Let's Talk About Biz
Tap other entrepreneurs' knowledge virtually with online forums.
Did you know you can connect with other entrepreneurs through
online forums? Here are five to get you chatting-and
networking:
www.businessownersideacafe.com: Pick the brains of
other business owners at IdeaCafe's CyberSchmooz message
forums. These chat rooms focus on everything from business ideas,
marketing, and homebased businesses to Gen-X entrepreneurs,
e-commerce, money talk and more.
www.foodservice.com: FoodService.com tackles all
food service-related issues, from gift cards to food safety, and
features an enormous array of topics broken down into
"Restaurant Biz Talk," "Chef & Cooks
Corner," "TechTalk" and "Onsite."
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www.small-business-forum.com: Small Business Forum
covers a broad range of categories, such as new business ideas,
franchising, business law, insurance and website management, just
to name a few. In addition, the site dedicates an entire section to
small business.
www.smallbusinessforums.org: The Small Business
Community Forums site is dedicated to all things related to small
business, including taxes, employees, import/export tips, legal
matters, advertising and much more. It also conducts regular polls
and provides statistics on its community members.
www.theswitchboards.com: Created so women
entrepreneurs could talk shop and help each other,
TheSwitchboards.com is filled with public and private forums
offering advice, tips and resources. Topics include "Critique
My Website," "Legality," "Money Matters,"
"Barter Is Better" and "PR."