IBM and the International Finance Corps of the World Bank is extending its online resource for small business to veteran's organizations and veteran-owned small businesses.

Called the SME Toolkit (http://us.smetoolkit.org) it is an online resources and it has an array of new features providing expert advice for starting, growing or maintaining a business.

The new tools include daily expert advice by Jim Blasingame, the No. 1 ranked small business expert on the Internet. A new small business video learning series is available covering topics such as incorporating, bookkeeping, managing credit and avoiding burnout.

The toolkit was introduced last year in the U.S. for Asian, Black, Hispanic, Native American and women-owned businesses, and contains thousands of how-to articles, free Web software, press release distribution offerings and directory listing, financial calculators, business readiness quizzes, human resources information and more. Most of the toolkit also is now available in Spanish.

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