• Council of Smaller Enterprises (COSE) http://www.cose.org 
• Greater Akron Chamber of Commerce http://www.greaterakronchamber.org

Product Development and Innovation

• CAMP, Inc. http://www.camp.org/ProductInnovation/INDEX.aspx

• CAMP Inc. http://www.camp.org

• JumpStart Inc. http://jumpstartinc.org

• BioEnterprise http://www.bioenterprise.com

Business Incubators and Accelerators

• Akron Industrial Incubator (Manufacturing) http://www.ci.akron.oh.us/aii/ 
• BioEnterprise (BioTechnology companies and applications) http://www.bioenterprise.com 
• CAMP Inc. (Manufacturing) http://www.camp.org/entrepreneurs/index.aspx?id=1 
• Great Lakes Innovation and Development Enterprise (GLIDE) http://www.glideit.org 
• Youngstown Business Incubator (B2B Software companies and applications) http://www.ybi.org

Women Owned Businesses

• National Association of Women Business Owners – Cleveland Chapter http://www.nawbocleveland.org

IT Company Trade Association

• Northeast Ohio Software Association (NEOSA) http://www.neosa.org

Technology Commercialization Assistance

• Akron Commercialization Center (University of Akron) http://www.uakron.edu/acc/

Minority Business Support

• Consortium of African-American Organizations (CAAO) http://www.caao.net 
• Northern Ohio Minority Business Council http://www.nombconline.org 
• Hispanic Business Association http://www.hbahcco.org

General Small Business Information

• United States Small Business Administration http://www.sba.gov 
• AllBusiness.com http://www.allbusiness.com 
• Entrepreneur.com http://www.entrepreneur.com 
• The Wall Street Journal – StartUp Journal http://www.startupjournal.com

Business Planning Assistance

• Business Advisers of Cleveland http://www.busadvcle.org/ 
• Service Corps of Retired Executives 
• Akron Chapter - http://www.akronscore.org/
• Canton - http://www.score.netfirms.com/
• Cleveland Chapter – http://www.scorecleveland.org
• Youngstown - http://www.cisnet.com/score/

Small Business Development Centers

• http://www.sba.gov/sbdc/ 
• http://www.odod.state.oh.us/edd/osb/sbdc/

Regional Business Publications

• Smart Business Network http://www.sbnonline.com 
• Inside Business http://www.inside-business.com 
• Akron Beacon Journal http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/business/ 
• Cleveland Plain Dealer http://www.cleveland.com/business/ 
• Crain’s Cleveland Business http://www.crainscleveland.com 
• Lake County News Herald http://www.news-herald.com/site/news.asp?brd=1698&nav_sec=46055 
• Lorain Morning Journal http://www.zwire.com/site/news.asp?brd=1699&pag=460&dept_id=46377 
• Youngstown Vindicator http://www.vindy.com/basic/businesstech/index.php