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Starting your business off with the right knowledge will save you time, money and many headaches. The Kennesaw Small Business Development Center has several resources to assist you in starting a business. They are:

1) Starting a Business: Every month one of our experienced, professional Business Consultants will teach the Starting a Business class, which covers the fundamentals from assessing if my business idea is feasible to finding the money. This low cost seminar is only 3-hours long and covers all of the bases for a entrepreneurial, start-up business. This also includes the Go Global: How to Start an Import/Export Business.

2) Start up Basics: (pdf format) This pdf is the basics of starting a business. If you're too busy to attend a class, you can find the basics of entrepreneurship here.

3) Government Resources:

Business info from the Federal Government: http://www.business.gov/

Tax information from the Internal Revenue Service: http://www.irs.gov/

Small Business Assistance from the Small Business Administration: http://www.sba.gov/smallbusinessplanner/index.html

3) Listing of Business License Offices:

Cobb County Business License Office - 770-528-8410
191 Lawrence Street Building E
Marietta, GA 30060 - http://comdev.cobbcountyga.gov/downloads/corp_or_llc.pdf

Acworth Business License Office - 770-917-8903
4375 Senator Russell Square North
Acworth, GA 30101 - http://www.acworth.org/

Austell Business License Office - 770-944-4300
2716 Broad Street SW
Austell, GA 30106 http://www.austell.org/cityclerk/business.html

Kennesaw Business License Office - 770-424-8274
2529 JO Stephenson Avenue
Kennesaw, GA 30144 e http://kennesaw-ga.gov/

Marietta Business License Office - 770-794-5520
205 Lawrence St NE
Marietta, GA 30060 http://www.mariettaga.gov/departments/finance/buslic/contact.aspx

Powder Springs Business License Office - 770-943-1666
4484 Marietta Street
Powder Springs, GA 30127 - http://www.cityofpowdersprings.org/index.asp?NID=183

Smyrna Business License Office - 770-434-6600
City Hall
2800 King Street
Smyrna, GA 30080 http://www.ci.smyrna.ga.us/index.php?pr=Starting_A_Business

Cherokee County Business License Office - 678-493-6109
130 East Main Street, Ste. 107
Canton, GA 30114
http://www.cherokeega.com/ccweb/departments/business_license/forms/Business_License_Information_Change.pdf

Ball Ground Business License Office - 770-735-2123
P. O. Box 285
Ball Ground, Georgia 30107 - http://www.cityofballground.com/

Canton Business License Office - 770-704-1500
151 Elizabeth Street
Canton, GA 30114 - http://www.canton-georgia.com/

Holly Springs Business License Office - 770-345-5536
3235 Holly Springs Parkway
Holly Springs, GA 30142 - http://www.hollyspringsga.net/

Jasper Business License Office - 706-692-9100
200 Burnt Mountain Road
Jasper, GA 30143 - http://www.jasper-ga.us/

Woodstock Business License Office - 770-592-6005
223 Arnold Mill Road
Woodstock, GA 30188 - http://www.woodstockga.gov/index.asp?NID=201

Chambers of Commerce:

Cherokee Chamber of Commerce - 770-345-0400
3605 Marietta Hwy.
Canton, GA 30114 - http://www.cherokeechamber.com/

Cobb Chamber of Commerce - 770-980-2000
240 Interstate North Parkway
Atlanta, GA 30339 http://www.cobbchamber.org/contact.htm

Business Associations:

Acworth Business Association: http://www.acworthbusiness.org/

Canton Road Business Association: http://www.cantonroadba.org/

East Cobb Business Association: http://www.eastcobbba.com/web/membership.asp

Kennesaw Business Association: http://www.kennesawbusiness.org/

Marietta Business Association: http://mariettabusinessassociation.com/

West Cobb Business Association: http://westcobbbusinessassociation.com/about.htm

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Funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administrationand the University of Georgia. Reasonable arrangements for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance. Contact Lydia C. Jones, Director, KSU SBDC, Kennesaw State University, 1000 Chastain Road, #3303, Kennesaw, GA 30144 or 770-423-6450


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