BizLaunch offers free, one-on-one business counseling, in English and Spanish, to help local small businesses navigate the process. These personalized sessions are individually-tailored to your needs and concerns. Our team can help review your business plan, provide tips on how to navigate the County's requirements, match you with a mentor and so much more.
Become registered as a CBE through DSLBD. DSLBD also offers one-on-one counseling for businesses interested in learning more about the application process or receiving other assistance with the CBE program.
DSLBD is proud to partner with the DC Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Howard University to help connect DC-based businesses and entrepreneurs to free counseling and technical assistance.
As businesses are working hard to pivot, survive, recover, and thrive, free technical assistance and counseling can help support developing recovery and resiliency planning."
DC PTAC offers personalized business counseling and competitive insights for navigating the government contracting process successfully. If you already have experience working on government contracts and are looking for help to secure other contracts, they are available to help. At the DC PTAC, businesses get help with strategies to pursue state, local and federal government contracts.
ELEVATE, which stands for Executive Leadership Education Venture Advancing Talented Entrepreneurs, aims to provide best-in-class training to minority small businesses located in DC to acquire new skills that will allow them to more effectively and efficiently manage their business’ products and services and increase revenue and employment. Elevate Curriculum is a collaboration between CNHED and the GW School of Business.
The Loudoun County Small Business Center offers comprehensive guides of how to launch your business in Loudoun County, VA. Learn step by step including determining business structure, taxes, registering business, and more. They also offer guides on how to locate funding for your small business.
Maryland Business Express site is designed to help guide aspiring and existing business owners through the process of planning, starting, maintaining, and growing their business. It offers expansive guides on different levels of business development, such as how to access funding, how to choose a location for your business, licenses and permits, government contracting, how to start a nonprofit, filing taxes online, etc.
Browse upcoming in-person and virtual workshops and events available to small business owners.
Montgomery County Business Center offers industry-specific starter kits for food businesses, restaurants, childcare, retail, agricultural, etc. valuable for new and existing business owners. Their small business resources page provides access to both internal and external resources from funding opportunities, technical assistance, business training, etc.
Browse and attend online webinars and workshops hosted by the Arlington Economic Development BizLaunch. Events available in English and Spanish.