Resource Library

Resources for Business Owners

  • Commons on Champa

    Whether you're just starting out, or a solo-preneur who needs a work space, The Commons on Champa is here to support you in your entrepreneurial endeavors.

  • SecondAct Women

    A pro-age membership community helping 40+ women build successful businesses and careers at 40+ and 50+. 

  • TARRA

    TARRA connects a vast network of passionate humans—women, women-identified, non-binary, and male allies— together through a professional network, private office, membership work club.

  • Colorado Small Business Development Center

    Free and confidential business counseling and training programs for small businesses. 

  • DreamSpring

    DreamSpring is an award-winning nonprofit lender that increases access to credit, makes loans, and provides a community of support to help entrepreneurs realize their dreams. They offer loans from $200 to $2 million, including SBA products, with fixed rates and flexible credit requirements. 

Economic Development

  • ACCESSColorado Program for the State of Colorado

    Procurement in Colorado is decentralized, which means that most State agencies are delegated to conduct their own solicitations. Businesses wanting to sell goods or services to State government must promote themselves to individual State agencies and actively search for opportunities on ColoradoVSS and other solicitation websites. The State Purchasing & Contracts Office has developed ACCESSColorado as a resource to help guide active and prospective suppliers through the procurement process.  

  • Colorado Enterprise Fund

    Our Mission: To accelerate community prosperity by financing and supporting entrepreneurs and small businesses.

  • Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade

    There's something special about the people who chose Colorado. At the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, we're here to show you why Colorado is the right choice for your business and your life.

  • Commons on Champa

    Whether you're just starting out, or a solo-preneur who needs a work space, The Commons on Champa is here to support you in your entrepreneurial endeavors.

  • Denver Office of Economic Development

    Denver Economic Development & Opportunity works to ensure an inclusive and innovative economy for all Denver residents, businesses, and neighborhoods.

  • Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation

    The Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) is the nation's first regional economic development entity, bringing together the entire nine-county Metro Denver and Northern Colorado region to promote and support the mutual growth of our region's talent and businesses, while also recruiting new talent and new business to join us living a prosperous and elevated life.

  • TARRA

    TARRA connects a vast network of passionate humans—women, women-identified, non-binary, and male allies— together through a professional network, private office, membership work club.

Women in Business/Minority and Women Business Certification

  • Women in Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC)

    Our mission is to fuel economic growth globally by identifying, certifying, and facilitating the development of women-owned businesses.

  • WEBC-West

    WBEC-West is a regional partner of the Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), a coalition of corporations, WBEs and regionally focused women's business organizations. As an affiliate organization, WBEC-West implements the certification standards of WBENC throughout Arizona, Colorado, Southern California, Utah, Wyoming, Nevada,Hawaii and Guam.

  • Denver Office of Economic Development

    Denver Economic Development & Opportunity works to ensure an inclusive and innovative economy for all Denver residents, businesses, and neighborhoods.

  • Mountain Plains Minority Supplier Development Council (MPSDC)

    The mission of the Mountain Plains Minority Supplier Development Council is to provide Corporate America and Government entities with greater access to the goods and services of Minority-owned business in order to develop lasting and mutually beneficial business relationships.

  • National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO)

    The unified voice of over 10 million women-owned businesses in the United States representing the fastest-growing segment of the economy.

Policy & Research

  • Institute for Women's Policy Research

    We win economic equity for all women and eliminate barriers to their full participation in society. As a leading national think tank, IWPR builds evidence to shape policies that grow women’s power and influence, close inequality gaps, and improve the economic well-being of families. 

  • U.S. Deptartment of Labor Women's Bureau

    The Impact of Gender and Racial Inequality On Women Workers Report

  • BoardBound: Women's Leadership Foundation

    The Women’s Leadership Foundation was legally formed in 2002 by the Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce. It was re-constituted in 2011 with a focus of launching its flagship Boardbound program in 2012. This is a great site for stats on women serving on boards of directors.