Business News and Resources

• Press Releases

  Restaurant Revitalization Fund Training

  April 26, 2021

  SBA Launches Portal to Begin Accepting Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Applications-April 8

  March 19, 2021

  SBA Re-Opening Paycheck Protection Program to Small Lenders on Friday, January 15 and All Lenders on Tuesday, January 19

  January 14, 2021

• 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)

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• Small Business Week 2020 Awards Information

  Small Business Week Ceremony Update

• Contracting Resources

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  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

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• State and Local Resources

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  Mississippi Secretary of State

  Active PPP Lenders for Mississippi

• Capital Resources

  SBA's Role in Lending

  Borrowing Money

  Exporting Loans

  SBA MS Lending 1st QTR FY21

• 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