Free Resources for Small Businesses
Verizon Small Business Digital Ready
A free program to give small businesses coaching, mentoring, networking, learning tools, and grants. If you complete two courses or mentoring sessions you become eligible for a 10,000 grant. You’ll have access to short online learning modules created by actual small business owners on the topics most important to your business right now.
Start Small Think Big is a nonprofit that helps small businesses with high potential and limited access to the resources needed to create thriving businesses. They connect small business owners to a network of volunteer professionals who provide free legal, finance, and marketing services. Their services are free to eligible small business owners thanks to the generous support of donors, corporate partners, and volunteers. .
Black Entrepreneurs NYC (BE NYC), an initiative of the NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS), is a groundbreaking model for a major American city to help create equity of opportunity by advancing Black entrepreneurship.
WE Connect – NYC Small Business Services offers guidance to women entrepreneurs seeking to launch new ideas and increase business by connecting them with the right resources. WE Connect mentoring programs and networking activities are designed to promote the personal and professional development of women entrepreneurs.
Paid Resources for Small Business
Getting Incorporated
Amerilawyer – There are a host of incorporation companies that might have better brand recognition. However, none of them are as active about educating their clients about legal boo-boos that entrepreneurs might make in the long term of their business. I think their list of services are very comprehensive and encourage you to check out their very very very inexpensive incorporation packages.
Quality WordPress Theme Support
ThemeValet – You can sit up for three days straight in a caffeine induced haze or you can get the expert to help you install your WordPress theme in a few easy steps. I have worked with Nick Davis for years on my website and heart his company’s style. He seeks ways to educate his clients, keep you on the cutting edge (I had a mobile friendly site years before Google made it mandatory), and really listens to what his clients need. This was a clear example. Rather than spending hours DIY – let his team save you some grey hairs and let you focus on what you love most…helping your clients.
Yes, I make a small % if you buy from sites I refer. However, think about it as a time saving way to find the best vendors for your needs…rather than wasting time and energy talking to hundreds of people.