Provides ongoing information and technical assistance to minority- and women-owned businesses to assist in their growth and success.

Provides an array of services to help business start-up, grow and relocate to the City of Binghamton.

Provides free or low-cost legal resources to established or start-up businesses, in the form of consultations with attorneys and educational programs on small business legal topics.

Provides government information and services. Info ranges from: federal parks; federal jobs; consumer services; senior programs; small business assistance; tax preparation; overseas travel; passports, Medicare, etc.

Provides direct counseling and coaching, technical training and development, business education programs, and micro-lending (see separate listing for Micro Loan Program).

Provides programs designed to bolster employee and organizational performance. Programs include Grant Information, Human Resources, Leadership, Management and Supervisory Skills, Microsoft Office Software Training, Safety/OSHA, and Staff Development. Offers noncredit classes, development programs, and community training, including Career and Personal Enrichment Courses, Computer Training, Driving Programs, Leisure Learning, and Rural Police Training Academy. Also offers hundreds of affordable online courses and certificate programs that can be accessed anytime, anywhere. These include Education To Go, NY State Real Estate Online, American Management Association (AMA), and Penn Foster. As part of the Small Business Administration's nation-wide network, the SBDC at the Best Center provides entrepreneurs and current small business owners with a central point of contact for confidential advice, planning, and assistance. Provides Conference and Events Facilities, including accommodations, catering, services, and meeting Rooms.

Offers The Veteran's Business Program; a service of the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) which is a program designed to enable men and women who have served in the Armed Forces to take full advantage of the opportunities presented by owning and operating their own business. In addition to the comprehensive services offered by the SBDC, the Veteran's Business Program also offers mentorship and networking services designed for veteran business owners. Please give us a call if you would like to make an appointment to meet with one of our advisors.

Provides a variety of management and technical assistance services to small businesses and potential entrepreneurs. Includes assisting small businesses with financial, marketing, production, organization, engineering, technical problems and feasibility studies. Makes effort to reach minority members of socially and economically disadvantaged groups, veterans, women, and the disabled. Works cooperatively with the private sector, the educational community and Federal, State and local governments. See website for SBDC phone guide.

Provides a variety of management and technical assistance services to small businesses and potential entrepreneurs. Includes assisting small businesses with financial, marketing, production, organization, engineering, technical problems and feasibility studies. Makes effort to reach minority members of socially and economically disadvantaged groups, veterans, women, and the disabled. Works cooperatively with the private sector, the educational community and Federal, State and local governments. See website for SBDC phone guide.

Offers free confidential business advice and mentoring from experienced retired business executives providing general business advice on every aspect of business planning, start-up, management and growth in low cost business workshops; also provides support tools and resources.

Offers free, expert counseling to small businesses in Erie and Wyoming Counties. Works to help clients: - Understand the importance of a business plan - Discover sources of funding - Prepare for e-commerce - Identify avenues for exporting goods and services - Develop marketing plans - Assess an invention’s viability - Comply with licensing and regulations

Provides access to capital, technical assistance, business training, and referral services for minority- and women-owned businesses. Program assists each applicant to evaluate the effectiveness of their business operations, view their business from an external perspective, and access technical assistance tailored to the specific needs of the business operating model.

Focuses on creating asset development opportunities for both residents and entrepreneurs. Assists individuals in growing and investing in their communities by providing lending capital, training, consulting, technical assistance, seminars, workshops, and low-cost business rental space to new and existing businesses that would otherwise lack access to these services. Assists area residents in developing asset based thinking by providing financial literacy training, basic budgeting, and home appliance loans to combat predatory lenders. Loan programs and Cottage Industry Assistance Program target low to moderate income existing and prospective individuals. Chautauqua Microenterprise Loan Fund and the Women and Minority Microenterprise Loan Fund Programs help small businesses by providing small business start up and expansion loans. The small business incubator offers small businesses an opportunity to grow and stabilize with subsidies around rent, business services, and technical assistance. Serves as a Warming Center during times of excessive cold and as a Cooling Center during times of excessive heat. Always call ahead to make sure a Warming/Cooling Center is open before going there.

Focuses on creating asset development opportunities for both residents and entrepreneurs. Assists individuals in growing and investing in their communities by providing lending capital, training, consulting, technical assistance, seminars, workshops, and low-cost business rental space to new and existing businesses that would otherwise lack access to these services. Assists area residents in developing asset based thinking by providing financial literacy training, basic budgeting, and home appliance loans to combat predatory lenders. Loan programs and Cottage Industry Assistance Program target low to moderate income existing and prospective individuals. Chautauqua Microenterprise Loan Fund and the Women and Minority Microenterprise Loan Fund Programs help small businesses by providing small business start up and expansion loans. The small business incubator offers small businesses an opportunity to grow and stabilize with subsidies around rent, business services, and technical assistance. Program site serves as a Warming Center during times of excessive cold and as a Cooling Center during times of excessive heat. Always call ahead to make sure a Warming/Cooling Center is open before going there.

Provides incentives for the development of new businesses and the expansion of existing businesses in New York State. Assists businesses in identifying creative solutions to problems, enhanced opportunities for growth and realization of short and long term goals.

Promote economic development in the county by helping businesses expand and grow, increase employment opportunities and add to the quality of life for the residents of Suffolk County. They focus on attracting new business, supporting the expansion of existing industry, and mobilizing local and regional assets supporting regional long-term growth and economic development. Call for more information.

Offers support for small businesses. Also allows access to research in Stony Brook University. Provides an opportunity to start a new business and participate in a dynamic process of business enterprise development. Must undergo approval process before acceptance into the program.

Provides services to donors and administers philanthropic funds. Makes grants to non-profit organizations and functions as a neutral convener/catalyst in Nassau and Suffolk Counties. Its mission is to build a permanent source of private funding for Long Island charities. Produces Newsletter and Agency brochure. Is an operating division of The New York Community Trust.

Assists the town government by disseminating information to and from small business communities. Compiles information on small businesses in Brookhaven Town, and develops and implements public information programs to educate the small business community regarding outreach programs and assistance available to them. Holds monthly meetings.

YVOBA is an IRS501(c)(3) Veteran Business Association committed to helping Veterans and Service-Disabled Veterans achieve their business goals. Our focus is to have a well seasoned team planning, coordinating and implementing an "infrastructure of learning and assistance" for our fellow Veterans through education and experience. We are here to help the established, and start-up Veteran business as a "one-stop" assistance Association.Our team's aim is to act as a trusted extension of our Veterans, producing results that directly and positively impact their business objectives and to deliver the highest levels of professionalism and experience. We intend to provide strategic counsel, creative solutions and timely, responsive services.

Serves as a vehicle for private funding of business and industry by providing long term secured financing for plant, equipment and working capital to create employment and perpetuate business activity in the entire state including fixed rate loans.

Provides a unique networking forum for people of all professions to regularly meet and do business with one another to foster Long Island's continued commercial and industrial growth and development period.