Available Resources and Contacts

A wealth of resources and contacts is available to help your business succeed. Not sure where to start? We have broken them down into some manageable groups:

Access to Capital

• Business Consortium Fund

Advice and Coaching

• Center for Veteran Enterprises (CVE)
• Microsoft Small Business Center
• Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA)
• Small Business Administration (SBA)
• Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE)

Networking Opportunities

• National Minority Supplier Diversity Council (NMSDC)
• National Veteran Owned Business Association (NaVOBA)
• Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC)

Other Resources

• Association of Service Disabled Veterans (ASDV)
• California Public Utilities Commission's (CPUC) Supplier Diversity Program

Professional Education

• J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management – Advanced Management Education Program
• TUCK-WBENC Executive Program at Dartmouth
• University of Washington Foster School of Business – Minority Business Executive Program

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