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Below are small business assistance agencies that provide answers and free counseling to help you in areas such as securing business financing, writing a business plan, setting up a bookkeeping system, identifying target markets and much, much more.
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Program Description
Location
ENVIRONMENTAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION
Stimulates business development, awareness and growth opportunities through networking , member services and educational seminars; acts as an information clearinghouse for market, regulatory,...
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Albany
EMPIRE STATE CERTIFIED 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...
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Albany
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER (SBDC) UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY
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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Albany
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (IRS)
Provides small businesses and stakeholders with timely and consistent tax guidance. Developes relationships with governmental, civic and trade organizations to determine the problems and concerns...
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Albany
ALBANY-COLONIE REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
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: Madeline Taylor
Micro-Loan Contact:...
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Albany
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 and...
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Albany
ALBANY LOCAL 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...
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Albany
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 and...
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Auburn
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER (SBDC) BINGHAMTON 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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Binghamton
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 and...
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Binghamton
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER (SBDC) BROCKPORT 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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Brockport
BRONX INITIATIVE 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...
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Bronx
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER (SBDC) LEHMAN COLLEGE
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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Bronx
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER (SBDC) BORICUA COLLEGE
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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Brooklyn
BUFFALO ECONOMIC RENAISSANCE CORP
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: Marie F. Curie
Micro-Loan Contact:...
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Buffalo
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (SBA) BUFFALO 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.
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Buffalo
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 and...
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Buffalo
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER (SBDC) STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE AT BUFFALO
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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Buffalo
BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY INDUSTRIAL LAND DEVELOPMENT CORP
A public benefit corporation that works to promote and assist private sector industrial/business development thereby advancing job opportunities and economic welfare to the people of Erie County....
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Buffalo
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER (SBDC) SUNY CANTON
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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Canton
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 and...
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Carmel
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF LONG ISLAND
A private not-for-profit multifaceted housing, community development and economic development corporation.
Executive Director: Wilbur Klatsky
Micro-Loan Contact: Trevor Davis
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Centereach
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER (SBDC) CORNING COMMUNITY COLLEGE
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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Corning
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER (SBDC) MERCY COLLEGE
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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Dobbs Ferry
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 and...
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Elmira
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER (SBDC) FARMINGDALE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
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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Farmingdale
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER (SBDC) SUNY COLLEGE GENESEO
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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Geneseo
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER (SBDC) EOC HEMPSTEAD OUTREACH 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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Hempstead
COLUMBIA HUDSON PARTNERSHIP
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: Bernardina C. Torrey
Micro-Loan...
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Hudson
ALTERNATIVE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
A Community Development Financial Institution, dedicated to building wealth and creating economic opportunity for underserved people and communities.
Executive Director: William Myers
...
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Ithaca
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER (SBDC) YORK COLLEGE
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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Jamaica
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER (SBDC) JAMESTOWN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
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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Jamestown
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 and...
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Kew Gardens
WOMEN'S BUSINESS CENTER QUEENS COUNTY OVERALL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
SBA's network of more than 60 Women's Business Centers (WBC) provide a wide range of services to women entrepreneurs at all levels of business development.
Contact: Marie Nahikian, Executive...
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Kew Gardens
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 and...
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Kingston
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER (SBDC) KINGSTON 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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Kingston
LONG ISLAND 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...
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Long Island
FRANKLIN COUNTY EMPIRE ZONE
Helps businesses establish or expand their operations in Franklin County, New York by listing available properties, referring technical assistance programs and hosting a blog.
Contact: Martha...
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Malone
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER (SBDC) CATSKILL WATERSHED CORPORATION
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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Margaretville
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 and...
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Melville
MOHAWK VALLEY CERTIFIED 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...
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Mohawk
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 and...
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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 and...
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Monticello
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 and...
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National
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER (SBDC) PACE 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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New York
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (SBA) NEW YORK 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.
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New York
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 and...
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New York
MANHATTAN BOROUGH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
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: Ollie Chapman
Micro-Loan Contact:...
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New York
RENAISSANCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Provides direct financing and technical assistance services throughout New York City. Focuses on low-income, immigrant neighborhoods where the barriers of language, culture and conventional loan...
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New York
NY ASSOCIATION FOR NEW AMERICANS, INC
Works to help those new to this country, and those who have been here for sometime, fashion a roadmap for accomplishing their goals and dreams. The organization assists refugees and immigrants,...
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New York
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER (SBDC) 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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Niagara Falls
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 and...
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Olean
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER (SBDC) OSWEGO 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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Oswego
OPERATION OSWEGO COUNTY, INC
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...
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Oswego
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 and...
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Plattsburgh
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER (SBDC) PLATTSBURGH 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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Plattsburgh
PROGRESS 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...
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Port Jervis
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 and...
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Poughkeepsie
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER (SBDC) UNIVERSITY AT ALBANTY
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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Rensselaer
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER (SBDC) SUNY BROCKPORT METRO 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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Rochester
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS, INC. (BDS)
BDS is a nonprofit organization providing entrepreneurial training, technical assistance, follow-up and support services for individuals who are in the start-up and development phase of business...
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Rochester
ROCHESTER ECONOMIC 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...
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Rochester
RURAL OPPORTUNITIES ENTERPRISE CENTER, INC
A private, not-for-profit regional community development and human service organization providing services to farmworkers, low-income families and economically depressed communities throughout New...
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Rochester
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 and...
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Rochester
MONROE COUNTY INDUSTRIAL 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...
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Rochester
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER (SBDC) NIAGARA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
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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Sanborn
ADIRONDACK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
A private not-for-profit 501-c-3 economic development corporation that works to reduce unemployment and expand employment opportunities for the region's residents through activities to strengthen...
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Saranac Lake
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 and...
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Spring Valley
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 and...
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Staten Island
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER (SBDC) COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND
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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Staten Island
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER (SBDC) STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
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
UNITED STATES COMMERCIAL SERVICE
Places primary emphasis on the promotion of exports and of goods and services from the United States, particularly by small businesses and medium-sized businesses, and on the protection of United...
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Statewide
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER (SBDC) SUNY AT STONY BROOK
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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Stony Brook
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER (SBDC) ROCKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE
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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Suffern
SYRACUSE ECONOMIC 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...
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Syracuse
GREATER SYRACUSE BUSINESS 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...
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Syracuse
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (SBA) SYRACUSE 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.
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Syracuse
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 and...
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Syracuse
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER (SBDC) ONONDAGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
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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Syracuse
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER (SBDC) SUNY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AT UTICA
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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Utica
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 and...
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Utica
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER (SBDC) JEFFERSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE
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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Watertown
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 and...
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Watertown
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 and...
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White Plains
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER (SBDC) WHITE PLAINS OUTREACH 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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White Plains
WOMEN'S ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC. (WEDC)
WEDC is the SBA designated women's business center for Westchester County, New York and the Lower Hudson Valley. As one of approximately 100 centers across the country, WEDC's goal is to help women...
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White Plains
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER (SBDC) YONKERS 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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Yonkers
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