Resources
There are a wealth of free and low cost resources available to small businesses in the City of Philadelphia. Here are a few key web sites.
Enterprise Center
The Enterprise Center provides services for minority entrepreneurs.
http://www.theenterprisecenter.com/
Mayor’s Business Action Team (MBAT)
MBAT is a division of the Department of Commerce to help small businesses negotiate City government.
http://www.phila.gov/commerce/comm/lvl_2/mbat.htm
Philadelphia Commercial Development Corporation (PCDC)
PCDC’s mission is to revitalize neighborhoods and to assist small businesses. Our efforts are directed towards promoting entrepreneurial development, increasing employment, and improving the economy and quality of life in Philadelphia’s neighborhoods
http://www.philadelphiacommercial.org/
Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC)
Founded by the City of Philadelphia and the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce to promote economic development throughout the city.
The Temple Small Business Development Center
Free and low cost services for small businesses and entrepreneurs supported by the Fox Business School at Temple.
http://sbm.temple.edu/sbdc/index.html
United States Small Business Development Center
SBA was created in as an independent agency of the federal government to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free competitive enterprise
http://www.sba.gov/pa/phil/index.html
The Welcoming Center
Resources for Immigrant-Owned Businesses
Resource Page: www.welcomingcenter.org/immigrants/business.php
Home Page: www.welcomingcenter.org/index.php
Wharton Small Business Development Center (WSBDC)
WSBDC is a division of the Sol C. Snider Entrepreneurial Research Center of Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs, was founded in 1980 and is one of 18 SBDCs in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The WSBDC provides free consulting services to entrepreneurs as well as educational workshops for a nominal fee.
http://whartonsbdc.wharton.upenn.edu/
Women’s Opportunity Resource Center (WORC)
WORC provides training, individual business assistance, job placement, and access to business and financial resources for economically disadvantaged women and their families.
