Counseling and Training

SCORE: "Counselors to America's Small Business"

More than 12,400 volunteers provide training and one-on-one counseling at no charge

Small Business Development Centers

SBDCs provide training, counseling, research and other specialized assistance at nearly 1000 locations nationwide.

Women's Business Centers

SBA's network of more than 60 Women's Business Centers (WBC) provide a wide range of services to women entrepreneurs at all levels of business development. Not near a Women's Business Center, check out the online Women's Business Center at women online.

Visit the Classroom

The Small Business Classroom is an on-line systems resource for training and informing entrepreneurs and other students of enterprise. It is a new -- easy to use -- dimension in entrepreneurial training. The classroom is designed to educate and provide interactive business guidance on a variety of topics to many types of students. Besides "traditional" small business clients, the on-line classroom will benefit high school and college students, individuals with time and travel limitations, people with disabilities, international business resources and others.

Small Business On-line Publications

The SBA has been championing America's entrepreneurs since 1953. Together, we have a partnership that works for America. We help you to start and to build a stronger business. You create the jobs that strengthen the economy and the nation. We are pleased to present this new, comprehensive publications guide to the SBA's programs and services. It contains publications on all of our resources that can help you start or expand your business.