Free business mentoring and networks for women
Free one-to-one mentoring for the life of your business, Women's Business Centers, certification bodies and founder networks across the US.
The most useful thing on this page is also the least known: free one-to-one business mentoring, from experienced business people, for as long as your business exists. Not a fixed number of sessions, not a trial. It is open at the idea stage, before anything exists on paper.
Alongside it sit the Women's Business Centers — around 140 of them, funded in part by the Small Business Administration, offering free or low-cost training and counselling in person. There is a postcode search below.
Certification is the other lever here. It is what large corporates and federal buyers ask for, and it puts you into the supplier databases their procurement teams actually search.
Networks & business support
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SCORE score.org
Free one-to-one mentoring for the life of your business, from experienced business people, plus free live webinars most weeks. There is a hub built specifically for women entrepreneurs.
SBA resource partners near you sba.gov
Postcode search for your nearest Women’s Business Center, Small Business Development Center or SCORE chapter. Free advising, in person.
Association of Women’s Business Centers awbc.org
The network behind 140+ Women’s Business Centers. Free or low-cost training, one-to-one counselling and funding guidance. Use “Find a WBC near you”.
WBENC wbenc.org
Women’s Business Enterprise certification — the one large corporates ask for. Gets you into supplier databases, matchmaking events and corporate procurement programmes.
NAWBO nawbo.org
National Association of Women Business Owners — chapters across the country, advocacy and a member network. Dues-based, so check what your local chapter charges.
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