Development Centers | SCORE Offices | Better Business Bureaus | Chambers of Commerce

Minority Assistance Programs | Procurement Assistance Programs | Incubators

Educational programs | Publications | General Sources

This is a list of agencies, websites, publications, and other sources that have been selected to help entrepreneurs or small businesses in the New York area locate a variety of pertinent information.

For a full list of development resources for women entrepreneurs see this page.

• Baruch College Lawrence N. Field Center for Entrepreneurship
  
• Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation
  
• Pace University Small Business Development Center
  
• Small Business Development Center Bronx
  
• Small Business Development Center at York College, Jamaica
  
• Small Business Development Center at Albany
  
• Westchester County Office of Economic Development
  

SCORE is a non-profit association.  Its volunteers provide consultation and advice to small businesses free of charge.

• New York SCORE
  26 Federal Plaza, Room 3100
  New York, NY 10278
  (212) 264-4507
  
• Queens County SCORE
  120-45 Queens Blvd., Room 333
  Queens Borough Hall
  Kew Gardens, NY 11424
  (718) 263-8961
  
• Staten Island SCORE
  
• Westchester SCORE
  

• Better Business Bureau of Metropolitan New York [including Long Island and Mid Hudson]
  Use the ‘Locate a BBB’ link where any BBB in the US or Canada can be found

• Greater New York Chamber of Commerce
  At this site there is a mission statement, information on the Certification Program, and a finding tool for chambers of commerce world wide
  
• Manhattan Chamber of Commerce
  Excellent model of a chamber of commerce site with comprehensive coverage of all aspects of business

• New York State Department of Economic Development
  
• Queens/Nassau and Suffolk Development Center
  

• Long Island Development Corporation
  
• New York City Procurement Policy Board
  Very useful links here are  ‘Doing business with NYC’ and ‘Department of Small Business Services'
  

• City University of New York
  
• Columbia University – Office of Projects and Grants
  
• Columbia University – Science and Technology Ventures
  
• Cooper Union Research Foundation
  
• Fordham University – Office of Research
  
• Long Island High Technology Incubator at Stony Brook
  
• Research Foundation of the City University of New York
  
• State University of New York at Stonybrook
  

• Columbia University – School of Continuing Education
  
• Fiorello H.LaGuardia Community College – Center for Corporate Education
  
• New York University – School of Continuing Education
  

• Crain’s New York Business
  
• Entrepreneur; the Small Business Authority
  
• Fast Company
  
• Inc.: The Magazine for Growing Companies
  
• Long Island Business News
  
• Long Island Magazine
  
• Minority Business Entrepreneur
  

• U.S. Small Business Administration
  This is a comprehensive site with information on startup, financing sources, business opportunities, regulatory issues, training and more.
• Science, Industry, and Business Library of the New York Public Library
  Click on the link for NYC Small Business Resource Center in the left sidebar.