Sources of Assistance to Entrepreneurs in Developing Competitive Advantage (Statistical Data‪)‬

ABSTRACT Entrepreneurs face some common difficulties in finding financing and sources of professional assistance to help with getting established, identifying new markets, bringing new products to market, changing structure to meet economic and societal demands, and identifying and assessing new technologies and markets which may be available. This paper identifies several programs which can be of significant benefit to innovative businesses if they make the effort to pursue the programs available. The information should be useful to academicians and consultants as well as entrepreneurs.