SCORE
SCORE is a nonprofit association dedicated to educating entrepreneurs and helping small businesses start, grow, and succeed nationwide. SCORE is a resource partner with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), and has been mentoring small business owners for more than forty years.
Nevada Microenterprises
The purpose of NMI's primary programs is to engender individual economic self-sufficiency through fostering and supporting the development of microenterprises.
Business Success Center
The Business Success Center was started for people that want to learn how to start a business or existing owners looking to expand. They provide free counseling to support entrepreneurs and economic development in Southern Nevada- coordinated through the City of Las Vegas’ business incubator (managed by the Urban Chamber of Commerce). The partnership brings together a wide variety of business programs and local, state and national partner organizations to deliver services through the Nevada Small Business Development Center’s metro and rural network in southern Nevada, including Las Vegas, Pahrump and Laughlin.
The Nevada Small Business Development Center
The Nevada Small Business Development Center is a statewide business assistance outreach program of the University of Nevada, Reno, College of Business. We provide a wide variety of technical assistance to support Nevada Business.
SBA
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) was created in 1953 as an independent agency of the federal government 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.
Workforce Connections’ LABS Program for Business Owners
The Workforce Connections’ LABS (Layoff Aversion Business Services) Program is committed to helping small-to-mid-size businesses grow and contribute to Southern Nevada’s economic development.
Our business consultants coordinate and leverage federal and commercial resources to equip business owners and medical professionals with the knowledge, training and tools to make informed decisions and create efficient work organizations.
Analysis and consultation services are provided at no-cost to qualified business owners and medical professionals as part of a regional strategy to stabilize Southern Nevada’s businesses, expand and the workforce, promote a stronger economy, and position Nevada to become more competitive globally.
For more information, please contact Business Consultant, Kenadie Cobbin Richardson at 702.636-2364 or via email at krichardson@snvwc.org.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Program. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request for individuals with disabilities. TTY (800) 326-6868 or Nevada Relay 711.
Over a two-year period, the BOWD program will graduate 200 local small businesses (including minorities, women, other small firms, and veterans) and create/retain 250 jobs. The program will provide the resources needed to build capacity, identify working capital, create mentor relationships, locate contract opportunities, train/place job seekers, develop internal workforce, and implement marketing/sales tool for small businesses within southern Nevada.
To implement the BOWD program, the Strategic alliance for emerging Small Business (SafeSB™) team was formed. The SafeSB™ Team will operate a Virtual BOWD Center to allow access for other local entities to support the County’s BOWD program.
The small businesses must complete an application form and meet the program’s enrollment eligibility requirements. For more information, contact our office at (702) 724-1500 or e-mail us at melyssa@akersinc.com.
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Will it Fly?
Avoid the cost of failure. With expert prep modules designed to speed up knowledge transfer and support users at their time of need,Willitfly.com provides a quick way to find out if you are ready to perform according to best practices for important business tasks.
UNLV Center for Business and Economic Research
Housed at the University of Nevada - Las Vegas, this site provides research and analysis services to clients in both business and government while analyzing the economic and demographic impact of events and policy initiatives on Nevada and its local economies.
State of Nevada Law Library
Provides online access to Nevada's Revised Statutes, Administrative Code, and the Nevada RegisterNevada State Industrial Development Revenue Bond Program
The Industrial Development Revenue Bond (IDRB) program is a vital component of Nevada's economic development and diversification efforts. IDRB's are a special tax-exempt form of financing made available by the State of Nevada to finance qualified projects at interest rates substantially below comparable commercial rates. Bonds offer flexible terms at variable and fixed interest rates. All borrowers must be credit worthy and present financially feasible business plans.
Rural Nevada Development Corporation
Headquartered in Ely, Nevada, RNDC is 501(c)3 non-profit development corporation that provides business loans for start-up and expanding business in the fifteen counties of Rural Nevada as well as the rural portions of Clark and Washoe Counties and the twenty-seven Indian Tribes of Nevada.
Bureau of the Census
Contains all types of statistical information.Nevada Investors Associates
By helping others with this thing called a "patent", they share and learn, with your ideas and their ideas, they offer privacy, testimony and witness, trust, confidentiality (don't trust anyone), respect, experience, successes and failures, and in turn the result the NIA helps this world one inventor at a time.... At times they can consider themselves a small think tank and group of pioneers, performers, doers, testers, bit twiddlers, thinkers, engineers, socializers, reporters, farmers, business owners, leaders, and denizens, etc.
Nevada State Data Center
A cooperative effort of the U.S. Census Bureau and the states to improve public access to census statistics and information. The objectives of the program are twofold: to provide access to and extend the use of Census Bureau statistical resources, and to provide training and technical assistance in accessing and using the data.Nevada State Demographer’s Office
Produces the official estimates of persons living in cities,counties, and townships in the state, and forecasts county, city and township populations.
Nevada Development Capital Corporation
The SBA 504 Loan Program provides an opportunity for business owners to purchase commercial real estate and long-term equipment at reasonable rates and terms.
Nevada Commission on Economic Development
The NCED's mission is to promote a robust, diversified and prosperous economy, enriching the quality of life for Nevada citizens by stimulating business expansion and retention, encouraging entrepreneurial enterprise, attracting new businesses and facilitating community development to enable economic growth and prosperity.