Contact Us
Address:
1500 East Main Street, 5th Floor
Richmond, VA
23219 USA
Email: Ask Minority Business
Phone: (804)646-5947
Fax: (804)646-0136
Useful Links
Business tools:
- Black Enterprise
- Cashflow Calculator
- Diversity Business
- EnLoop - Auto Write your Own Plan, step-by-step
- Financing Your Business
- Freshbooks – the #1 invoicing software for small businesses
- Small Business Association (SBA) Learning Center
- Small, Women-owned and Minority-owned Business (SWaM) Certification
- Writing a Business Plan
Forms
- Business UPromise Program Application
- Contractor Assistance Loan Program
- Minority Business RFQ Participation Form (MBE/ESB-1)
- Monthly Compliance Report (MBE/ESB-3)
- Minority Business Development Registration
- Emerging Small Business Certification
- Sub-Contractors List & Participation Verification Form (MBE/ESB-2)
- Good Faith Efforts Form (MBE/ESB-4)
- Past Good Faith Efforts Participation Form (MBE/ESB-5)
- Change in Subcontractors Form (MBE/ESB-6)
- Complaint Form
- Complaint Form - in Spanish
- Business Plan Template (SBA) - External Link
Small Business Organizations & Affiliates Links
- Auctions
- City of Richmond/Business License
- Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity (DSBSD)
- Electronic Virginia (eVA)
- Metropolitan Business League (MBL)
- Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority (MWAA)
- National Association of State Procurement Officials (Naspo)
- National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO)
- National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC)
- Office of Small Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) – liaison between small business and federal agencies
- Richmond International Airport (RIA)
- RVA Works
- U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
- State Corporation Commission (SCC)
- Richmond SCORE – the premier source of free small business advice for start-up entrepreneurs and existing small business owners
- Virginia Association of Governmental Purchasing - local city, towns, and schools
- Virginia Business Information Services (VBIS) – business on stop shop
- Virginia Community College Workforce Alliance (VCCWA)
- Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT)
- Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP)
- Virginia Asian Chamber of Commerce (VACC)