A resource of information for businesses online. Available information includes: - Accounting principles - Business plans and business finance basics - Data for businesses, such as cost of living, wage statistics, current economic highlights, job vacancies, unemployment statistics, trends, and labor markets - Exporting and international trade training, market research, statistics, and questions about importing - Financing a business and financing programs to help companies and communities retain existing jobs and create new jobs - Finding workers, workforce assistance, jobs on CareerForce, hiring, incentives, and tax credits - Insurance, taxes, intellectual property, and management basics - Licensing and permits needed for specific businesses - Starting a business and organizing a business structure - Statewide partner organizations to provide consultation or advice to help businesses grow - Support for Cannabis businesses

Provides education, brief advice, and full representation for small nonprofit organizations and those seeking to start a nonprofit. Legal issues common to nonprofit and for-profit organizations include: - Human Resources, including employment and benefits - Contracts relating to leases, buying buildings, signing state and county contracts - Articles and bylaws - Mergers and dissolutions - Intellectual property (particularly copyright and trademark) Legal issues common to the nonprofit sector include: - Nonprofit incorporation - Special state and federal reporting requirements - Lobbying expenditure limits - Regulations directed at mitigating conflicts of interest and monitoring executive compensation - Tax-related issues around unrelated business income

Provides free, brief advice to all and full legal representation assistance to qualifying low-income owners of small businesses and those who would like to start a small business. Also provides transactional (non-litigation) business law services.

Provides information and resources to individuals who are interested in starting a business. Services include: - Consultations with the Small Business Assistance Office to help individuals understand or have questions about starting a business. Monthly meetings are held on the second Tuesday of the month for small business owners. - Information about considerations when starting a business, organizing the business, structure, forming partnerships, differences of business entities, business licenses, permits, business tax liabilities, and filing documents with the Secretary of State - MN Reservist and Veteran Business Loan Program: Provides business loans to companies that are affected when certain employees are called to active duty and individual veterans who have returned from active duty and want to start their own business. Types of loans include business loans and startup business loans. Terms include one-time, interest-free loans of $ 5,000 to $20,000, with 54 months of no repayment for the first 18 months and equal monthly payments over the remaining 36 months. More information can be found online at https://mn.gov/deed/business/financing-business/deed-programs/reservists/. - Small Business Development Center offices are located throughout the state to provide professional expertise and guidance to help clients manage their businesses - Tips on a business plan overview, basic accounting principles, business finance basics, types of business insurance, hiring employees, protecting intellectual property, and business management basics