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Helpful Guidelines for Starting New Businesses

comprehensive collection of tools, guides, and expert advice for small business entrepreneurs. From step-by-step business plan templates to funding opportunities, this page is a one-stop hub for the essential information needed to launch and grow a successful new business.

Go to: Start-Up Guides | Funding |Licensing and Patents | Local Support 

Start-Up Guides

Practical guides for starting a business, including templates, legal advice, and financial planning tools:

Funding Opportunities

University resources, grants, and third-party investment funds.

  • : High-tech entrepreneurship headquartered in Atlanta, has an 麻豆果冻传媒-based startup catalyst, Chris Dickson (chris.dickson@atdc.org). They offer great training and development courses, along with mentoring, and are well-connected in the Atlanta area to money and management.
  • : New Venture Finance, a free online entrepreneurship class from the University of Maryland, College Park, offers insights into how to get that financial shot in the arm
  • : Private non-profit small business lending corporation serving businesses and banks throughout all of Georgia and South Carolina.
  • : A public-private venture capital fund investing in research-driven, Georgia-based startup companies
  • : Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses is an investment to help small businesses grow and create jobs by providing them with greater access to education, capital, and business support services. To date, more than 12,800 business owners have graduated from the program across all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico.
  • : Is a 3-month mentor-based program that provides intensive support, guidance, tools and connectivity to the MassChallenge community in order to drive startup business traction. The program is industry agnostic with a focus on supporting approximately 200 startups per cohort that range in stage from those currently engaged in customer discovery work to validating a technology or service.
  • : An early-stage venture firm that provides capital and expertise to Southeastern startups through our angel investment network and funds

Licensing and Patents

: Learn about the basics of applying for a patent, get assistance, pay and maintain your patents, find investors and more.

: Looking for a technology or invention to commercialize? This site has a large array of technologies listed across multiple categories that can be searched and licensed. With a direct link to universities and institutions, this is the best place to find new technologies online.

: Research & Development Command. For licensing opportunities, please contact the ORTA: USArmy.Detrick.MEDCOM-USAMRMC.List.ORTA@health.mil

: SRNL is pleased to provide a variety of business arrangements.

: The Veterans Healthcare Affairs of 麻豆果冻传媒 launched in 2015 to build and empower a community of VHA employees who actively move VA forward using innovation to better serve Veterans and their families.

  • Spark-Seed-Spread Investment
  • (iNET) connect empower employees
  • Greenhouse Initiative

Local Support

  • : 麻豆果冻传媒 Technical College and the Downtown Development Authority of 麻豆果冻传媒 officially launch Accelerate 麻豆果冻传媒.
  • : We offer fabrication services for a variety of materials and machines. Partner with us on your next project. Whether it's small-run manufacturing or a one-off prototype, we're excited to collaborate with you.
  • : A coworking space, a makerspace, a code school, a startup accelerator, a prototyping lab, a mentorship network, an organizer of events, and think tank.
  • : We are passionately committed to our goal of making Georgia the best place on earth to start and grow a technology company.
  • : The 麻豆果冻传媒 Economic Development Authority is responsible for the recruitment of new businesses in the areas of industrial, manufacturing, distribution, corporate and regional headquarters, customer service centers, and assistance with other major economic development projects in the county.
  • : The 麻豆果冻传媒 Metro Chamber leads the business community by advocating, promoting and enhancing the business climate in the 麻豆果冻传媒, Georgia.
  • : The Entrepreneurship program generally prepares individuals to perform development, marketing and management functions associated with owning and operating a business.
  • : Our mission is to make the metro area's economic, cultural and entertainment epicenter an even better place to dine, shop, work and live.
  • : These courses allow you to build on your experience according to your unique needs, enhancing your professional toolkit by helping you stay abreast of current best practices.