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In Business for Yourself
This guide is published by the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce as part of its service to small and entrepreneurial businesses. Obtain a hard-copy version of this guide by contacting our information services department at 743-3070.
In the Nashville economy, small business is BIG business.
Small businesses are crucial both to the Chamber's membership base and to the Middle Tennessee economy.
A major management concern both for owners of existing small businesses and for entrepreneurs planning
to start a small business is where to find necessary business operations information and business
resources. The Chamber has compiled this directory of local, state and federal agencies and organizations to provide you, the small businessperson, the answers to your pressing questions, and to make you aware of low-cost or free assistance and counseling that can help you start and grow your business.
Please be advised this guide provides general information and is not intended as legal advice. Regulations and laws are subject to change. Please consult with the agencies identified in this publication for any changes in the law or specific regulations applicable to your business.
Please click on each section title for more information.
- Starting a Small Business
Before investing money and time in starting a business, it's important to assess the viability of your
venture. Learn the right questions to ask yourself.
- Start-Up Requirements
A checklist of "must-haves" for anyone starting a new business, including agency contact information.
- Department and Agency Contacts
Licenses, permits and registrations, zoning and inspections, employment regulations/taxes, trade and
consumer practices.
- Local Business Resources
Contact information for Nashville organizations that provide help for small businesses.
- Assistance for Minorities, Women, Others
If you are a minority or female business owner, you may be eligible for special assistance in starting
your business.
- Financing Your Business
It takes money to make money. Click here for information on lenders and other sources of backing for
your new business venture.
- International Trade Assistance
Understanding the intricacies of importing and exporting can be complicated. Find contact information for
organizations that provide services to businesses involved in international trade.
- Government Contract Assistance
Information for businesspeople bidding for government contracts.
- Helpful Publications & Web Sites
More information sources to help new businesses get started.
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