Small Business Administration

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SBA General Information

Small Business Administration
Are you a small business? Thinking about starting your own company? Well, you've come to the right place. The Small Business Administration provides financial, technical and management assistance to help Americans start, run, and grow their businesses.

Small Business Administration Frequently Asked Questions
We have compiled frequently asked questions on various topics within the Small Business Administration.

What's New at the SBA
What's new at the SBA shows changes to SBA programs.

SBA Programs

Business Matchmaking Program
99% of all employment in the U.S. today and nearly 50% of the Gross National Product is generated by small business. This is why the U.S. Small Business Administration, in partnership with HP, is bringing federal, state and local government agencies and major corporations in every industry together to network, educate, counsel and ultimately, contract, with smaller firms through the Business Matchmaking program.

Central Contractor Registration
(CCR) is the primary vendor database for the U.S. Federal Government. The CCR collects, validates, stores and disseminates data in support of agency acquisition missions. Both current and potential government vendors are required to register in CCR in order to do be awarded contracts by the government. Vendors are required to complete a one-time registration to provide basic information relevant to procurement and financial transactions. Vendors must update or renew their registration annually to maintain an active status.

Hubzone
The HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program stimulates economic development and creates jobs in urban and rural communities by providing Federal contracting preferences to small businesses. These preferences go to small businesses that obtain HUBZone (Historically Underutilized Business Zone) certification in part by employing staff who live in a HUBZone. The company must also maintain a "principal office" in one of these specially designated areas. [A principal office can be different from a company headquarters, as explained in our section dedicated to Frequently Asked Questions.] The program resulted from provisions contained in the Small Business Reauthorization Act of 1997.

SBA's 8(a) Business Development Programs
are intended to help small businesses be successful for the future. Companies like yours, just starting or in a growth stage, can benefit from the wide-range of services we offer-support for government contractors, access to capital, management and technical assistance, and export assistance-just to name a few. We accomplish our goal by building community-based small businesses, which in turn revitalizes neighborhoods, creates jobs, and encourages economic growth.

SBA Financing Programs
If you want to generate capital for your business, it pays big dividends to do your homework. Learn about raising capital for your business. SBA offers numerous financing programs for small businesses that are administered through private sector lenders and other organizations.

SBA Loan Programs
The SBA offers numerous loan programs to assist small businesses. It is important to note, however, that the SBA is primarily a guarantor of loans made by private and other institutions.

Small Disadvantage Business (SDB) SBA certifies small businesses that meet specific social, economic, ownership, and control eligibility criteria. Once certified, the firm is added to an on-line registry of SDB-certified firms maintained in PRO-Net. Certified firms remain on the list for three years. Contracting officers and large business prime contractors may search this on-line registry for potential suppliers.

SUB-Net
Prime contractors use SUB-Net to post subcontracting opportunities. These may or may not be reserved for small business, and they may include either solicitations or other notices -- for example, notices of sources sought for teaming partners and subcontractors on future contracts. Small businesses can review this web site to identify opportunities in their areas of expertise.

Tech-Net
is an electronic gateway of technology information and resources for and about small high tech businesses. It is a search engine for researchers, scientists, state, federal and local government officials, a marketing tool for small firms and a potential "link" to investment opportunities for investors and other sources of capital.

Technical Assistance (Training & Counseling)

The Office of Business and Community Initiatives
administer programs and activities designed to provide information, education, and training to prospective and existing small business owners. The Office engages in co-sponsorships with private sector partners which are designed to provide small business owners with a broad variety of education and training opportunities, written materials, and other forms of assistance that are provided free of charge or at extremely low cost.

Entrepreneurial Development
Helping small businesses start, grow and compete in global markets by providing quality training, counseling and access to resources.

International Trade
The U.S. Small Business Administration provides export information and development assistance to help small businesses take advantage of export markets, including trade counseling, training, legal assistance and publications.

SBDCs New York
The U.S Small Business Administration (SBA) administers the Small Business Development Center Program to provide management assistance to current and prospective small business owners. SBDCs offer one-stop assistance to individuals and small businesses by providing a wide variety of information and guidance in central and easily accessible branch locations. Click here to go to theSBDC National Website

SCORE New York
SCORE "Counselors to America's Small Business" is a nonprofit association that provides entrepreneurs with free, confidential face-to-face and email business counseling.
Click here for SCORE National Website

Small Business Training Network
is a virtual campus housing free training courses, workshops and knowledge resources designed to assist entrepreneurs and other students of enterprise. The Training Network makes SBA's business management resources available anytime and anywhere.

Office of Women's Business Ownership
OWBO promotes the growth of women-owned businesses through programs that address business training and technical assistance, and provide access to credit and capital, federal contracts, and international trade opportunities.

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