Whether you are just starting out or looking to take your business to the next level, these resources will help you navigate finding customers, deal with legal matters, gaining new skills, and more.
Build your internet presence
- LinkedIn Learning, opens a new window - Over 4000 online tutorials covering business and technology taught by industry experts.
- Small Business Reference Center - Explore the Business Areas category to find videos, articles and 'how to' on the topic "Business & the Internet."
- The Digital Marketing Handbook
- Digital Branding
- Introduction to Social Media Marketing
Financial & legal resources
- LegalForms, opens a new window - Access Washington state-specific, customizable legal documents including contracts, employment documents, and more.
- Legal Information Reference Center, opens a new window - Find publications and legal forms to address a range of legal issues, including topics in business law, patents, copyright, and trademarks.
- Small Business Reference Center, opens a new window - Explore the Business Areas category to find full-text articles on "Legal Issues" like incorporation, HR law, case law, and many other topics.
- Value Line Research Center - Look up company reports, industry reports, or specific issues in PDF format.
Find customers
- Gale Business: DemographicsNow - U.S. demographic data for gaining consumer and market insight.
- Reference Solutions from Data Axle - Job search, business research, and marketing database including more than 25 million business profiles & 267 million U.S. residents. Ideal for sales leads, mailing lists, market research, employment opportunities, finding friends and relatives, and much more!
- Small Business Reference Center - Explore the Business Areas categories "Expanding a Business" and "Marketing & Public Relations" to identify suggestions on financing expansion, doing business abroad, and more.
Human Resources
- Small Business Reference Center - Explore the Business Areas category to find information about "Employees," "Legal Issues," and "Management & Leadership Topics."
- LinkedIn Learning, opens a new window - Online tutorials covering everything from human resource fundamentals to thriving in an on-demand economy.
Personnel skills toolkit
- LinkedIn Learning, opens a new window - Video tutorials on software, web design, business/management skills, financial literacy, job/career skills, etc.
- Mango Languages - Instruction in more than 70 languages.
Chambers of Commerce
Locate your local chamber or business association to attend professional development trainings and network.
Snohomish County
- Arlington/Smokey Point Chamber of Commerce, opens a new window
- Darrington Chamber of Commerce
- Edmonds Chamber of Commerce, opens a new window
- Granite Falls Chamber of Commerce, opens a new window
- Lake Stevens Chamber of Commerce
- Lynnwood Chamber of Commerce, opens a new window
- Marysville/Tulalip Chamber of Commerce, opens a new window
- Mill Creek Chamber of Commerce
- Monroe Chamber of Commerce, opens a new window
- Mountlake Terrace and Brier Chamber of Commerce
- Mukilteo Chamber of Commerce, opens a new window
- Sky Valley Chamber of Commerce, opens a new window
- Snohomish Chamber of Commerce, opens a new window
- Stanwood Chamber of Commerce
Island County
- Camano Island Chamber of Commerce, opens a new window
- Clinton Chamber of Commerce, opens a new window
- Coupeville Chamber of Commerce, opens a new window
- Freeland Chamber of Commerce, opens a new window
- Langley Chamber of Commerce, opens a new window
- Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce, opens a new window
Additional resources
- Department of Labor and Industries, opens a new window - Information about wage requirements, contractor guidelines, trades and licensing, permits, and more.
- Department of Licensing, opens a new window - Learn how to acquire the correct professional license for your small business.
- Department of Revenue, opens a new window - Washington state tax regulations and training information.
- Doing Business in Snohomish County, opens a new window - Connect with small business support services and resources specific to Snohomish County.
- Economic Alliance Snohomish County, opens a new window - The regional economic development agency for Snohomish County, which also hosts services for small businesses.
- Island County Economic Development Council, opens a new window - The regional economic development agency for Island County hosts trainings, assists businesses with developing marketing plans, and more.
- NW Innovation Resource Center - NWIRC works with entrepreneurs and inventors to provide them with one-on-one advising, mentorship, group training, networking opportunities and investor introductions.
- Office for Regulatory Innovation and Assistance, opens a new window - A valuable guide for information on how to plan, run, grow, and close a business in Washington State.
- Small Business Accelerator at Everett Community College, opens a new window - A program for established businesses to increase revenues and improve business processes.
- U.S. Small Business Administration, opens a new window - A federal governmental agency that gives assistance to small businesses in the form of loans, contracts, and counseling.
- Washington Business Licensing Service, opens a new window - Licensing requirements for starting and running a business in Washington State.
