Small Business Services Directory

Use the search fields below to find hundreds of organizations in New York City that can provide you with help in starting or running your small business. Included in this searchable database are programs which offer business advice, loans, grants, location assistance, and a wide range of other services for small businesses throughout the city — often at no cost or for a low fee.

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TiE New York is part of TiE Global,  whose efforts lie in five foundational programs – Mentoring, Networking, Education, Funding and Incubation. TiE New York's primary mission is to provide access to mentoring, networking, and funding for entrepreneurs in all stages, in all industries.

Year-round programming includes:

  • Charter Member Events
  • Open Mic Nights --  focused on networking and pitching for New York’s entrepreneur ecosystem
  • Mentoring Sessions -- provide one-on-one guidance to budding entrepreneurs by TiE Charter Members  
  • Pitch Competition -- allows founders to pitch to a room full of investors and other entrepreneurs
  • TiE New York Angels Showcase -- TiE New York Angels is a part of the  TiE Global Angels Alliance (TGAA). The local angel investment network empowers startups in early-stage and are seeking Seed or Series A funding.
  • TiE University --  a global program to support college startups and founders to grow their entrepreneurial ventures/ideas into viable and sustainable businesses.
  • TiE Women -- helping women entrepreneurs, inclusive of enterprise, origin, standing or background, across the globe to thrive via Learning, Mentoring, Access to Funding, Scalability, Safe Space and Community

WBEC Metro NY is a dynamic community of certified women-owned businesses, building on their success through mutually beneficial partnerships with Fortune 1000 corporations and other WBEs.

Furthering the success of women-owned businesses is WBEC's  primary mission. We provide WBENC certification at the regional level, and serve as an advocate for certified women-owned businesses inWBEC's New York and Washington, D.C. regions, offering them educational programs, networking opportunities and recognition.

WHEDco is a community development organization based in the South Bronx. WHEDco helps individuals launch and operate small businesses through Home-Based Childcare programs and Commercial Revitalization Initiative, with training resources and programs that support economic stability.

WHEDco helps women build and grow successful home-based childcare businesses throughout the city, while improving the quality of childcare available to New Yorkers. WHEDco's Home-based Child Care Training Institue offers all childcare providers -whether they're licensed, registered, or legally exempt- comprehensive professional development training and licensing assistance so they can improve the quality of care they provide, increase their revenues, and grow their existing businesses.

Commercial Revitalization: WHEDco works to support small businesses along commercial corridors in the South Bronx. These businesses provide economic opportunities for local entrepreneurs and enable residents to shop their own neighborhoods. WHEDco services include connecting small business owners and entrepereneurs to no-cost and low-cost services to help their businesses thrive and attracting new businesses to vacant storefronts.

The Women’s Venture Fund (WVF) is a nonprofit organization that helps women to establish thriving businesses in urban communities with funding and business development programs.

The Fund assists small businesses through a range of services including entrepreneurial training, technical assistance, advisory services, and small loans. The organization is a Certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI). 

 

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