Ever dream of starting your own business? Or advancing your company or career to the next level? Wonder what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur or corporate executive? Need guidance with complicated financial issues or start-up financing?

Online resources include an entrepreneurial test, skills assessment, and professional evaluation. You’ll find free consultations and information ranging from management to marketing to technology. This page will connect you to valuable resources so bookmark for future reference.

• Take a look at important trends. Learn why women are good at running a business, differences in women’s and men’s needs, and how to match your personal interests with marketplace demand.
  
• Check out the pros and cons of working at home, start-up myths, eleven rules for success, and common causes of business failure.
  
• Get help writing your business plan or expanding your business.
  
• Find out how to plug into the billion-dollar government procurement business (only 2% of those contracts go to women).
  
• Get motivated and informed to make a career move or start your own enterprise.
  
• Find news about businesswomen, small business, and business in general.
  
• Visit our Directory to connect with business and professional development consultants, marketing and advertising gurus, attorneys, bankers, and other experts who can help you succeed.

Connect with these resources to help you expand your business:

• Texas Economic Development—Small Business Development Centers
  
• National Women's Business Council
  
• Online Women's Business Center
  
• Small business information
  
• Business basics
  
• Answer desk
  
• Selling to the government
  
• Spanish-related resources
  
• BiG Austin