Doing Business in Ukraine offered by www.doingbusiness.org (an extension of the World Bank) provides a comparative index and ranking of virtually all aspects of “doing business” in Ukraine in relation to 178 other countries.

Small Business Administration (USA) - A potential resource for statistics, good business practices and step-by-step start-up and follow-on advice even if the benefits and programs of this organization are not available to everyone. For citizens of the United States, the SBA is a first stop business planning resource, especially for veterans.

Also associated with the SBA is the Service Corps of Retired Executives deserving a listing even if the only thing they did was establish Small Business Power-Links. SCORE’s second real advantage is offering free counseling (consultation) from 1,400 volunteer counselors across 600 skills, a free service available online that helps achieve cost avoidance on paid consultation service that can run from up to (and sometimes over) $500 an hour.