Veteran, Women, Minority Business / Leadership Resources

General

• U.S. General Services Administration, Set-Asides for Special Interest Groups: Learn about set-aside programs and funding for women-owned small businesses, small disadvantaged, service-disabled businesses, service-disable veteran-owned small businesses, and historically underutilized business zones.
  
  

Veteran Lead Businesses

• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veteran Entrepreneur Portal: Quickly connects Veteran entrepreneurs to relevant ‘best-practices’ and information.  
• Veterans In Business Network: Provides resources, advocacy, and networking opportunities to veteran-owned businesses.
• Veterans Business Services: Supports Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) by providing expert consulting services tailored to disabled veterans.
• Veterans Associations
• Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs

Women Lead Businesses

• Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC): Supports economic prosperity for women and strengthens CT communities through entrepreneurial and financial education services that promote business success.
  • WBDC Grants for Small Businesses
• The Campaign School at Yale University (TCS):  A nonpartisan, issue-neutral political campaign training program that endeavors to increase the number and influence of women in elected and appointed office in the U.S. and around the globe.
• Women@Work: A resource center for working women and a platform for frank, meaningful, and thought-provoking guidance about topics that make or break women’s careers.
• Grants Available for Women and Minority Small Business
• EntrepreneurWomen’s Business Development Council
• Women’s Bureau
• Purdue University Global Resource Center for Women in Business
• National Association of Women Business Owners
• Entrepreneurial Women’s Network
• Catalyst
• American Business Women’s Association
• Advancing Women
• Women In Business Career and News Resource Center
• Complete Guide to Business Ownership for Female Entrepreneurs

Minority Lead Businesses

• CT Administrative Services Supplier Diversity Program: Learn how to do business with the state and take advantage of small and minority business enterprise (S/MBE) benefits. Get certified as an S/MBE.
• African American Affairs Commission
• National Minority Supplier Development Council
• Supplier Diversity Set Aside Program