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The NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS) helps unlock economic potential and create economic security for all New Yorkers by connecting them to good jobs, creating stronger businesses, and building thriving neighborhoods across the five boroughs.
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SBA provides counseling, capital, and contracting expertise as a federal go-to resource and voice for small businesses.
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The NYC Business Portal is a dedicated dashboard for businesses that tracks and manages a connections to city agencies.
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New York State Business Services hosts applications for professional licenses and provides resources for small businesses.
SMall Business Services (SBS)The New York City Department of Small Business Services (SBS) works with community-based organizations to build vibrant neighborhoods where New Yorkers can shop, work, and live by:
Offering training, tools, and one-on-one assistance to local community-based organizations.
Administering grant programs to strengthen and revitalize commercial districts.
Working with community partners to identify local commercial district needs and plan targeted solutions.
Black Entrepreneurs NYC (BE NYC) creates equity of opportunity by advancing Black entrepreneurship.
WENYC helps women start and grow their businesses.
Shop Your City helps connect New Yorkers to small businesses in their community.
Small business Administration (SBA)SBA works to ignite change and spark action so small businesses can confidently start, grow, expand, or recover.
Created in 1953, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) continues to help small business owners and entrepreneurs pursue the American dream. SBA is the only cabinet-level federal agency fully dedicated to small business and provides counseling, capital, and contracting expertise as the nation’s only go-to resource and voice for small businesses.
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MEND NYC provides free mediation and conflict resolution services to address a number of neighborhood disputes that impact New Yorkers every day.
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The Minority Business Development Agency Center (MBDA) runs a national network of business centers dedicated to growing and promoting minority-owned small businesses. These centers help business owners access capital, secure contracts and compete in emerging markets.
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Office of Administrative Trials & Hearings (OATH) provides opportunity to speak with an OATH Procedural Justice Coordinator for legal information and resources to prepare for a case.
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Licenses and permits, funding, grants and programs, and helpful guides for business owners.
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NYC Business is a portal for merchants opening and operating in New York City. Create a business dashboard to manage transactions with various City agencies and search for the status of applications, licenses, and permits.
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NYC Business provides hiring help at no cost withpool of 100,000+ candidates to identify qualified individuals to meet your needs.
Educational ResourcesOnline and in-person courses, guides, and events roundups for small business and professional education.
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New York Public Library (NYPL) offers an online small business resource center with helpful guides, services, and events calendars.
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The Brooklyn Public Library offers workshops and programs , help to research emerging trends and market opportunities and learn marketable skills, and digital tools for entrepreneurs, freelancers, and job-seekers.
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General Assembly offers workshops and courses in today’s most in-demand skills.
Thomas Yoseloff Business CenterThe Thomas Yoseloff Business Center at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL) is the New York Public Library’s premier business library.
Offering an array of free resources for those interested in personal finance and investing, small business, financial research, and career services, it also provides premium electronic resources and services for businesses of all sizes, from start-ups to established businesses seeking expansion, and for job seekers, from entry to executive levels.
Grants ListThe listed grants recur on an annual basis, each with unique deadlines.
Featured commercial resources for small businesses connecting merchants to general services and financial support.
Commercial ResourcesRaise capital for your small business through Mainvest’s platform that connects you to interested investors.
Networking opportunities and events from Crain’s, a publication on the New York economy, and the companies and industries that operate here.
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Hello Alice is a free platform designed for and by small business owners. They work on behalf of over one million small business owners to secure relevant business solutions and funding opportunities for you and your business.
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LegalZoom provides financial and legal assistance to new small businesses.
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ITAC helps New York City firms to ideas, resources, and experts to help them improve how they work. They offer customized consulting services to small and medium-sized manufacturing and technology companies to help them grow their businesses, improve their bottom lines, and achieve their strategic goals.
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IFundWomen is a funding marketplace for women-owned businesses and those who want to support them, providing access to capital, coaching, and connections.
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SCORE helps small businesses achieve their goals through mentoring and training.
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Start Small Think Big connects small business owners to a network of volunteer professionals who provide free legal, finance, and marketing services.
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Workshop in Business Opportunities (WIBO) helps people from underserved communities start, operate, and build successful businesses.