Business Resources
Telework Resources
National Telecommuting Institute (NTI)
National Telecommuting Institute (NTI) is a unique educational/job-matching organization pioneering the development of telework jobs for Americans with disabilities.
Online Business Plan Resources
Build Your Business Plan
- Step by step assistance in building your own business plan
- All you need to know about starting your own business
- Online resources for people with business ideas
Benefits Planning
Find out how and when increased income and possible work incentive programs will affect your benefits.
You can locate the WIPA provider who serves your area by going to
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/work/ServiceProviders/WIPADirectory.html
Credit Reports
For an annual free credit report (there is a charge for your score)
www.annualcreditreport.com
Disability Related Websites
Financial Literacy
- For help with money management
- Financial planning for Generation X and Y Women
- Beehive.org offers information and tools for managing your money
Health Care for Self-Employed Workers
General Business Resources
The Abilities Fund Resource Center
Training, technical assistance, and advisory services designed to help entrepreneurs with disabilities become their own best resource.
307 N. 13th St.
Centerville, IA 52544
Phone: 641-856-2173
Toll Free: 888-222-8943
Fax: 641-856-3101
Email: info@abilitiesfund.org
Access Washington: Doing Business in Washington
This website provides all of the information you need about licenses, permits, taxes and more for businesses in Washington State.
Artist Trust
Artist Trust supports artists in Washington by providing information to tens of thousands of artists each year, and they have granted more than $2.5 million in direct support to 1,213 of Washington State’s most promising musicians, writers, visual and craft artists, playwrights, choreographers, composers, performers and filmmakers.
1835 12th Ave
Seattle, WA 98122
Phone: 206/467-8734
Toll Free: 1-866-21TRUST
Fax: 206/467-9633
Email: info@artisttrust.org
Bank on Seattle
Today, everybody can get a checking account and stop paying fees to cash checks. Even if you've had problems with an account in the past, have never had an account before, or don't have a Social Security number, you can open a bank or credit union account in Seattle and King County. Deposit your money for free and pay bills at no additional cost.
Business Funding Resources
Washington Access Fund compiled this list of resources. Please email info@washingtonaccessfund.org if you would like to submit any changes or additional information.
Center for Veterans Enterprise
This site is the federal web portal for veterans in business. It features a variety of resources including information on funding, assistance programs, federal procurement, management and more.
Enterprise for Equity
Enterprise for Equity is a community supported nonprofit that helps low income people turn their ideas and talents into businesses.
PO Box 1291
Olympia, WA 98507
Phone: (360) 704-3375
Email: lisa@enterpriseforequity.org
Entrepreneurial Law Clinic – University of Washington
No fee entrepreneurship focused legal services for qualified entrepreneurs.
IRS Website Links
Small Business and Self-Employed One Stop Resource
This section offers a broad range of resources across federal and state agencies, as well as industry/profession specific information for self-employed entrepreneurs, employers and businesses. Within this web page you will find links to starting and operating a business, employment taxes, tax law changes for business, business-related forms and publications, and online learning options.
Industry Specific Tax Information
Learn about tax information specific to your industry or profession.
Small Business Tax Center
The IRS has variety of resources and products specifically designed for small businesses, addressing everything from retirement to record keeping.
Metropolitan Development Council
MDC provides low-income persons in Tacoma Pierce County with technical assistance and loans in support of micro enterprise development.
15 North Broadway.
Tacoma WA 98043
Phone: (253) 591-7026
Fax: (253) 593-2744
www.soundbusinessassistance.com
The Office of Minority and Women's Business Enterprises
The Office of Minority and Women's Business Enterprises helps create and sustain an equitable business environment by promoting the participation, in public contracting and procurement, of all qualified and available businesses owned and controlled by minorities, women and all others who may be socially and economically disadvantaged. Email: jwheat@omwbe.wa.gov
406 South Water Street
Post Office Box 41160
Olympia, WA 98504-1160
Phone 1: (360) 753-9693 (Main Line)
Phone 2: (360) 753-9697 (Help Line)
Toll Free: (866) 208-1064
Fax: (360) 586-7079
Email: jwheat@omwbe.wa.gov
Rural Community Development Resource
Their mission is to create wealth and empower individuals and disadvantaged entrepreneurs through job creation by providing access to capital, business assistance training and leadership development in rural counties throughout Washington State.
24 South 3rd Ave.
Yakima, WA 98902
509-453-5133
Seattle Public Library
Technical Help for Local Small Businesses provided by the Business Department.
Phone: (206) 386-4636 (ask for a business research specialist)
1000 Fourth Avenue, Level 7
Seattle, WA 98104
Service Core of Retired Executives (SCORE)
Dedicated to entrepreneur education and the formation, growth and success of the nation's small businesses. Also, download templates for startup business plans, established business plans, financial projections and more.
Small Business Administration
Aiding, counseling, assisting and protecting the interests of small businesses
Seattle, WA District Office
2401 Fourth Avenue, Suite 450
Seattle, WA 98121
206-553-7310
Monday - Friday
8 am to 4:30 pm
Spokane, WA Branch Office
801 W. Riverside Avenue, Suite 200
Spokane, WA 99201
(509) 353-2811
Small Business Development Center
Provides valuable counseling, training and research services to business owners or prospective owners, operating in a rapidly changing business environment.
Spokane Neighborhood Action Program (SNAP)
This program combines training, business counseling, and access to capital to give hard-working people business opportunities not otherwise available to them.
Administrative Office
2116 E. First Ave.
Spokane, WA 99201
509-456-7111 ext. 200
Fax: 509-534-5874
StartZone at Highline Community College
Entrepreneurship for Immigrants, Minorities, Women and People with Disabilities in Southwest King County. Microenterprise Development Specialists (MDS) provide confidential, no-fee, one-to-one business development instruction and counseling to Southwest King County entrepreneurs seeking assistance in the start up and growth of a business.
StartZone
23835 Pacific Highway South
Kent, WA 98032
Phone: (206) 878-3710 ext. 5152
Stone Soup
Provides www.shopthefrontier.org - a website that connects rural entrepreneurs to urban markets. Also provides business training and technology training. Through these services we are creating a community of entrepreneurs who can learn and network across distance. Our programs break down communication barriers and help these communities realize their dreams of self-sufficiency and success.
600 S. Clark Ave., #3
PO Box 1019
Republic, WA 99166
(509) 775-3217
Washington CASH
Provides a business training course, microcredit lending services, technical business assistance and peer support to enable low-income women, people with disabilities and new immigrants/refugees to start or expand self-employment ventures
2100 - 24th Avenue South
Seattle, WA 98144
Phone 1: (206) 352-1945
Phone 2: (360) 698-4088
Fax: (206) 352-1899
Email:
info@washingtoncash.org
100 South King Street, Suite 260
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: (206) 343-0881
Fax: (206) 343-2078
Email: info@theinitiative.ws
Women’s Business Centers
Assisting Women and Men of All Races, Orientations, and Backgrounds to be Successful in Business
Northwest WBC
(425) 423-9090
12199 Village Center Pl., Suite #203
Mukilteo, WA 98275
Email: infonwwbc@seattleccd.com
Website: www.seattleccd.com/wbcmain
Seattle WBC Bates Technical College WBC
1437 S. Jackson Street 1101 S. Yakima Street #M123B
Seattle, WA 98144 Tacoma, WA 98405
(206) 324-4330 x100 (253) 680-7194
info@seattleccd.com
