Women and Minorities

Small Business Information for Minorities

• Minority Business Development Agency - Part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, specifically created to encourage the creation, growth and expansion of minority-owned businesses in the United States.
• Minority Business Entrepreneur Magazine
• Minority Business Yellow Pages
• Black Enterprise
• Latin Business Association - Provides resources to promote the growth of the Latino business community
• U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
• The National Black Chamber of Commerce - Representing 95,000 Black owned businesses and 190 affliates in the United States and internationally.

Small Business Information for Women

• National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO)
• National Women's Business Council - Publications and statistics on women-owned firms.
• Forum for Women Entrepreneurs
• WomenOwned.com
• Digital-Women Articles and How-tos for many business topics.
• Women and Small Business - SBA website.
• Women's Business Enterprise National Council - provides access to a national standard of certification and provides information on certified women's businesses to purchasing managers through an Internet database
• Women and the New Economy - survey of 265 WorldWIT (world-wide women in technology and new economy companies)
• Women's Bureau, Dept. of Labor - Publications and statistics on employed women.
• Women Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century