Resources for Start Up Businesses:
- Start Up Guide
- Going into Business Checklist (pdf document on the WSBDC site)
- New Business Checklist
- Small Business Guide
- Funding your Business
- Business Plans
Resources for Existing Businesses:
- Growth Strategies
- Human Resources
- Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN)
- Dept of Labor-Workplace Poster Requirements for Small Businesses and Other Employers
- Washington Paid Family & Medical Leave 2019-2020 Employers in Washington need to collect premiums beginning in 2019. Reporting begins April 1, 2019 and Benefits are available in 2020. Learn more about the requirements for Employers here.
- Business.wa.gov – SEE #10 for resource links, labor laws and worker benefits.
- Wa.gov Business Guide Payroll – State and Federal requirements, forms and agencies links
- Protect Your Business
- Becoming Minority or Woman-Owned Certified (link to new SBA certification)
- Intellectual Property
- Market Research
- Selling Your Business
- Government Contracting