Business News and Resources

• Press Releases

  SBA Achieves Historic Small Business Lending for Fiscal Year 2020

  November 6, 2020

  SBA Celebrates Women Empowerment and Entrepreneurship with Opening of Mississippi Women’s Business Center

  September 8, 2020

  SBA Holds a Virtual Workshop July 16 on Applying for Women’s Business Center Grants

  July 7, 2020

• Counseling and Assistance

  Mississippi's Small Business Development Centers (SBDC)

  SCORE

  Find a Mentor or Counselor

  Mississippi Veteran Business Outreach Center

  Boots to Business Registration Portal

  Export.gov

• Historically Black Colleges and Universities Initiative

  HBCU Initiative Info

  Alcorn State University

  Coahoma Community College

  Mississippi Valley State University

  Rust College

  Tougaloo College

• Other Resources

  Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

  Energy Star

  Occupational Safety and Health Administration

• Small Business Week 2020 Awards Information

  Small Business Week Ceremony Update

• Contracting Resources

  SBA Contracting Programs

  Federal Business Opportunities

  8(a) Suitability Tool

  Mississippi Procurement & Technical Assistance

• From Our Office

  SBA National Page

  Starting a Business Mississippi

  2020 Small Business Person of the Year Ceremony Video

  Use Our Starting Up Assessment Tool

  Opportunities for Black-Owned Businesses Are Thriving

  Follow These 10 Steps to Starting a Business

  Business Plan Executive Summary

  Obtaining Business Licenses & Permits

  Business Structure and Tax Implications

  You have questions on starting or expanding your business? We have answers!

• Disaster Resources

  Disaster Assistance

  Disaster Loan Payments

  Disaster Loans Use of Proceeds

  Disaster Cleanup

  Emergency Preparedness

• State and Local Resources

  State of Mississippi Home Page

  Mississippi Secretary of State

  Active PPP Lenders for Mississippi

• Capital Resources

  SBA's Role in Lending

  Borrowing Money

  Exporting Loans

  MS District Loan Stats FY20

• Success Stories

  The Studio Looking Good, Doing Good!

  AGJ Systems and Network

  Got Juice Mama Nature’s Juice and Salad Bar

  Vera Hall of Innovative Performance Construction Co.

  Dancing to Success