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Top 5 Resources from the Small Business Administration
In addition to the Clinton Foundation’s entrepreneurship program, there are plenty of other free resources out there for small business owners. Pravina Raghavan, the district director of the Small Business Administration, an independent agency of the federal government, gives FoxBusiness her top five:
1. Small Business Development Center
“This is a great resource. You can get high-quality free business training, workshops and counseling. It’s partially funded by the SBA and usually can be found at universities in the area."
2. Women’s Business Centers
“These centers are not just for women, they were developed for them, but men are also allowed to use all the resources. Similar to the Small Business Development Center, they offer one-on-one counseling. The only difference is they have different funding partners.”
3. Score
“Score is a volunteer organization that counsels entrepreneurs. The counselors are other entrepreneurs and some of them have been volunteering 30 or 40 years. They can teach you how to write a business plan, how to get financing, and it’s as easy as signing up online and making an appointment.”
4. Government Contracting Assistance - The Association of Procurement Technical Assistance Centers.
“Twenty-three percent of all government contracting needs to go to small businesses, so people should take advantage of these contracts. PTACS provides education on how to get registered, how to get bids. A lot of the procedures are very regimented.”
5. IRS.gov
“It’s not just an enforcement agency, it also provides education on what tax credits small businesses should be receiving and how to take advantage of it all. It provides information on what small business owners should be asking their accountants, and with $12 billion new tax credits passed as part of the jobs bill last Monday, this is a good place to go.”
For more information or to read the article go to: http://www.foxsmallbusinesscenter.com/sbc/2010/10/08/resources-help-small-businesses-survive-slowdown/
FEDERAL CONTRACTING REESOURCES
Small Business Procurement Power Page http://www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/osdbu/regs/procurement.htm
D&B Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS
Commercial & Government Entity (Cage) http://www.dlis.dla.mil/cage_welcome.asp
North American Industrial Classification (NAICS) http://www.census.gov/eos/www/naics/
Central Contractor Registration(CCR) has changed to System for Award Management (SAM)
Online Representations & Certifications Application (ORCA)
Small Business Administration
FedBizOpps
Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (PTAC) http://www.dla.mil/db/procurem.htm
Small Business Program Offices – DoD https://www.acq.osd.mil/osbp
NAVFAC Small Business Webpage
LOCAL BUSINESS REESOURCES
Virginia Housing and Community Development Corporation www.vhcdc.org
Virginia Small Business Financing Authority (VSBFA) http://www.dba.state.va.us/vsbfa.shtml
804-371-0438
Virginia Department of Minority Business Enterprise http://www.dmbe.virginia.gov/ 804-786-6585
Virginia Department of Business Assistance http://www.vdba.virginia.gov/ 804-371-8200
Small Business Development Center http://www.grsbdc.com/
804-783-9366
Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce http://www.grcc.com/ 804-648-1234
New Visions, New Ventures http://www.nvnv.org/ 804-643-1081
Yes Virginia http://www.yesvirginia.org/
METROPOLITAN BUSINESS LEAGUE
Section 3
Information
http://www.richmondgov.com/EconomicCommunityDevelopment/Section3.aspx
Application http://www.richmondgov.com/EconomicCommunityDevelopment/forms/Section3_BusinessCertification.pdf
NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
http://business.sba.gov/register/incorporation/non-profit/
