小企业和创业公司
Whether it’s our numerous business organizations that provide collaboration, 支持, and partnership or the engaged and active residents that make an effort to shop local and 支持 homegrown businesses, 我们有你成功所需的资源.
Small businesses in Portsmouth range from local maritime service companies that have been in business for 60+ years to specialty retail providers that have grown from garage businesses into multinational e-commerce shops. With the infrastructure of our large region and the feel of a tight-knit 社区, 财富坊cff999对你的小企业来说是明智之举.
757加速
757加速 is a selective startup accelerator program providing founders with capital, 连接, 和客户. The program focuses on nurturing the founding teams through individual and group coaching and mentorship, 融资, 以及增长战略.
汉普顿路创新合作
The 汉普顿路创新合作’s mission is to provide a connective environment for regional innovation and development while offering an inclusive environment for companies, 艺术与非营利组织, 和联盟. 更多信息，请致电757-373-6517.
ODU创新与创业研究所
IIE为社区提供一站式服务, 学生, 教员/员工, and alumni seeking resources and services for innovation, 创业, 以及新的企业和项目. We help build lasting relationships between the 社区, 行业, 和学术界来改善社会和经济.
IIE扮演着两个重要角色:
- 作为大学之间的联络人, 社区, 和行业, 推动创业, 和;
- Assist in strengthening the innovation ecosystem at ODU, in Hampton Roads and the Commonwealth.
零售联盟
零售联盟, formerly known as the Retail Merchants Association of Tidewater, is a non-profit trade association serving the interests of local retailers in greater Hampton Roads. We promote and 支持 the healthy growth of retail businesses and trade through education, 宣传, 以及会员福利. 更多信息，请致电757-466-1600.
小企业发展中心
The 小企业发展中心 (SBDC) of Hampton Roads, Inc. is a part of a statewide network that is directed by George Mason University and is hosted locally by the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce. The SBDC website offers a plethora of information for both potential entrepreneurs and small business owners. The SBDC also offers a full calendar of training and workshops. 查询详情，请致电757-644-2593.
分数协会
分数协会, “Counselors to America’s 小型企业” is a nonprofit association comprised of 13,在全美国有超过1000名志愿商业顾问.S. 以及它的领土. 分数成员接受培训，担任咨询师, 顾问, and mentors to aspiring entrepreneurs and business owners. These services are offered at no fee as a 社区 service. To start working with a 分数 Hampton Roads mentor, please call (757) 455-9338.
NAVSEA小企业项目办公室
The responsibility to efficiently maintain a fleet of nearly 300 ships, systems and their 支持 infrastructure is a huge undertaking, and success is only possible through ongoing partnerships between NAVSEA and its large and small business partners in 行业.
布鲁姆共同办公
Bloom is a nonprofit coworking space where entrepreneurs, 小团队, 远程工作者可以租用各种办公空间. Bloom is in downtown Portsmouth and was founded by the Portsmouth 合作伙伴hip. 咨询电话:757-393-0393.
Virginia Department of 小型企业 and Supplier Diversity
The Virginia Department of 小型企业 and Supplier Diversity (SBSD) is the state agency dedicated to enhancing the participation of small, women- and minority-owned businesses in Virginia’s procurement opportunities. SBSD is responsible for the administration of two certification programs: the Small, Women- and Minority-owned Businesses under Virginia’s “SWaM” Procurement Initiative and the U.S. Department of 运输’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program. SBSD also provides 支持 to certified businesses through business development and procurement 宣传 programs, 与其他机构和部门合作. 欲了解更多信息，请致电(757)385-4492.
弗吉尼亚就业委员会
The 弗吉尼亚就业委员会 (VEC) is often viewed as an agency to 协助 displaced workers, 然而, VEC还为雇主提供许多服务. VEC 协助s employers with employment law and regulation, providing a method of distributing job postings and providing employment 协助ance through incentives. 咨询电话:(757)558-4455.
弗吉尼亚住房和社区发展公司
The 弗吉尼亚住房和社区发展公司 (VHCDC) is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt 社区 development corporation. VHCDC致力于促进和支持创业, 推进创业财富cff888培训, 推进创业友好政策, to connect disadvantaged small businesses to capital and credit and to facilitate the commercialization of new technologies and services by small, women- and minority-owned businesses which have great promise for improving the economic welfare of the region.
弗吉尼亚小企业融资管理局
The 弗吉尼亚小企业融资管理局 (VSBFA) is the Commonwealth of Virginia’s economic development and business financing arm. The VSBFA helps banks make loans to businesses that can demonstrate repayment ability, but where the bank needs additional collateral 支持 or a more robust secondary repayment source by providing cash collateral, 次级伴生贷款, 担保, 贷款损失准备金和贷款购买参与者. 咨询电话:804-371-8254.
U.S. 小企业管理局
美国.S. 小企业管理局 (SBA) was created in 1953 as an independent agency of the federal government to aid, 法律顾问, 协助, 并保护小企业的利益. The SBA’s website is an excellent resource for potential, new, or seasoned business owners. The annual resource guide produced by the SBA is provided electronically online and covers every aspect of small business ownership. For more information, contact the local SBA office at (804) 771-2400.