to assist you. Financing: Find links to financing and explore several different financing options for start-up or existing businesses including SBA loans, conventional and commercial loans, micro loans and alternative financing options.    Chambers of Commerce: Pinellas County Chambers of Commerce improve the local business climate through networking, education and business programming. International Trade: We help equip businesses with the knowledge and tools they need to exporting goods and services to increase profits. Disaster Planning Information: A small amount of time spent in preparation could make all the difference to the future of your business. Find ways to protect your company, your assets, and your employees in the event of a serious incident. Minority Business Development: Find valuable websites to assist entrepreneurs with government purchasing, loans, and many other resources for minorities and women. Federal Procurement and Marketplace: Doing business with Federal Government agencies can be very lucrative for those who learn how to maneuver through the maze of registrations, certifications and regulations. Take these initial steps to open the door to federal business opportunities. Taxes (Business Tax Summary): This summary of business taxes includes information for state corporate income tax, sales tax certificate, intangible property tax, local occupational license, and several other tax programs that may impact your business. Taxes (IRS Tax Center): Whether you are a budding entrepreneur, or an established business owner, you will find everything you need to start and manage your business venture. Occupational Licenses: Businesses are required to obtain an occupational license in the city or cities in which they operate. No occupational license is required in unincorporated Pinellas County. Permits, Regulations and Professional Licenses: Before purchasing or leasing land and buildings, contact the local zoning department to ensure that the property can accommodate the type of business planned for it. Doing Business with Pinellas County / The Small Business Enterprise (SBE) Program: This program ensures local small businesses have opportunities to participate in the competitive process for Pinellas County County contracts. Learn about the Pinellas County purchasing system and receive personal assistance from Pinellas County Purchasing staff to register to do business with County government. The BDC offers a training seminar entitled How to Do Business with Pinellas County or go to the Small Business Enterprise Program at the Purchasing Department. U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA): The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) was created in 1953 as an independent agency of the federal government to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free competitive enterprise and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of our nation. U.S. Department of Commerce: the US Department of Commerce provides the means to link businesses from Pinellas County and the surrounding areas to anywhere in the world using videoconferencing technology. Florida High Tech Corridor's Virtual Entrepreneur Center:A regional Web portal designed to provide entrepreneurs and business service providers access to local, regional, state, and national resources that will support Starting, Expanding, or Relocating their business. Resources Business Incentives: Find a list of "investment tools" available to businesses who qualify. Economic Development Transportation Fund, Incumbent Worker Training Program, Qualified Target Industry Tax Refund Program, Enterprise Bonds, Industrial Revenue Bonds, Quick Response Training, Urban Job Tax Credit, Capital Investment Tax Credit, Foreign Trade Zone, High Impact Performance Incentive Grant and Brownfield Redevelopment Bonus. Education, Colleges and Universities Enterprise Florida: Enterprise Florida, Inc. is a public/private partnership responsible for leading Florida's statewide economic development. The organization's mission is to diversify Florida's economy and create better paying jobs for its citizens by supporting, attracting and helping to create businesses in innovative, high-growth industries. Tampa Bay Partnership: The Tampa Bay Partnership is an organization focused on stimulating economic growth and economic development in the Tampa Bay area via corporate relocation and business expansion. U.S. Department of Commerce Virtual Entrepreneur Center from the Florida High Tech Corridor Council WorkNet Pinellas:  WorkNet Pinellas develops strategies to target the needs of employers then matches them to job seekers across the employment spectrum.