Informational Links

Free Business Speadsheets
Free downloadable Excel spreadsheets for analyzing, estimating, valuating and projecting any and everything you need to start and operate your business. Provided by Matt Evans, Creative Value through Excellence in Financial Management.

Starting or expanding a business in Tennessee  
The Tennessee Department of Revenue offers a variety of resources for those interested in starting a new business in Tennessee, whether a business is currently located in Tennessee or looking to relocate here. In addition to the necessary requirements to start a business, incentives are available for relocating and expanding business in the state.

Tennessee Small Business Development Centers  
The Tennessee Small Business Development Center (TSBDC) offers free assistance to help business owners grow and develop successful, thriving businesses. They have 12 full service centers and 2 satellite offices across the state of Tennessee.

Tennessee Technology Development Corporation  
Designed to improve the statewide business climate for innovation and entrepreneurship, TTDC serves as a complement to ongoing business recruitment and expansion efforts of state and local officials. A public-private approach to innovative economic development.

Small Business Administration Business Planner 
The Small Business Planner includes information and resources that will help you at any stage of the business life cycle.

TNTechnology.org
The centerpiece of this effort is the Tennessee Entrepreneurship Network (TEN), a program designed to effectively and efficiently identify, nurture and support high-growth, small-and medium-sized enterprises.

Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)  
With the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program, the SBA ensures that the nation’s small, high-tech, innovative businesses are a significant part of the federal government’s research and development efforts.

The Kauffman Foundation  
The Kauffman Foundation is often referred to as one of the largest foundations in the United States and as the world’s largest foundation devoted to entrepreneurship.