Boston
Small Business Resources
The following is a list of products and service that are recommended for early and growth stage businesses, especially companies in the Greater Boston area.
Featured Products
 Quickbooks 2007 Pro The essential accounting package for small businesses |
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 Canon PIXMA MP830 All In One Fax/Copy/Print Scan Great choice for the home office. Double sided printing, scan to PDF |
Services
| Domain Name Registration & Web Hosting | Go Daddy Host of Bobby’s Best, Go Daddy provides inexpensive domain registration and hosting plans. They also have real live people in their customer service department.  http://www.godaddy.com |
| Paid Web Search Offer: Save $25 |
Yahoo Search Marketing Great way to direct business to your website, it’s easy to set-up a campaign in about 10 minutes. Select keywords that return your company’s information when entered into search engines. Save $25 using the link above when you sign-up. http://www.searchmarketing.yahoo.com |
| Electronic Fax Service | eFax Great option for small businesses and entrepreneurs who don’t want a dedicated fax line. Faxes are sent to a dedicated phone number and are then forwarded to you as e-mail attachments which you can save to your computer of forward to others. http://www.efax.com |
Faxaway |
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| Virtual Phone System | Got V mail |
| Voice over Internet
Phone Service Offer: Got one month free |
Vonage
Broadband |
| Blog Provider | Typepad |
| Online Invoicing |
Fresh Books |
| Referral Marketing | Referral Monitor Referral Monitor is a tool to help manage and reward word of mouth marketing campaigns, which is the lifeblood of many small businesses. http://www.referralmonitor.com |
Professional Services
The following companies have specific experience serving early and growth stage businesses:
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| Furnished Office Space | Cambridge Innovation Center
(CIC) If you are starting your company and are not ready to make a long term space commitment, CIC provides "plug and play" office space to a wide range of small businesses. Tenants are on 30- day leases that include use of conference room space, office furniture, a personal telephone, copiers, fax machines, Internet access, stocked kitchens, and more.
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Contact:
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617.758.4200
info@cictr.com | Commercial Brokers | Meredith & Grew M&G is a full service firm with deep resources and John has experience working with a wide range of businesses.
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| General Contractor | Cornerstone Design Build
Services Cornerstone specializes in smaller to middle size build-outs. Their people are excellent, their prices are fair and they have a very customer centric approach to their business. You will enjoy working with them
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| Leasing Attorney | Langer & McLaughlin,
LLP Langer & McLaughlin provides "large-firm" sophisticated legal representation in commercial real estate transactions at a reasonable cost. They represent clients of all sizes, from individual owners and users to large institutional funds.
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| Technology |
| IT Support | TSI Support TSI can handle all of your company’s IT (Server, PC, Networking) needs on an outsourced basis. They offer a very cost effective solution for early stage businesses.
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| Phone Equipment | Apex Communications Apex can help install and manage your company’s phone system. They specialize in the NBX 3Com IP Phone System which offers a tremendous amount of functionality for a reasonable price. Their service is also excellent.
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| Database/Software Development | extension Engine Bob and his guys provide high quality offshore development services to a wide range of businesses. They have also developed long term relationships with many of their clients.
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| Legal & Financial |
| Attorney | Indigo
Venture LLC Entrepreneurial attorney who specializes in working with early stage businesses. Areas of expertise include business formation, financing, sales and distribution agreements, software and technology licensing and Internet-related issues.
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| Coleman
& Gagnon Specializing in corporate transactions for entrepreneurs and growth stage businesses. C&G bring the resources of a larger firm without the prices.
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| Duane Morris
LLP Focus on corporate transactions for small and medium size businesses with experience in M&A and IPO’s. Lance is an entrepreneur himself, so he brings a unique perspective to the process.
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| Banking | Boston Private Bank If you are tired of the big bank shuffle, you should think about moving to Boston Private Bank. Their model is that every client has direct account representative and customer service is outstanding. Basically, its like banking was 50 year ago. Great option for small businesses.
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| Accountant | Green & Green Sol specializes in both individual and small business returns. Very responsive to questions and prefers a proactive relationship with clients.
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| Bookkeeping | Supporting Strategies Supporting Strategies can manage your core accounting functions including managing your accounts, monthly financials and AP/AR without the overhead of a full-time staff.
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| Interim CFO | Longwood Associates If you need the services of an experienced CFO, but don’t have the budget or the need for a full time position, you can get the best of both worlds working Longwood and Charlie.
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| Insurance & Benefits |
| Business Insurance | Nathan Sallop Insurance
Agency Sallop can help you with all of your business insurance needs. They stay on top of your insurance issues proactively so you don’t have to worry about it.
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| Marketing & Website Development |
| Website & Application Design | Fresh Tilled Soil A small, web design firm that specializes in simple & clean user interfaces and custom web based applications. Reasonable rates for high quality work.
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| Public Relations | KMC Partners If you have an early stage technology business, you need to talk to KMC. Kristen is smart, well connected and results oriented.
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| fama PR fama partners with technology companies to provide excellence in corporate communications and public relations.
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| Other |
| Business Consultants | Acceleration
Partners Acceleration Partners is in the business of helping emerging and growth stage companies succeed. They assist management and/or investors with business strategy, business development, fundraising and interim operational support.
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