Ventures offers a number of additional resources, incuding an initial eight-week Business Basics course to help people reach their goals and move their businesses forward. These services include a variety of resources, including access to capital, advanced business training, free small business legal advice, one-to-one coaching, and more. Some of these services require signing up in advance or have additional application requirements.

Bureau of Indian Affairs (IA) is the oldest bureau of the United States Department of the Interior. Established in 1824, IA currently provides services (directly or through contracts, grants, or compacts) to approximately 1.9 million American Indians and Alaska Natives.

Asian American Business Development Center (AABDC) was established in New York City in 1994 to promote greater recognition of Asian American businesses' contributions to the general economy. AABDC encourages Asian American businesses to be more actively involved in issues and policies that directly affect them at the federal, state and city levels and provides capacity-building assistance to business entities that enables them to compete in the mainstream marketplace and expand business opportunities.

Count Me In for Women's Economic Independence is a new organization that makes small business loans and gives training scholarships to women.

The Mission of INROADS is to develop and place talented underserved youth in business and industry, and prepare them for corporate and community leadership.

The heart of this website is its free database of Minority and Women Business Enterprises (M/WBE's) and contacts within Fortune 1000 companies. You can register your company as a supplier at no charge. Suppliers' profiles are made available to buyers including Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies, associations and other major purchasers nationwide seeking to do business with M/WBE's. You'll find a lot of other resources here as well.

The Latin Business Association (LBA), a 501(c)(6) private non-profit organization established in 1976, is one of the nation's most active Latin business trade associations on the basis of active membership and overall outreach to its member business owners. The LBA is the only organization that truly represents over 800,000 Latin businesses in California.

Founded in 1972 as a full-service, non-profit (501)(c)(3) corporation, the National Minority Business Council is dedicated to providing business assistance, educational opportunities, seminars, purchasing listings and related services to hundreds of businesses throughout the tri-state area and across the nation.

Tabor 100 is an association of entrepreneurs and business advocates who are committed to economic power, educational excellence and social equity for African-Americans and the community at large.

African-American, Hispanic, Asian and Native Americans Business Association (AHANA) strives to improve the economic status and enhance the quality of life of minority communities through the development of business and employment opportunities.