Business Resources

AARP’s Small Business Resource Center for People 50+ site offers information, education, and resources for aspiring entrepreneurs and established business owners.

The ASBCC is a national advocacy group that supports the small business community. It offers a variety of programs and meetings on topics relevant to small businesses.

This helpful site identifies county, state and federal economic recovery resources, including grant programs for small businesses.

This site provides access to a broad range of Gale research products and includes key business resources on entrepreneurship, business planning and demographic data.

Gale Business: Entrepreneurship is a comprehensive database that covers all aspects of starting and operating a business, including accounting, finance, human resources, management, marketing, tax, and more. It combines authoritative periodical and reference content to support prospective and current entrepreneurs as well as business students. Experience an easy-to-browse interface mapped to four key stages—plan, fund, start, and manage—to fit your research needs at any point in your business’s development.

Gale Business Insights: Essentials delivers authoritative company and industry information, articles, and statistical data. Students, business owners, entrepreneurs, marketing professionals, investors, financial planners, and general researchers can explore real-world applications and develop analytical skills. Gale Business Insights: Essentials features easy-to-search rich content, a user-friendly interface, and robust analytical tools.

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Gale Business: Plan Builder is a step-by-step online planning tool for starting, managing and optimizing a business or nonprofit. The program’s intuitive dashboard walks users through five areas of exploration to develop a business plan focused on long-term success.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau developed this site to provide information about lending programs for small businesses.

DemographicsNow: Business & People connects users with a wealth of highly detailed demographic data and information on local businesses that spans the entire United States. It is an ideal tool for gaining consumer and market insight for opening a business, finding an untapped audience for products/services, analyzing the shifts and needs of a given population, and much more.

A one-stop business incentive website created by New York State and administered by Empire State Development.

Entrepreneur Magazine offers a variety of helpful resources and perspectives on starting and growing a small business.

If you have ever considered exploring franchising opportunities this annual ranking by Entrepreneur Magazine lists the top franchising businesses based on franchise fees, investment requirements, size and growth, operational support and brand strength.

Grants Action News is a monthly newsletter with information on federal, state and private grants from the New York State Assembly.

This site provides information for grant seekers on funding opportunities from federal agencies.

Provides helpful business resources for starting and expanding a business.

This site from the Internal Revenue Service includes links to basic federal tax information for people who are starting a business, as well as information to assist in making basic business decisions.

The premiere source for business news on Long Island via a weekly business journal and their daily e-newsletter.

Long Island Development Corporation is a regional economic development, not-for profit corporation that makes long term, affordable loans to small businesses.

The Long Island Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (LIHCC) is a not-for-profit organization that was established to serve the needs of the Long Island minority owned small business community.

Our mission is to enhance the economic vitality and quality of life of our Community.  To promote the general welfare and prosperity of its member businesses.  Be a proactive business advocate for public policy and economic development through professionalism and adherence to reasonable standards of conduct.

Covering over 20 million small and mid-size U.S. companies, many privately- owned, Manta provides information including location, estimated sales and number of employees.

The NYSBDC provides small business owners and entrepreneurs in New York with high-quality, confidential business counseling, training and business research at no cost.

Newsday’s business section offers comprehensive coverage of business activity on Long Island.

SCORE is a nonprofit association dedicated to helping small businesses get off the ground, grow and achieve their goals through education and mentorship. The organization offers one-on-one business advice, mentoring programs and workshops for entrepreneurs.

The SBA is a federal agency fully dedicated to small business and provides counseling, capital and contracting expertise as the nation’s only go-to resource and voice for small businesses.

The US Small Business Administration’s Office of Veterans Business Development lists programs and services including training, counseling, mentorship and oversight of federal procurement programs to support veteran entrepreneurs.

This US Small Business Administration site focuses on women-owned businesses and includes information on training and funding resources for women entrepreneurs.

Small Business Resource Center is a comprehensive database that covers all aspects of starting and operating a business, including accounting, finance, human resources, management, marketing, tax, and more. It combines authoritative periodical and reference content to support prospective and current entrepreneurs as well as business students. Experience an easy-to-browse interface mapped to four key stages—plan, fund, start, and manage—to fit your research needs at any point in your business’s development.

The Small Business Development Center at Stony Brook University offers a calendar of upcoming workshops and events for small business owners. The site also allows you to access recordings of past events, and includes links to a variety of helpful resources.

This site outlines some of the key steps that are required for starting a business in New York State.

This federal agency site allows you to search patents and trademarks, and provides news and information on policies relating to copyright and intellectual property.

This site provides a list of key steps and resources that can help veterans develop, launch and maintain a small business.