BusinessUSA (Business.USA.gov)

THE U.S. GOVERNMENT PORTAL FOR AMERICAN BUSINESSES, exporters and entrepreneurs, BusinessUSA helps businesses small and large find the right tools, funding, services and information quickly and easily to help them at all stages of their business, from starting up to going global. MORE THAN A WEBSITE, BusinessUSA is a multichannel service that provides a single access point for businesses and exporters by providing a ''no wrong door'' approach to connect them to the services and information relevant to them. Launched by the White House in October of 2011, BusinessUSA (also called "Business USA") aggregates and pinpoints the most useful business-related resources from dozens of U.S. federal government agencies as well as hundreds of state and local agencies and organizations. DISCOVER thousands of: government programs & tools; business financing, tax credits & loans; grants & government contracts up for bid (U.S. and overseas); intellectual property protection (patents & trademarks); laws & regulations including the new health care laws; news, success stories & how-to articles; licenses & permits; and business events & training. Explore resources for different business owner types, from veterans to women to tribal businesses. We even help you find experts from whom you can get free, in-person advice. VISIT BusinessUSA online at http://business.usa.gov (also businessusa.gov or business.gov).