Doing Business In the Buffalo Region
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The Business in the Buffalo Region page provides a focal point for summarizing information about doing business in the Buffalo Region and providing links to BufWiki and other web resources. There are numerous for-profit, non-profit, and government agencies that support economic development, business formation, business development and business resources. We will try here to help you "Drill Down" and find them. BufWiki can serve an important role by viewing the subject from a community perspective and by including information with no particular objective or point of view. To retain a Neutral Point of View we will not list for-profit business support companies (except for media, information, and education firms) on this page, but on their respective business category pages. |
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Major Topics
Economic Development
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Your Benefits
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The Players -
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Major Emphasis
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Resources
What does economic development mean to you, who is doing it, why are they doing it, how are they doing it? We hope to provide some answers by doing the research, summarizing the results and pointing you to the answers.
Business Formation
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Entrepreneurs on About.com - very full site with lots of material to drill down through
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Entrepreneurial Software Development - info on software development for entrepreneurs
How do you convert a business idea into a business actuality? How do you turn your talent into your own take-home pay? Where do you start, what do you need to do, how much money do you need, who will help you, how do you promote and market yourself, etc.......??? Lots of questions - well, here is where you can go to find the answers !!
Business Development
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Incubators - read about these critical resources for early-stage businesses with substantial potential
We describe Business Development in terms of the information, process, tools, and activities related to growing, expanding, and improving a business enterprise (of any size). Here we hope to link you to information and resources in our area targeted at business development and not covered in some of our other topics.
Business Resources
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Networking
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Marketing, Advertising and Promotion, etc.
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Running your Business
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BufWiki business related shopping resources"
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Funding
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Legal
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Accounting
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Personnel
Resources for business owners, entrepreneurs, and those that support or encourage them.
See also Small Business Resources
Major Players
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Buffalo Niagara Enterprise - nonprofit, private regional development organization
Who are the major players in the Buffalo Business Community and what role do they play?
Non-Profit Business Organizations/Alliances
Non-profit organizations and alliances supporting the business community in our area.
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Buffalo Niagara Enterprise - nonprofit, private regional development organization
Membership Business Organizations
Organizations providing support services to business members - normally requires membership fee.
Government
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Erie County - [ Business Page] - links to lots of programs, resources and organizations.
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City of Buffalo - [ Business Page] - [ Services], [ Other Business Info]
Towns in Erie County
Government units supporting the business community at their level.
Villages in Erie County
Education
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ZOOM, ZOOM - Personal Development: developing yourself to improve your business
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American Association of University Women -
Buffalo Chapter website
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Toastmasters - local search - "helping people become more competent and comfortable in front of an audience.
Educational institutions, schools, educational organizations, and other resources for business education and training.
Media
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Daily Record - law, real estate, finance and business intelligence since 1908
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Talk It Up" - published by GRE.
Media resources directed at the topic of business applicable to the Rochester Region. Further research for business articles and news see also links via Local Media.
BufWiki Resources
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Putting Your Business on BufWiki - BufWiki is a great place to provide basic information about your business - no matter how small or large. If you are in the Buffalo region and have a product or service to offer, you should be here on BufWiki. Make a page, put in your basic information and link to your website for all the details, promotions, etc. Click on the link for more information and resources.
Special resources provided by BufWiki that are not listed in one of the previous categories.
Other Resources
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Entrepreneur.com - Drill down for LOTS of information
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SCORE - Get Advice from Successful Business Advisors
Discussion
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Discussion about this page - limited to discussing the content, organization, style, purposes, etc of this BufWiki page.
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Topic Discussion - your comments and opinions about Doing Business In the Buffalo Region.
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Contribute to Topic - place to provide suggestions, enhancement, material, or comments on the topic content and organization.
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Edit This Page - click at left, or on Edit at the top or bottom of the page page. Please remember - this is a top level BufWiki topic, linked from the Front Page, so exercise good judgment and restraint when editing the page.
We encourage participation through discussion, corrections, suggestions for improvements, contributions of material or resources, as well as Editing this and related pages. We direct you to the following places to dive in and help (:>) !!!
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