SMBR Resources Guide

Resources for Small Businesses Business Training and Education

Tory Burch Foundation

Main Street Relief

BiG Austin - Women's BiZ Inc.

BiGAustin's Women's BiZ Inc. program serves female entrepreneurs by providing education, consulting, round-table discussions, innovative networking opportunities, and lending programs.

The foundation empowers women and women entrepreneurs by providing access to capital, education and digital resouces.

Volunteers provide advice to all small business owners with fewer than 20 employees

Texas Women’s University - Center for Women Entrepreneurs

Minority Business Development Agency

Black Girl Ventures Emerging Leaders Fellowship

AccelerateHER program; funding; grants for rural and vets.

Federal agency tasked with assisting minority owned businesses; provides training, counseling, and access to funding.

Three-month leadership skills development program created specifically to expand the capacity of early-stage entrepreneurs and ecosystem builders to strengthen the ecosystems of Black/Brown women founders

University of Texas IC2 Institute – Readiness Training Program for HUBs

Minority Business Development Institute

The Readiness Training Program for HUBs is an innovative training program that enhances the competitiveness and capacity of minority and women-owned small businesses to bid on public sector contracts in the Austin region.

Code2040

The Minority Business Development Institute (MBDI) is an innovative, community-based, non-profit organization born out of a passionate desire to "change the paradigm" of economic inequality for the minority, veteran and women contractor community.

Code2040 is a nonprofit activating, connecting, and mobilizing the largest racial equity community in tech to dismantle the structural barriers that prevent the full participation and leadership of Black and Latinx technologists in the innovation economy.

US Small Business Administration Women's Business Center

National Minority Supplier Development Council, Inc.

Economic Growth Business Incubator

Free and low cost training and counseling.

NMSDC serves as a growth engine for NMSDC-certified minority businesses and creates opportunities to connect MBEs to hundreds of America’s largest corporate members wishing to build relationships with trusted minority-owned companies.

Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC)

EGBI provides training, coaching, and support to aspiring and existing business owners who face barriers to growing a successful business.

WBENC was founded in 1997 to develop a nationwide standard for women-owned business certification.

First Nations Development Institute

SCORE

Women's Business Council Southwest

SCORE’s mission is to foster vibrant small business communities through mentoring and education.

First Nations Development Institute improves economic conditions for Native Americans through direct financial grants, technical assistance & training, and advocacy & policy.

The Women's Business Council - Southwest (WBCS) hosts a variety of networking, education, and procurement events in the Dallas and Austin areas

SCORE for Black Entrepreneurs

Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Online

Women's Business Development Council E-Learning Library

SCORE offers resources that address the unique needs of black entrepreneurs.

Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women online is a free-to-access online business education program available to any woman around the world.

Small Business Development Centers

WBDC supports women business owners through workshops, one-on-one coaching, and training programs.

JP Morgan Chase & Co - Advancing Black Entrepreneurs

Counseling and assistance for all small business owners.

Advancing Black Entrepreneurs is a collection of practical resources tailored to help Black business owners grow and scale their business.

Women's Business Enterprise-Southwest

Ladies Who Launch

WBCS’s mission is to increase the value of women-owned businesses by providing certification, education, advocacy, and mutually beneficial business opportunities for our members and affiliates.

Nonprofit organization offering access to free educational resources, capital opportunities, networking with peers and experts, and an active, close community.

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