Owning a Business
- Assessment - Entrepreneurial Test from Savell and Associates
- Assessment - "Are You Ready?" from USA SBA
- Assessment - The Entrepreneur Test - includes a Small Business knowledge base of helpful Q&A resources from Liraz Publishing
- 'Be Your Own Boss' -- from the Employment Guide
- Self Employment and the 50+ Population - advice from AARP
- 'Bigstep.com' -- Build Your Business On-Line
- Business card printing ($)
- Business.com - a business search engine
- BizPlans - The Fastest Way To Write A Business Plan
- Business Owners' Idea Cafe: small business everything!
- Business Resources - "BizOffice"
- Business Resources - "BusinessTown"
- E-Myth Academy; small business advice
- Employment Laws - assistance for Workers and Small Businesses
- Entrepreneurial Parent - linked resources
- Franchise Business compendium
- North Bay Angels - investment ("seed") capital
- On-Line courses ($): "Small Office/Home Office"
- Redwood Empire Small Business Development Center (RESBDC) in Santa Rosa
- SCORE (Senior Corps of Retired Entrepreneurs - counselors to small business)
- Small Business and Self-Employed One-Stop Resource (from the IRS)
- Sonoma County Business Assistance Guide
- USA Small Business Administration (SBA)
- "StartupJournal" from the Wall Street Journal - advice and info for startup businesses
Independent Contracting & Consulting (see also page 4a re: Corporate Services for Sonoma County consulting firms)
- "Guru.com" - Resources for free-lance talent
- Bay Area Consulting Group
- "Consulting & Contracting - Resource Center" - advice & resources from Nolo (law/legal experts)
- 'eLance.com' for free-lancers and independent professionals
- Sologig.com - services to independent prof'ls.
- FreeLancers.net
- Compendium re: Free Lance @ JobHunt.org
- Contract Employee's Handbook
- M squared - broker of independent consultants (SF)
- Working Solo -- Information for independent entrepreneurs...
Creating & Marketing Your Art & Talent
Fine Arts (for local galleries, graphic arts, and crafts, see page 4a; photographers see page 4b)
- American Eagle Studios - local talent agency
- Artists' Resources in Sonoma County
- "The Artist's Way at Work" - Official website
- Artist Resource - north bay and beyond
- The World Artist Directory
- Art Network
- Everything you need to know about art schools, art colleges, and art institutes
- Art-Agent on-line
- Cheap Joe's Art Stuff (including info and resources)
- Guru.com - independent contracting in graphic arts, multi-media, etc.
- Guru.com - independent contracting in illustrating, cartooning, painting, sculpting, etc.
- Guru.com - independent contracting in photography, videography, etc.
- *"Selling Your Art On-Line" Newsletter by Chris Maher
Music and Sound
- *"Meet the Composer" -- assistance for music composers
- Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences - Gilber, Arizona; institution for audio education
- Recording Engineer School
Writing
- Advanced Self-Publishing -- services to help writers publish
- "AuthorAssist" for professional writers
- "awe-struck.net" author submissions
- Guru.com - independent contracting in writing, editing, translating, etc.
- Redwood Writers Club
- *"Tiny-Lights Publications" -- essay contest$
- Wooden Horse Publishing -- Resources for writers
- Writer's Studio - writing workshops
- WritersNet - for writers, editors, publishers, agents
- Writing for Money - an assortment of articles on this and related subjects
- "NewsJobs.net" -- a compendium of sites for professional writers
Acting (also see page 4a., Entertainment)
- 4 Entertainment Jobs (Film/TV - Music - Sports - Publishing - Theater/Fine Art)
- Guru.com - independent contracting in Broadcasting
- 6th Street Playhouse (for both Actors Theatre and Santa Rosa Players)
- North Bay Theatre Group
- Sonoma County Repertory Theatre
Radio or Television Production
- Guru.com - independent contracting in Broadcasting
- Radio Broadcasting school
- TV Broadcasting school
Movie Production
- Film school
- Guru.com - independent contracting in Broadcasting
Inventing
- Idea To Market Network -- local inventors
- Redwood Empire Small Business Development Center -- local guidance and assistance for inventors
- Nat'l. Inventor Fraud Center, Inc. - lists of support organizations, articles on patents and frauds, and other stuff for inventors
Creative Work
- Managing Creativity in Work; books by Donna Shirley
- Sonoma County Repertory Theatre - THE REP
- "Fun Jobs Review" - mostly internet work from home - beware of illegal jobs and identity scams!
- *"Craig's List" -- art-related jobs in the North Bay (as well as others)
- "ArtSource" -- digital art jobs all over
- "SnagAJob" -- part-time jobs, summer jobs, etc.
Alternative Employment Structures, etc.
- Job Sharing
- Job Sharing Principles
- I T A C - International Telework Ass'n. & Council
- The American Telecommuting Assoc'n.
- Telecommuting; "About Telework" by the Canadian Telework Ass'n.
- Telecommuting -- Telework and Alternative Officing (by Gil Gordon Assoc.)
- Telecom tools (software) for telecommuting businesses
- Net.Worker - tying teleworkers to the enterprise
- "Woman's Work" - Flexible Work for Women
- "Work at Home Center" from EmploymentGuide.com
- "Work at Home" - Consumer Review links and a Wall Street Journal article