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Local Small Business Resource Partners
LOCATION
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Anniston
SCORE Counselors to America's Small Business
SCORE mentors provide free & confidential business mentoring through local
Chapters or Online Counseling
. SCORE helps entrepreneurs develop business plans, explore growth opportunities...
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Auburn
Small Business Development Centers Auburn Office
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing
free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a
business, financing, regulations, licensing,...
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Birmingham
Birmingham Business Resource Center
Provides small loans ranging from under $100 to a maximum of $25,000 to prospective, small business borrowers and backed by the US SBA.
Executive Director: Robert Dickinson, Jr.
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Birmingham
Birmingham Citywide Local Development Company
A non-profit corporation partnering with the US SBA and private sector lenders to provide growing businesses with long-term, fixed-rate financing for major fixed assets, such as land and buildings.
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Birmingham
Central Alabama Women's Business Center
Provides counseling and training to women at any stage of small business ownership. Specific workshops will include a four-hour course on Developing Your Selling Skills and a module for home-based...
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Birmingham
SCORE Counselors to America's Small Business
SCORE mentors provide free & confidential business mentoring through local
Chapters or Online Counseling
. SCORE helps entrepreneurs develop business plans, explore growth opportunities...
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Birmingham
Small Business Administration (SBA) Alabama District Office
Works to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free competitive enterprise and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of our nation.
Contact:...
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Birmingham
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) University of Alabama at Birmingham
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing
free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a
business, financing, regulations, licensing,...
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Fairhope
SCORE Counselors to America's Small Business
SCORE mentors provide free & confidential business mentoring through local
Chapters or Online Counseling
. SCORE helps entrepreneurs develop business plans, explore growth opportunities...
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Florence
Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing
free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a
business, financing, regulations, licensing,...
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Homewood
Alabama Community Development Corporation
A non-profit corporation partnering with the US SBA and private sector lenders to provide growing businesses with long-term, fixed-rate financing for major fixed assets, such as land and buildings.
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Homewood
Baldwin County Economic Development Alliance
Works to support existing business expansion and workforce development, shape region's growth and support community development, and expand baldwin county economy through business development.
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Huntsville
Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing
free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a
business, financing, regulations, licensing,...
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Jacksonville
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Jacksonville State University
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing
free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a
business, financing, regulations, licensing,...
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Livingston
Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing
free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a
business, financing, regulations, licensing,...
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Mobile
Greater Mobile Development Corporation
A non-profit corporation partnering with the US SBA and private sector lenders to provide growing businesses with long-term, fixed-rate financing for major fixed assets, such as land and buildings.
Contact:...
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Mobile
SCORE Counselors to America's Small Business
SCORE mentors provide free & confidential business mentoring through local
Chapters or Online Counseling
. SCORE helps entrepreneurs develop business plans, explore growth opportunities...
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Mobile
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) University of South Alabama
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing
free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a
business, financing, regulations, licensing,...
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Mobile
Women's Business Assistance Center
A business incubator and training center, the WBAC provides training seminars and one-to-one counseling for the South Alabama and Northwest Florida areas.
Contact: Kathryn Cariglino, Executive...
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Montgomery
SCORE Counselors to America's Small Business
SCORE mentors provide free & confidential business mentoring through local
Chapters or Online Counseling
. SCORE helps entrepreneurs develop business plans, explore growth opportunities...
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Montgomery
Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing
free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a
business, financing, regulations, licensing,...
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Montgomery
Southern Development Council
A non-profit corporation partnering with the US SBA and private sector lenders to provide growing businesses with long-term, fixed-rate financing for major fixed assets, such as land and buildings.
Contact:...
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Opelika
SCORE Counselors to America's Small Business
SCORE mentors provide free & confidential business mentoring through local
Chapters or Online Counseling
. SCORE helps entrepreneurs develop business plans, explore growth opportunities...
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Troy
Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing
free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a
business, financing, regulations, licensing,...
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Tuscaloosa
SCORE Counselors to America's Small Business
SCORE mentors provide free & confidential business mentoring through local
Chapters or Online Counseling
. SCORE helps entrepreneurs develop business plans, explore growth opportunities...
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Tuscaloosa
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Alabama International Trade Center
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing
free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a
business, financing, regulations, licensing,...
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Tuscaloosa
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Culverhouse College of Commerce
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing
free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a
business, financing, regulations, licensing,...
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Statewide and Nationwide Small Business Resource Partners
LOCATION
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Statewide
Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs
Operates as an extension of the Governor's office and administers grants from funds provided by the federal government, the state legislature and other sources....
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Statewide
Small Business Administration(SBA) Office of Veterans Business Development (OVBD)
OVBDs mission is to assist veterans, service-disabled veterans, reserve component members, and their dependents or survivors by helping them to learn about, access and effectively utilize all...
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Statewide
Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing
free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a
business, financing, regulations, licensing,...
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Nationwide
Foundation for the Advancement of Marketing Excellence in Entrepreneurs ( FAMEE)
FAMEE is a nonprofit organization that offers online marketing courses tailored to the interests and needs of small and medium sized businesses. Access to online courses, support materials and...
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Nationwide
SCORE Counselors to America's Small Business
SCORE offers free, confidential small business advice for anyone looking to start, grow and succeed in business. With a national volunteer network of over 10,500 business counselors and 389 chapters,...
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