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Useful Government Sites for Small Business

• IRS: starting a business: https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed
• Census Business Builder: Small Business Edition: https://www.census.gov/data/data-tools/cbb.html
• Iowa Office of the Small Business Association: https://www.sba.gov/offices/district/ia/des-moines
• Iowa Secretary of State, click on Business Services: https://sos.iowa.gov/
• Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce Business Resources: https://quadcitieschamber.com/business-services/business-resources
• Quad Cities SCORE chapter: https://quadcities.score.org/
• Eastern Iowa Small Business Development Center: http://www.iowasbdc.org/
• Iowa Center for Industrial Research and Service (CIRAS): http://www.ciras.iastate.edu/