• Maine Small Business Development Centers: Start-up information, including a checklist, feasibility, definitions of business entities (sole proprietorship, partnership, etc.), start-up funding, and state registrations required in Maine.
• bplans.com: Writing business plans, including sample plans. Also includes information about starting a business and growing a business.
  
• Sample Business Plan: Directory of sample business plans for retail, non-profit, food, hotel, and real estate. Read real sample business plans online.
  
• Maine Business Works: Business Plan Outline and samples
• Division of Corporations (Maine): Interested in incorporating in Maine? Visit this page at the State’s web site.
• Maine Department of Economic and Community Development:
  Start-up questions here, Business Licensing Assistant here
• Small Business Administration: Starting your business.
• Entrepreneur.com
• AcademicInfo: Online business degrees and resources for the online student

Business Counseling: Advice from retired executives, advice for women-owned businesses, etc.

• Maine Small Business Development Centers: No-cost counseling by qualified and experienced business professionals
• Service Corps of Retired Executives: Made up of mostly retired managers and business owners, members volunteer their time to help individuals planning or running small businesses.
• Women’s Business Center at CEI

Financing your Business: Loans, Grants, etc.

• Maine's Venture Capital Fund
• Finance Authority of Maine
• Midcoast Council for Business Development
• Small Business Administration
• Maine Business Works: Lending programs by county
• Coastal Enterprises, Inc. Financial Services

Tax Information: State sales/use tax, Federal Tax, Forms and Publications

• Maine State Sales and Use Tax
• Maine Revenue Services: Forms and Publications
• IRS Tax Information for Businesses

Managing Your Business: Business organizations, additional resources

• Small Business Administration
• MidCoast Business Resource Center
• Mid-Coast Council for Business Development and Planning
• Maine Department of Labor
• Maine State Chamber of Commerce
• Chamber of Commerce of the Bath Brunswick Region
• National Association of Women Business Owners

Promoting Your Business: Web site promotion, e-commerce, press releases

• WilsonWeb.com: Web marketing and e-commerce
• WebReference.com: Articles about web promotion, web advertising, domain names, banner ads and more
• WebPromote.com: Newsletter and archive of articles related to web promotion
• PRNewswire: News targeting and distribution services
• PressReleaseWriting.com: Examples and help for writing press releases, including a newsletter.

Services Sponsored/Recommended by MidcoastBusiness.com:

• Wordtracker: Service to help select keywords for web pages.
• DIY Web Pages: A site set up by MidcoastBusiness.com specifically to provide resources for those who want to design their own web sites.

Any links we've missed? Please contact us at info@midcoastbusiness.com if you have anything to add.