Local Assistance for Businesses

Organizations throughout our community provide services and support to businesses and entrepreneurs in the form of expert advice, educational programming, mentorship, networking opportunities and financial assistance. The Small Business Consortium is a group of organizations that works together to help businesses achieve success. 

The Greensboro Public Library Business Advantage offers educational programs, free access to premium online resources and individual, personalized assistance with the Business Librarian, who can help you locate and use print and online resources. 

Greater Greensboro Merchants Association 
Provides its business members with workshops, networking events, cooperative advertising discounts, marketing support, and volunteer programs.

GTCC Small Business Center
Offers courses and seminars, computer classes, and free business counseling.

Minority and Women's Business Enterprise
Maintains a list of certified women- and minority-owned businesses that is provided to City departments, contractors, consultants, and other businesses interested in soliciting proposals or bids from M/WBE companies.

Piedmont Triad Entrepreneurial Network
Supports entrepreneurs through education, access to capital, and networking. Monthly meetings rotate among Triad cities.

SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives)
Offers confidential counseling sessions, low-cost workshops, and e-mail counseling provided by volunteers with vast experience and knowledge.

Self Help Credit Union
Provides loans to new and expanding small businesses.

Downtown Greensboro Inc.
Directs a comprehensive economic development program to strengthen downtown Greensboro.

East Market Street Development Corporation
Leads the revitalization of the East Market Street corridor.

Greensboro Chamber of Commerce
Offers educational programs and networking opportunities to the business community. Also, partners with local banks to provide the Greensboro Venture Capital Loan Fund, which was created to stimulate an increase in jobs and economic activity in our area.

NC A&T Interdisciplinary Center for Entrepreneurship

NC A&T / UNCG Technology Outreach at Nussbaum

North Carolina Department of Commerce
Access Business Link North Carolina! BLNC, or "blink," is your starting point to an extensive network of experts who can help your business succeed.

Nussbaum Center for Entrepreneurship
Operates a business incubator located near the center of Greensboro, offering modestly priced office and light manufacturing space, along with shared support services such as counseling, receptionist, copier, fax, mail boxes, word processing, and more.

Small Business Technology Development Center
Provides management counseling and educational services for small to mid-sized businesses.

UNCG Career Services
Brings together employers with qualified candidates for internships and part- and full-time employment.

UNCG Small Business Assistance Phone: 336-334-4527 and 336-334-4528
Offers programs for management development and internships, and will arrange for student teams to address selected problems experienced by local businesses and make recommendations. 

Women's Resource Center Phone: 336- 275-6090
Offers free attorney hotline, monthly legal lunches, talks on business start-up, confidential peer counseling, a library, and a computer lab.

North Carolina Department of Commerce
Provides assistance on a statewide and national level. Many businesses can learn about valuable forms, how to go through appropriate licensing, and gain knowledge about regulatory processes.

City of Greensboro Business Privilege License
Certain businesses will need to obtain a privilege license from the City of Greensboro Collections Department in order to operate within the city limits.