FREE Business Resources, Discounts, & Rewards!
%20(1).jpg)
BUSINESS PLANNING & MARKETING SUPPORT
Simple Steps to Starting Your Business
A guide to starting your business (SCORE resource)
Women’s Business Centers (WBCs
Women’s Business Centers (WBCs)
Veteran Business Outreach Centers (VBOCs
Free business coaching for veteran
FREE Business Mentors, Funding Programs, Federal Contracting, Learning Platform, & Local Assistance
U.S. Small Business Administration
409 3rd St., SW
Washington, DC 20416
800-827-5722
Free 1:1 mentoring, workshops, templates, and business tools
Free 1:1 mentoring, workshops, templates, and business tools
Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs)
-
Offers free advising, training, and grant navigation
-
Do not directly issue grants but connect businesses to funding
Census Data, Learning Tools, Mapping
-
Offers free advising, training, and grant navigation
-
Do not directly issue grants but connect businesses to funding
SBA State Trade Expansion Program (STEP)
Helps small businesses expand into international markets.
Find your naics code
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
The Bureau of Labor Statistics measures labor market activity, working conditions, price changes, and productivity in the U.S. economy to support public and private decision making.
Women Business Centers​​
Provides free, to low-cost counseling and training and focus on women who want to start, grow, and expand their small business.
Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA)​​
Business consulting and contract readiness
US Securities and Exchange Commission​​
Business consulting and contract readiness
Bureau of Economic Analysis​​
US Department of Commerce
The American Community Survey (ACS) is the premier source of detailed information about the nation's people and housing.
The American Community Survey (ACS) is the premier source of detailed information about the nation's people and housing.
PRIVATE & CORPORATE SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS
FedEx Small Business Grant Contest
​
Hello Alice Small Business Growth Fund
​
National Black MBA Association Scale-Up Pitch Challenge
​
FEDERAL GRANTS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
-
You must register with SAM.gov and obtain a Unique Entity ID (UEI) before applying.
-
Not all listings are direct grants to individual small businesses.
Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)
Research and development for science and technology businesses in partnership with research institutions.
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
Encourages innovation and commercialization of emerging technologies.
USDA Rural Business Development Grants (RBDG)
Supporting small businesses operating in rural areas.
Economic Development Administration (EDA) – Build to Scale
This program primarily funds accelerators, incubators, and economic development organizations, not individual small businesses.