Small Business Links

The following are links to organizations and resources that can be found in “A Guide to Opening and Operating a Business in Mesa”

American Association of Exporters and Importers	www.aaei.org
Arizona Procurement Technical Assistance Network, Inc. (APTAN)	www.aptan.com
Arizona Corporation Commission	www.ccsd.cc.state.az.us
Arizona Department of Commerce	www.commerce.state.az.us
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality	www.adeq.state.az.us
Arizona Department of Revenue	www.revenue.state.az.us
Arizona District Export Council	www.azexport.com
Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce	www.azhcc.com
Arizona Industrial Commission	www.ica.state.az.us
Arizona-Mexico Commission (AMC)	www.azmc.org
Arizona Minority Business Development Center (AMBDC)	www.ambdc.org
Arizona Small Business Association	www.asba.com
Arizona Venture Capital Conference	www.azventurecapitalconf.com
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation	www.apectariff.org
Asia Development Bank	www.adb.org
Asian Chamber of Commerce	www.asianchamber.org
Bureau of Export Administration (BXA)	bxa.fedworld.gov
BusinessLaw.gov	www.business.gov
Census Bureau	www.census.gov
Chicanos Por La Causa (CPLC)	www.cplc.org
Cross-Cultural Communications	www.crossculturalcom.com
Downtown Mesa Association	www.downtownmesa.com
Environmental Health Division (Food-Related Businesses)	www.maricopa.gov/envsvc/envhlth.asp
Environmental Protection Agency	www.epa.gov
Export Legal Assistance Network	www.sbaonline.sba.gov
Falcon Field Municipal Airport	www.cityofmesa.org/falcon_field
Federal Grants	www.cfda.gov
Federation of International Trade Association	www.fita.org
Fedstats	www.fedstats.gov
Foreign Trade Zone Corporation	www.FTZcorp.com
Greater Phoenix Black Chamber of Commerce	www.phoenixblackchamber.com
Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce	www.phoenixchamber.com
Greater Phoenix Economic Council (GPEC)	www.gpec.org
Internal Revenue Service	www.irs.ustreas.gov
International Monetary Fund	www.imf.org
International Standards Organization	www.iso.ch
International Chamber of Commerce	www.iccwbo.org
Maricopa Association of Governments	www.mag.maricopa.gov
Maricopa County Recorder’s Office	www.recorder.maricopa.gov
Maricopa Workforce Development Center	www.hsd.maricopa.gov
Mesa Chamber of Commerce	www.mesachamber.org
Mesa Convention and Visitors Bureau	www.mesacvb.com
NADBank: North American Development Bank	www.nadbank.org
National Association of Export Companies	www.nexco.org
National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development	www.ncaied.org
National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America, Inc.	www.ifcba.org/USA.html
National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade	www.natlaw.com
National Trade Data Bank	www.stat-usa.gov/tradetest.nsf
NEDCO (Neighborhood Economic Development Corporation)	www.nedco-mesa.org
Salt River Project Business Services	www.srpnet.com
SCORE East Valley (Service Corps of Retired Executives)	www.scorearizona.org
Secretary of State Trademark or Trade Name Office	www.azsos.gov
Self-Employment Loan Fund (SELF)	www.selfloanfund.org
Serra International	www.serraintl.com/morelink.html
Sister Cities International	www.sister-cities.org
Small Business Development Center (SBDC)	www.dist.maricopa.edu/mccdsbdc/
Small Business Environmental Assistance Program	www.maricopa.gov/sbeap
Southwest Gas Commercial Accounts	www.swgas.com
Thomas Register (manufacturers and suppliers)	www.thomasregister.com
Thunderbird International Business Information Center	www.t-bird.edu/ibic/welcome.asp
Trade Compass	www.tradecompass.com
United States Bureau of Economic Analysis	www.bea.gov
USAID (United States Agency for Int’l Development)	www.info.usaid.gov
U.S. Customs Office-Port of Phoenix	www.customs.ustreas.gov
U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration	www.ita.doc.gov/uscs/useac
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office	www.uspto.gov
U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)	www.sba.gov
Women’s Chamber of Commerce	www.thewomenschamber.com
Workers’ Compensation Fund	www.statefund.com/