Oregon

SCORE Central Oregon

We provide free confidential one-on-one business counseling by phone, video, email, and in-person within Central and Southern Oregon. We also conduct virtual and in-person workshops for start-up entrepreneurs and seasoned small business owners.

https://www.score.org/centraloregon

Oregon Startup Center

The Oregon Startup Center’s mission is to train, mentor, invest in, and help grow Oregon startups. We partner with local communities, angel investors, service providers, and economic development officials in Oregon and local government—all to benefit startup businesses.

https://oregonstartupcenter.org/

Adelante Mujeres

Adelante Mujeres provides holistic education and empowerment opportunities to marginalized Latine women and families to ensure full participation and active leadership in the community. Read our five-year Strategic Plan.

https://www.adelantemujeres.org/

Oregon Association of Minority Entrepreneurs ( OAME)

OAME is a non-profit, tax-exempt membership organization founded in 1987 with the mission to promote and develop entrepreneurship and economic development for ethnic minorities in the State of Oregon & SW Washington. OAME focuses on providing support services to small businesses.

https://oame.org/

Business Diversity Institute

The Business Diversity Institute supports the growth and success of regional minority-owned and woman-owned businesses through education and training, outreach, tools and resources, and promoting collaboration of public/private organizations in these efforts.

https://www.bdiweb.org/

GCAP

The Government Contract Assistance Program (GCAP) is part of a nationwide network of APEX Accelerators working to help businesses compete successfully in the government marketplace.

https://www.gcap.org/

MESO

Our mission is to elevate under resourced entrepreneurs to build resilience, equity, and thriving communities through access to capital, tailored business assistance, and education.

https://www.mesopdx.org/

Oregon Small Business Development Center Network (OSBDC)

We are building Oregon’s best businesses. Our 20 regional Centers assist small businesses throughout Oregon with advising, classes and access to the resources they need to be successful. Each Center is backed by our statewide network of support, helping small businesses access the right assistance wherever they are in Oregon.

https://oregonsbdc.org/

 Oregon MBDA Business Center

The Oregon MBDA Business Center is managed and operated by Business Impact NW, a non-profit Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), dedicated to serving underbanked entrepreneurs. The Oregon MBDA goal is to identify existing Minority Business Enterprises (MBE’s) that are seeking growth opportunities within business through plan management, training, contracting and business development.

https://businessimpactnw.org/oregon-minority-business-development-agency/

Women Entrepreneurs of Southern Oregon (WESO)

Women Entrepreneurs of Southern Oregon (WESO) is a not-for-profit association supporting women entrepreneurs and business owners through networking, education and inspiration.

https://wesoweb.org/