ASSESSYOURINTERNATIONALRISK.ORG
The SBA, U.S. Chamber of Commerce and member companies of the
American International Group Inc. have put together a must-visit
website for businesses expanding into the global market. The
website covers common risks, such as shipping and storing goods
abroad, insurance coverage, trade credit essentials and much
more.
PUBSUB
It's tough staying afloat in the sea of information, but lucky
for us, a rescue boat has arrived. PubSub is a matching service
that instantly notifies subscribers when new content is posted on
the web that matches the subscribers' query. The PubSub search
engine reads blogs, internet newsgroups and all SEC filings, and is
continuing to add more data sources. Subscription is free.
WEB CAFé
Office Depot offers a series of free online seminars for
entrepreneurs each month. The seminars focus on four main topics:
marketing, finance, technology, and entrepreneurial tips and
tactics. Past seminars have been archived and are available online,
and each Web Cafe is presented by a small-business author or
expert, such as SBA Administrator Hector Barreto, and
Entrepreneur's editorial director, Rieva Lesonsky. The
next scheduled seminar takes place May 3.
26TH ANNUAL SIMMONS SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP
CONFERENCE, APRIL 30, BOSTON'S WORLD TRADE CENTER
More than 2,500 women in business will greet some of the
nation's top women leaders--including American Red Cross
president and CEO Marsha Johnson Evans, former director-general of
the World Health Organization Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, and
actress and activist Susan Sarandon--to discuss this year's
theme, "What Matters Most." Advance tickets are $510 for
the general public.
UPTIMEBOT.COM LINK POPULARITY CHECK
We all want to be popular, particularly on the web. Uptimebot.com
offers a free tool that checks the top 10 search engines for your
website's link popularity. Type in your URL and, within
seconds, you'll see a chart that includes results from AOL,
Google, MSN, Yahoo! and more. It's also useful to type in your
competitors' URLs to see who's linking to them but not to
you.
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This story appears in the April 2005 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »
