RESOURCES

From Marketing to Accessing Capital, take a look at small business resources that might be able to guide you start or grow your business.

Marketing & Branding

Market your business, create local awareness, and more

City of Los Angeles Resource

Market Research, Marketing 101 and Social Media marketing

Small Business Administration Learning Center

Optimizing your website, Competitive Analysis, and more

America’s SBDC California Los Angeles

Online Marketing for Small Business Owners

SCORE Los Angeles

BusinessSource Centers provide startup ventures and current small business owners with various cost-effective tools to make their businesses a success

BusinessSource Centers

WBCs provide free, to low-cost counseling and training and focus on women who want to start, grow, and expand their small business

Women’s Business Centers (WBC)

Connect with an expert through the nation's largest network of small business mentors

SCORE Business Mentoring

Find assistance and counseling in your area to start, run, or grow your business

Small Business Development Centers (SBDC)

Inclusive Action for the City is a non-profit, community development financial institution (CDFI) serving Los Angeles County and beyond

Inclusive Action for the City

PACE is the community lender that can get your small business the capital needed to ease your financial stress and start growing your business

PACE

TMC Community Capital provides affordable loans ranging from $5,000 to $50,000 to small businesses, with a focus on those that are historically excluded from traditional financing

TMC Capital

As a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), Vermont Slauson Local Development Corporation (VSLDC) can serve as a private entity that is solely dedicated to delivering responsible, affordable lending to help entrepreneurs with minimal income, low assets, and those facing other monumental disadvantages that limit their growth opportunities

Vermont Slauson

The program aims to foster economic empowerment by encouraging patronage of participating Legacy Businesses.

Legacy business program sponsored by EWDD

LApreneur is a comprehensive and collaborative partnership established by the Los Angeles Mayor's Office of Business and Economic Development and the City’s Economic & Workforce Development Department (EWDD) in partnership with the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), the City’s Business Source Centers, and Loyola Marymount University (LMU).

LAentrepreneur program sponsored by EWDD

Uses innovative, mission-driven approaches to create outcomes for businesses that other programs leave behind. It delivers a uniquely efficient return on investment for racial, gender, and economic equity.

Los Angeles Economic Equity Accelerator and Fellowship (LEEAF)

ProcureLA provides procurement education and connects vendor networks with major private and public industry stakeholders in the City of Los Angeles.

ProcureLA

Coursera partners with more than 300 leading universities and companies to bring flexible, affordable, job-relevant online learning to individuals and organizations worldwide. We offer a range of learning opportunities—from hands-on projects and courses to job-ready certificates and degree programs.

Coursera

Master the Google tools you use at work with online training. Develop skills you can apply right away, with e-learning courses designed by Google product experts. Learn at your own pace and get Google product certified.

Skillshop with Google

RESOURCES

Marketing & Branding

Business Coaching

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Small Business Resources

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