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	susiew says: 08/26/2007	In case you're not familiar with some of the resources to help you start a business. (There are lots of people here from other countries so please post any you like outside the US!) The Small Business Adminstration http://www.sba.gov/ - offers lots of tools, advice, and pointers to local resources for business planning. Especially great is SCORE, which lets you tap into retired executives from many different industries whether online or in person. http://www.sba.gov/services/counseling/score/index.html Inc Magazine http://www.inc.com/ and Entrepreneur http://www.entrepreneur.com/ often have good advice and inspirational stories. Check your local chamber of commerce if you're starting a local business to find out about networking groups and incentives.
	DaveCharlie says: 03/05/2007	yeah that ideawins project looks like a bit of a ripoff to me.... I'm hoping to set up a music school in my hometown.

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Anonymous
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12/12/2006

Through January 2007, Microsoft has a contest for "the best small business idea." You could win $100,000 and retail space in New York for a year.
http://www.ideawins.com/contest/

However depending on your idea it may not be worth it as the terms seem to give away rights:

All Entries, upon submission, become the property of the Sponsor and will not necessarily be acknowledged or returned and Sponsor has the right to dispose of the Entries at Sponsor’s discretion. No previously published business plan, marketing, public relations, advertising, or cause-related campaign, idea or article will qualify as an Entry. By entering the Contest, Entrants agree that the Sponsor and its licensees and assigns shall have the right to edit, modify, publish, use, reuse, not use, or otherwise exploit the Entry, and any material based thereon or derived therefrom, in any manner, for any lawful purposes whatsoever, including, without limitation,
for advertising and promotional purposes in any medium (whether now or hereafter known) throughout the world in perpetuity without further permission, consideration, or payment to the Entrant, except where specifically prohibited by applicable law.