Hi Steve!!!
 > There is a very good home based business association
 > in the
 > Portland OR area. The Association of Home Business
 > (AHB) can be
 > reached at 503-795-7350 or 503-246-0104, or by mail at
 > AHB, PO
 > Box 2184, Portland OR 97070.
Thanks!!! I tried lookin' for them at the AHHB web site and it wasn't very 
helpful:-(, so I was lookin' for some other web sites that might be a little 
more user friendly...
 > There is also a GREAT home business publication -
 > magazine format
 > rather than newsletter - published in the Portland
 > area and
 > expanding throughout the Northwest called
 > Business@Home. Subs are
 > only $9.95 a year. Call them at 503-223-0304
Hmmmmm I didn't know about this one...I'll have to see if I can find some 
time to call and snag it;-)
 > You might also check out the Olympic Home Based
 > Business
 > Association web site at http://www.bizshop.com/
 > ohbba.htm
 > Membership is open to all and includes a FREE web
 > page!
Thanks, I just might do that;-) I could use all the resources I can get my 
hands on;-) I have ideas, but not real sure how to formulate a plan:-( I was 
considerin' talkin' to SCORE and seein' what if any assistance I could get 
from them... but I want do a *LITTLE* more research first;-)
 > The home business associations in the Northwest are
 > informally
 > linked to each other in what is called the Cascadia
 > Network of
 > Home Business Associations. No structure, no formal
 > point of
 > contact - just a swapping of newsletters, info, and
 > extension of
 > member benefits from groups to members of other groups
 > (attending
 > events at member rates, for example)
Sounds like a great network... kinda like FIDO (informal yet great benefits 
from GURU's;-) )
 > As for your venture capital question, any good
 > business
 > consultant can review your plan. Expect to pay for
 > consultant
 > time, but shouldn't take long to read and analyze a
 > plan. Call me
 > at 360-452-2418 if you want more info.
Thanks I will store that info and retrieve it when I am "almost" ready;-)
TTYL,
Mark
I can also be found at mruhland@teleport.com
... I owe I owe so off to the poorhouse I go;-)
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