interesting SB financing site

http://www.businessfinance.com/
This is an interesting site about different sources of start up capital for small business

Small Business Statistics

Here are some quick statistics about how small businesses are doing in today's economy.

http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2462037/

Small Business Forum

Hey!
I thought this website could be really useful.
http://www.small-business-forum.com/
It is a great place to network, pick up ideas, and just see what other small businesses are doing.

Buying from Local, Independent Businesses

Here's an article explaining how various communities are putting forth educational efforts to try to show people how their buying (or not buying) from local businesses really makes a difference.

http://money.cnn.com/2009/07/30/smallbusiness/grassroots_stimulus.smb/index.htm?postversion=2009073017

Advertising on Cows

Even though it is a couple years old, I found it interested after watching Seth Godin's lecture about the 'purple cow'.

http://www.goldenpalaceevents.com/auctions/cows01.php

It is definitely eye catching!

Google Shows Some Love To Small Business

Here are a couple links to articles I found about Google and small business:

http://www.entrepreneur.com/magazine/entrepreneur/2009/august/202658.html
This one talks about how Google has provided some venture capital to a couple start-ups.

http://www.entrepreneur.com/technology/shinyobjects/article202602.html
This one talks about how the advent of Google's new operating system, Chrome OS, may open up some small business oportunities... especially for people with programming skills.

Interesting???