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Nonprofit, government funded, and educational – business resources to help your business.

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Center for Advanced Entrepreneurship at Rollins Crummer Graduate School of Business

Crummer’s Center for Advanced Entrepreneurship provides a variety of practical experiences to promote successful entrepreneurship. Its mission is to educate and connect students and entrepreneurs for advanced entrepreneurial thought and action.

Specializes in: Business Plan Consulting

Center for Micro-Entrepreneurial Training

The Center for Micro-Entrepreneurial Training is a nonprofit organization focused on empowering women, black, and brown entrepreneurs to succeed in the business ecosystem.

Specializes in: Business Plan Consulting

Central Florida Urban League

Our goal is to end generational poverty by empowering Central Floridians to achieve social and economic equality through education, employment and entrepreneurship.

Specializes in: Business Plan Consulting

Edyth Bush Institute for Philanthropy & Nonprofit Leadership at Rollins College

The Crummer Graduate School of Business Edyth Bush Institute for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership at Rollins College is Central Florida’s premier source for nonprofit training, certificates, and custom programming.

Specializes in: Business Plan Consulting

ELLE Collective

A comfortable space for women business owners to come for support, resources, networking, and learning opportunities specifically designed to help women entrepreneurs succeed.

Specializes in: Business Plan Consulting

Embry-Riddle Research Park and MicaPlex Business Incubator

The MicaPlex presents a unique collaborative opportunity for business and the university community to develop, refine and bring new products and technological services to market.

Specializes in: Business Plan Consulting

Florida APEX Accelerator at UCF

The Florida APEX Accelerator at UCF (formerly PTAC) exists to help businesses in the Central Florida region understand the government contracting process, position for government contracting business development, and win contracts.

Specializes in: Business Plan Consulting

Florida SBDC at Daytona State College (Volusia County)

The FSBDC at DSC (a sub-center of the FSBDC at UCF) helps businesses grow and succeed. Our core entrepreneurial and business development service offerings include expert consulting at no-cost, business training and access to market research.

Specializes in: Business Plan Consulting

Florida SBDC at Eastern Florida State College (Brevard County)

The FSBDC at EFSC (a sub-center of the FSBDC at UCF) helps businesses grow and succeed. Our core entrepreneurial and business development service offerings include expert consulting at no-cost, business training and access to market research.

Specializes in: Business Plan Consulting

Florida SBDC at Seminole State College (Seminole County)

The FSBDC at SSC (a sub-center of the FSBDC at UCF) helps businesses grow and succeed. Our core entrepreneurial and business development service offerings include expert consulting at no-cost, business training and access to market research.

Specializes in: Business Plan Consulting

Florida SBDC at UCF (Orange County)

The Florida Small Business Development Center at UCF helps businesses grow and succeed. Our core entrepreneurial and business development service offerings include expert consulting at no-cost, business training and access to extensive market research.

Specializes in: Business Plan Consulting

Florida SBDC at UCF - Lake County

The Florida Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at UCF helps businesses grow and succeed. Our core entrepreneurial and business development service offerings include expert consulting at no-cost, business training and access to extensive market research.

Specializes in: Business Plan Consulting

Florida SBDC at UCF - Osceola County

The Florida Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at UCF helps businesses grow and succeed. Our core entrepreneurial and business development service offerings include expert consulting at no-cost, business training and access to extensive market research.

Specializes in: Business Plan Consulting

GrowFL

GrowFL is dedicated to support and accelerate the growth of second-stage companies throughout Florida, by providing their leaders with focused, efficient, and timely access to resources to increase their top-line revenue.

Specializes in: Business Plan Consulting

Prospera

Prospera is an economic development, nonprofit organization specialized in helping Hispanic entrepreneurs start, sustain, or grow their businesses, through individual consulting, business seminars in Spanish, and access to capital.

Specializes in: Business Plan Consulting

SCORE Orlando - Orange, Seminole, Osceola Counties

SCORE Orlando offers free business advice and no-cost business training, webinars & workshops, and numerous other templates and tools to assist you in your journey to open your new business or grow your existing one.

Specializes in: Business Plan Consulting

SCORE Space Coast - Brevard County

SCORE Space Coast is the local chapter of the national organization whose mission is to provide one-on-one coaching, business seminars, and resources for entrepreneurs in Central Florida.

Specializes in: Business Plan Consulting

SCORE Volusia-Flagler County

SCORE Volusia-Flagler is the local chapter of the national organization whose mission is to provide one-on-one coaching, business seminars, and resources for entrepreneurs in Florida.

Specializes in: Business Plan Consulting

TechStars Startup Weekend Orlando

Learn how to think, work and build like a startup. In 54 thrilling hours. Techstars Startup Weekend is an exciting and immersive foray into the world of startups. Over three days, you’ll meet the very best mentors, investors and co-founders

Specializes in: Business Plan Consulting

UCF Business Incubation Program - Downtown (Orlando)

UCF-BIP provides business development and operational support to early-stage, innovative businesses across Central Florida. Downtown specifically focuses on Digital Media, Smart City Technology, FinTech, EdTech, Hospitality and Tourism Tech companies.

Specializes in: Business Plan Consulting

UCF Business Incubation Program - Eustis

The UCF Business Incubation Program provides business development and operational support to early-stage, innovative businesses across Central Florida.

Specializes in: Business Plan Consulting

UCF Business Incubation Program - Kissimmee

The UCF Business Incubation Program provides business development and operational support to early-stage, innovative businesses across Central Florida. The non-profit offers four programs that are each designed to help businesses at different stages.

Specializes in: Business Plan Consulting

UCF Business Incubation Program - Lake Nona

UCF-BIP provides business development and operational support to early-stage, innovative businesses across Central Florida. This location specifically focuses on Life Science, Healthcare, Medical Simulation companies.

Specializes in: Business Plan Consulting

UCF Business Incubation Program - Photonics

UCF-BIP provides business development and operational support to early-stage, innovative businesses across Central Florida. The non-profit offers four programs that This incubator specifically focuses on Photonics companies.

Specializes in: Business Plan Consulting

UCF Business Incubation Program - Research Park

UCF-BIP provides business development and operational support to early-stage, innovative businesses across Central Florida specifically focused on Defense/Military, Modeling Simulation and Training, Cybersecurity, Robotics, Energy, Space companies.

Specializes in: Business Plan Consulting

UCF Business Incubation Program - Winter Springs

UCF-BIP Winter Springs' mixed-use incubator serves a wide variety of startup companies in the greater northeast Orlando area.

Specializes in: Business Plan Consulting

UCF Venture Launch

UCF Venture Launch is a program sponsored by Orange County Government. This free startup program is for current UCF graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, faculty, researchers, and staff interested in entrepreneurship.

Specializes in: Business Plan Consulting

Veterans Entrepreneurship Initiative (VEI)

Whether you are a veteran looking to explore an idea for a potential business or need help scaling your existing company, our mission is to empower and support veteran entrepreneurs through business guidance, education and mentorship.

Specializes in: Business Plan Consulting

Volusia County Business Incubator - Powered By UCF Business Incubation Program

A mixed-use facility at Daytona Beach International Airport serving a wide variety of early-stage businesses through programs designed to help businesses at different stages.

Specializes in: Business Plan Consulting

BBIF - Black Business Investment Fund

BBIF is Florida’s leading non-traditional lender and financial coaching provider. We specialize in bridging the gap between small businesses, and the money and education they need to reach their economic potential.

Cenfluence

Cenfluence establishes organizations within a formal cluster structure with all the benefits that clustering activities have to offer, resulting in expanded economic opportunities and increased job opportunities for Central Florida.

Center for Business Development, Seminole State College

The Center for Business Development has been dedicated to helping small businesses in Seminole County to grow and thrive for nearly 30 years. It offers a variety of training programs, affordable office space, business resources and consulting services.

Central Florida International Trade Office

New to exporting or importing? Looking to expand your international presence? The Central Florida International Trade Office will help connect your Central Florida company to the opportunities in the global marketplace.

City of Longwood

The City of Longwood has a strong business core which accounts for its daytime population of over 21,000. Some of the top employers include Pemberton Attachments, UPS, FedEx, Collis Roofing, Comprehensive Energy.

Florida State Minority Supplier Development Council (FSMSDC)

The FSMSDC provides technical business services, including the development of a pool of contracts and finance opportunities, direct matching of opportunities with qualified/vetted MBEs, relationship management and deal-sourcing initiatives.

Groundswell Startups

Groundswell Startups, Inc. is a privately funded, nonprofit incubator serving high-tech founders in Space Coast, FL; Groundswell’s mission is to create a strong pipeline of capital, resources, and industry expert support in the Space Coast.

GuideWell Innovation

A 30,000 sq/ft hub that provides state-of-the-art co-working and event venue space for innovators and stakeholders across the health spectrum.

Inventors Council of Central Florida

A group of inventors helping inventors. ICCF provides a forum for speakers on subjects of interest to inventors, and an opportunity for inventors to discuss their projects and get help moving them forward.

National Black MBA Association, Inc. - Central Florida Chapter

The mission of the National Black MBA Association® is to lead in the creation of educational, wealth building, and growth opportunities for those historically underrepresented throughout their careers as students, entrepreneurs and professionals.

National Entrepreneur Center

The National Entrepreneur Center collaborates with 19 business support organizations and offers two programs - BizLink Orange and Central Florida Trade Office (CFITO), to provide our small business community help, when and how they need it!

Operation HOPE

Our mission is to advance economic opportunity by providing the tools they need to reach their goals. We help individuals by offering financial education, credit counseling, as well as pathways toward homeowners and starting a business.

Orlando Hospitality Alliance

The Orlando Hospitality Alliance connects local hospitality entrepreneurs to the resources and partners they need. We believe that the small business ecosystem is one worth protecting and blustering through community and a power-in-numbers approach.

Orlando Innovation League

We are an ambitious group of startup founders, enterprise leaders, investors, mentors, entrepreneurial enthusiasts, product developers, and innovation leaders. Our Meetup group serves the Central Florida community as a platform to share experiences,

Orlando U.S. Export Assistance Center

The Orlando U.S. Export Assistance Center helps U.S. exporters to distribute U.S. exports in foreign markets and defend their commercial interests abroad. We also attract and facilitate greenfield investment into the United States.

Oviedo Winter Springs Regional Chamber of Commerce

Chamber of Commerce, Collaborative Workspace

SCORE Mid-Florida - Lake County

SCORE Mid-Florida is the local chapter of the national organization whose mission is to provide one-on-one coaching, business seminars, and resources for entrepreneurs in Central Florida.

StarterStudio

StarterStudio supports Central Florida early-stage tech founders with the educational programming, coaching, funding and resources they need to transform their ideas into successful tech startups.

The Pride Chamber Orlando

Central Florida’s LGBTQ+ business association, providing opportunities to raise visibility, build and grow networks, learn essential business knowledge, and advocate to advance equality for all.

UCF Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership

The Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership helps UCF students and recent alumni learn, connect, create, and succeed as entrepreneurial leaders.

University of Florida IFAS Extension

Providing technical expertise for aspiring and current agricultural and food business entrepreneurs in Osceola County.

Volusia County Economic Development (VCED)

Volusia County Division of Economic Development (VCED) collaborates with federal, state and local partners to recruit new businesses to the area; the primary focus of the division is Business Retention and Expansion.

Women’s Business Development Council of Florida (WBDC)

WBDC (also known as WBEC) Florida certifies, champions and connects women-owned businesses.

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