Entrepreneurship
Visit the H&R Block Business and Career Center to bring ideas and dreams to fruition. The Center has a strong collection of databases, reference sources, magazines, newspapers, and books that will help you answer many of your questions.
BusinessUSA
BusinessUSA will link you to local and national services and organizations that assist with small business development. Some services are sponsored by state or local governments, and others are nonprofit agencies. The site has easy-to-understand information about starting, financing, and growing your small business; business grants; exporting; and small business services for veterans. Search for offices and agencies based on your company's industry, size, location, and business need.
Kauffman Foundation entrepreneurship resources
- Entrepreneurship at the Kauffman Foundation
- Entrepreneurship.org – best practices in entrepreneurial leadership
- FastTrac - entrepreneur learning programs and materials
- Growthology – research and policy for entrepreneurial economies
Helzberg Entrepreneurial Mentoring Program
The Helzberg Entrepreneurial Mentoring Program (HEMP) was founded in 1995 by Barnett Helzberg, Jr., former owner and President of Helzberg Diamonds. Inspired by his twenty-three year mentoring relationship with Ewing Kauffman, HEMP matches seasoned, successful entrepreneur mentors with less-experienced entrepreneur mentees.
Other resources for entrepreneurs
- Asian American Chamber of Commerce of Kansas City
- Arts Incubator of Kansas City
- bizcare: Kansas City's Business Customer Service Center
- Black Chamber of Commerce of Greater Kansas City
- Downtown Council
- Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City
- Entrepreneurial Legal Services Clinic at UMKC
- Export.gov (The federal government's export information website)
- Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Greater Kansas City
- Hispanic Economic Development Corporation
- Indo American Chamber of Commerce
- Inventors Club of Kansas City
- Kansas City Business
- Kansas City's City Planning and Development Office
- Kansas City Council of Women Business Owners
- Kansas Women’s Business Center
- KCSourceLink
- Kickstarter
- MidAmerica Minority Supplier Development Council
- The Missouri Business Development Program
- Missouri Women’s Council
- NBMAA - KC (National Black MBA Association - Kansas City Chapter)
- SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives - Kansas City Chapter)
- Small Business & Technology Development Center
- ThinkOneKC.com
- Urban League of Greater Kansas City
