African American Business Resources

Entrepreneurial Web Resources

An annotated list of selected web resources for African American business.

Library of Congress, Washington, DC

This guide was compiled to accompany a small exhibit mounted in the Business Reading Room of the Science Technology & Business Division of the Library of Congress in February and March 2001 in honor of Black History Month 2001. It lists selected Internet resources of particular interest to African Americans in business, including those offered by professional associations, and government agency and trade publishers.

• Black Enterprise
  http://www.blackenterprise.com (Registration required to access some features of the site)
  130 Fifth Avenue, 10th Floor
  New York, NY 10011
  

  Contains business news, "Business Enterprise 100 Lists," free downloads, and information on investing and franchising.

• Minority Business Development Agency
  http://www.mbda.gov
  14^th Street & Constitution Avenue NW, Room 5055
  Washington, DC 20230
  

  Provides access to sources of financing, market opportunities and preparation of financial and bonding proposals

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• Minority Business Entrepreneur
  http://www.mbemag.com
  

  Online bimonthly magazine which features a business resources directory and searchable archive of earlier topics.

• National Black Chamber of Commerce
  http://www.nationalbcc.org
  1350 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 825
  Washington, DC 20036
  

  Represents 64,000 Black owned businesses with 190 chapters through out the US, Ghana, Bahamas and Jamaica.

• SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives)
  http://www.score.org
  409 3rd St. SW, 6th Floor
  Washington, DC 20024
  

  Provides free of charge counseling and mentoring from working and retired business owners.

• Small Business Administration
  http://www.sba.gov
  1110 Vermont Avenue NW, 9th Floor
  Washington, DC 20201
  

  Offers downloadable publications and workshops on startups, franchising and financing.

• Target Market News
  http://www.targetmarketnews.com
  228 S. Wabash Avenue, Suite 210
  Chicago, Illinois 60604
  

  Provides statistics on the 490 billion dollar black consumer market and includes industry events calendar and career opportunities.

Compiled: February 2001