Virtual Entrepreneur

Business Week: Small Business:
Government resources for small business owners have long existed, but they are often poorly understood and underutilized. Several outreach efforts currently under way, some public and some privately funded, aim to change that.

One of the new programs is the community forum quietly opened last week by the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Business Gateway Program. Hosted on Business.gov, the http://communities.business.gov/bsng, is believed to be the first government-sponsored online community built specifically for small business owners, says Nancy Sternberg, program manger of the Business Gateway site.

It combines discussion threads, blogs, and resource articles and is designed to encourage interaction between business owners and government employees. A press release and formal launch of the community forum is in the works, she says. Her staff is working on getting the word out through social media such as Twitter and Facebook and notifying the 10,000 individuals who get regular e-mails when the Business.gov site is updated.

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