60+ Resources and Programs
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1 Million Cups NE Tarrant County
Northeast Tarrant County is proud to participate national program to engage, educate and connect local entrepreneurs through a weekly educational and networking program founded by the Kauffman Foundation.
Darlsa Diltz
Phone: (817) 231-9789
Website
8251 Bedford Euless Road
Suite 231
North Richland Hills, Texas 76180
76107 Collective
We are an inclusive workspace and creative sanctuary for dreamers empowered to work towards a brighter tomorrow. We have 9 individual office spaces, a conference room and coworking area. We also have an event space.
Accelerate FW Foundation
We connect dedicated entrepreneurs in the DFW area to the resources they need to develop, launch & grow their business. We build relationships that generate tangible outcomes.
BCL of Texas
BCL of Texas supports Texans to acquire wealth-building assets and entrepreneurship, with the financial tools and education necessary to build personal net worth.
Better Business Bureau
Our mission is to be the leader in advancing marketplace trust.
BLANC cowork + studio
BLANC cowork + studio is a unique collaborative workspace and community in the heart of Fort Worth featuring private offices, shared coworking, film + photo studio studios and event space.
Bridgette Mitchell
Phone: (817) 888-8315
2212 West Peter Smith St.
Fort Worth, TX 76102
BoardBuild
Through online, on-demand training paired with an algorithm-based matching system, BoardBuild expertly matches leaders who are ready to serve on nonprofit boards.
Capital Factory
Capital Factory is the center of gravity for entrepreneurs in Texas, the number one startup state in the U.S. Last year more than 100,000 entrepreneurs, programmers and designers gathered day and night, in-person and online for meetups, classes and coworking.
Catholic Charities Fort Worth
Catholic Charities Fort Worth is an enterprising nonprofit that ends poverty through our diverse services, poverty solutions, and income-generating social enterprises. We invite you to learn from and collaborate with us!
Center for Transforming Lives
Center for Transforming Lives works side-by-side with women and their children throughout Tarrant County to disrupt the cycle of poverty by providing comprehensive services, including microenterprise, career, and financial coaching.
Colleyville Business Center
The Colleyville Business Center is the City’s central point for information and assistance for businesses, new and established, as well as entrepreneurs. Utilizing the partnerships of SCORE Fort Worth and the Colleyville Chamber of Commerce, the Center is here to connect you to the resources needed to create, launch and grow your business.
Cowtown Angels
Cowtown Angels is an angel network based in Fort Worth, TX that connects entrepreneurs seeking early-stage funding with local investors in an environment that accelerates growth and rewards strategic risk-taking.
Dallas Regional Chamber
Together, we will lead the Dallas Region to become the most economically prosperous region — and the most desirable place to live, work, and do business — in the United States. We’re committed to growing the Dallas Region’s business community while working to address long-term challenges.
Ensemble Coworking
Ensemble is a collaborative business community and coworking space that exists to serve the micro/small business ecosystem of Fort Worth, TX and the surrounding cities.
Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO) Fort Worth
The Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) is a global, peer-to-peer network of more than 14,000+ influential business owners with 188 chapters in 58 countries. Founded in 1987, EO is the catalyst that enables leading entrepreneurs to learn and grow, leading to greater success in business and beyond.
EO Fort Worth - Accelerator Program
At the EO Fort Worth Accelerator, our mission is to empower entrepreneurs with the tools, accountability and community to aggressively grow and master their business.
Fast Start Mentoring Program
The Fast Start Mentoring Program is a free program offered by The DEC Network. We connect entrepreneurs with seasoned business leaders and subject matter experts to help them develop strategy and navigate the challenges of business.
Fort Worth Business Assistance Center (BAC)
The Fort Worth Business Assistance Center provides business consulting, training and technical assistance for small, women and minority owned businesses.
Fort Worth Chamber
The Fort Worth Chamber is the premier business association in Tarrant County and the largest in North Texas. We are a 501(c) 6 organization funded through membership dues, private investments, sponsorships, and event ticket and publication sales.
Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Fostering a vibrant economic environment for our members, individuals and the greater Fort Worth area.
Fort Worth Metropolitan Black Chamber of Commerce
The Fort Worth Metropolitan Black Chamber of Commerce (FWMBCC) assists businesses and individuals with revenue growth through training, networking, governmental advocacy and collaborative resource partnerships.
Fort Worth Public Library
With 17 locations throughout the city, Fort Worth Public Library is committed to providing resources, programs and services that support small business and entrepreneurship.
Founder Institute Dallas
We help pre-seed entrepreneurs and teams build get to traction and funding by establishing a critical support network of local startup experts that are invested in their success, by providing a structured and challenging business-building process.
Holly Burrow
Phone: (210) 246-2487
3337 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA 94306
Founders First Capital Partners, LLC
Founders First Capital Partners, LLC is a management company for a revenue-based venture fund that works with hundreds of entrepreneurs each year in service businesses making a difference in their industries and communities.
FranNet of Dallas/Fort Worth/Oklahoma
We provide the education, tools and resources to help prospective franchise owners find the right fit. Our services are at no cost, as we’re paid by the franchisors when a client moves forward with a franchise.
Global Entrepreneurship Week Fort Worth
Global Entrepreneurship Week Fort Worth is one of the largest celebrations of entrepreneurship in north Texas. This annual event is for all types of entrepreneurs and business owners to get them connected to resources and knowledge to help them grow.
Walker Lutringer
Phone: (817) 735-0588
550 Bailey Avenue
5th Floor
Fort Worth, TX 76107
Gregslist DFW
Gregslist DFW is a comprehensive list of almost 300 active software companies in North Texas. The list is free and updated monthly with new companies and changes. It is used as a resource by job seekers, investors, service providers, founders, and community leaders.
Horned Frog Investment Network
Horned Frog Investment Network brings together an empowering community of accredited investors to support the next generation of innovators
HSC NEXT
The mission of the HSC Next team, at The UNT Health Science Center (HSC) at Fort Worth, is to engage with campus innovators, manage the HSC intellectual property portfolio, incubate startup companies and build a stronger Fort Worth community for entrepreneurs.
Impact Ventures
WE ENVISION A WORLD WHERE ACCESS, OPPORTUNITY, AND PROSPERITY IS SHARED.
Grounded in systems change, Impact Ventures works to create more diverse, equitable, and just society by removing the social and economic barriers for marginalized communities to thrive in a 21st century economy.
Junior Achievement of the Chisholm Trail, Inc.
Junior Achievement’s mission is to inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy utilizing our three pillars for success: entrepreneurship, financial literacy, and work readiness.
Kathleen Barbee
Phone: (817) 731-0838 Ext: 224
Website
6300 Ridglea Place, Suite 400
Fort Worth, TX 76116
LIFT Development Enterprises, Inc.
LIFT Development Enterprises (LIFT) is a not-for-profit micro small business growth accelerator program. Through online & on-site workshops and mentorship, the program educates small businesses on how to become job creators, scale their business, and improve their business financial health.
MassChallenge
Headquartered in the United States with eight locations worldwide, MassChallenge equips bold entrepreneurs to disrupt the status quo and create sustainable change.
Near Southside, Inc.
Near Southside, Inc. (NSI) is a private, member-funded, 501 (c)(4) nonprofit organization dedicated to revitalizing the Near Southside.
North Texas Angel Network
NTAN is a Texas non-profit corporation that seeks out quality deals for angel investor consideration. We are a part of a statewide network of angel groups that cooperate on deals across Texas.
North Texas Entrepreneur Education and Training Center (NTEETC)
A business resource organization located in Hurst, TX, with a focus of educating, training and developing early stage Entrepreneurs on establishing a solid foundation for their business.
PeopleFund
PeopleFund creates economic opportunity and financial stability for underserved people by providing access to capital, education, and resources to build healthy small businesses.
RevTech Ventures
Seed capital and mentorship for startups working at the intersection of retail and technology.
David Matthews
Phone:
311 N Market St, Ste 200
Dallas, TX 75202
Rising Tide Initiative
Since 2016, Rising Tide Initiative has helped provide real results for the entrepreneurial community in Fort Worth by helping entrepreneurs cross the valley of death. We demystify the steps it takes to be a successful entrepreneur and provide proven tools and opportunities which help a new business not just survive, but thrive.
SBA Dallas/Fort Worth District Office
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is an advocate for small business. SBA helps small businesses start, grow, expand, and recover. We provide access to counseling, mentoring, capital, and contracting expertise.
Elsie Collins
Phone: (817) 684-5500 Ext: 8176845500
Website
4300 Amon Carater Blvd, Suite 114
Fort Worth, TX 76155
SCORE Fort Worth
SCORE Fort Worth – Helping Small Businesses Succeed!
The mission of the Fort Worth SCORE Chapter is to provide free business counseling, mentoring, and coaching to existing and emerging businesses in Fort Worth and other North Texas cities.
Tarrant County College
TCC was established by a countywide election in July 1965. Our many educational initiatives help us stay true to our mission to provide affordable and open access to quality teaching and learning.
Tarrant County Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
The Mission of the Tarrant Small Business Development Center (SBDC) is to accelerate the North Texas economy by helping entrepreneurs grow sustainable businesses.
TCU Neeley Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
The mission of the TCU Neeley Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is to empower students, entrepreneurs and the DFW community. We inspire and empower individuals at TCU in their pursuit of value creation.
TCU's Richards Barrentine Values and Ventures Competition
The nation’s largest soley undergraduate business plan competition. Universities from around the world are invited to compete and pitch their for-profit ventures that create meaning in hopes of winning part of the $250,000 cash prize pool.
Texas A&M University School of Law Legal Clinics
Texas A&M Legal Clinic students represent entrepreneurs, nonprofits, and small businesses in the areas of entrepreneurship, nonprofits, trademark and copyright. Our students are capable of helping with a variety of tasks, from forming business, social enterprise, and nonprofit entities to drafting contracts and corporate governance documents to counseling on trademark issues.
Texas Woman's University - Center for Women Entrepreneurs
The Center for Women Entrepreneurs at Texas Woman’s University is committed to helping women in Texas become successful business owners.
TWU is the first and only Texas university—public or private—with the goal of generating new women-owned businesses.
The Alternative Board
The Alternative Board (TABFW) is a business advisory group where business owners help each other address and resolve board level issues. It is designed for startups and small companies that do not yet have a formalized board of directors.
The Center NTX
The Center NTX is an inclusive flexible work and meeting space facility that offers a coffee shop feel with business center amenities for entrepreneurs in NE Tarrant County.
Darlisa Diltz
Phone: (817) 231-9789
5555 Rufe Snow Drive
Suite 300
North Richland Hills, TX 76180
The DEC Network
The DEC Netowrk has been driving innovation and economic impact by helping entrepreneurs start, build and grow their businesses since 2013.
The Un.Inc
Our online campus is a curated space full of tools and mentors, designed to push, guide and support you as a creator and founder.
TMAC
TMAC delivers hands-on business management, technology and operations solutions to a wide range of businesses, including manufacturing, distribution, logistics, construction, health care and government. We have a wide array of services that accelerate profitable growth by developing and improving profits, products, processes, technologies and people. Focus areas include Strategic Management, Technology and Operations.
TruFund Financial
TruFund Financial is a non-profit (CDFI) lender that provides loans to BIPOC borrowers in Texas.
Union Worx Coworking
Coworking, Collaboration & Event Space in Downtown Arlington – Offering memberships for office suites, dedicated desks & coworking.
Lauren Brewer
Phone: (817) 864-1818
500 E Front St
#160
Arlington, TX 76011
United Way of Tarrant County - KERNEL
KERNEL: WHERE NEW IDEAS ARE PLANTED, SOLUTIONS GROW
KERNEL is a pitch competition that fosters social innovation within Tarrant County and provides seed funding for organizations and programs that comprise a combination of social impact, a sustainable revenue model, and an innovative approach to solving the social challenges in our community.
University of Texas at Arlington Research Institute (UTARI)
The UT Arlington Research Institute (UTARI) is a research & development unit specializing in applying cutting-edge technologies to real-world engineering problems. UTARI’s vision is to become a premier research institute, transforming ideas into realities through unbounded research and innovative development that sustain business and industry, advance humankind, and benefit our global society.
University of Texas at Arlington's EpICMavs
The University of Texas at Arlington’s EpICMavs is a free entrepreneurship program that includes a weekly speaker series and a summer deep dive that helps aspiring entrepreneurs get their start.
UTA Community Navigator
Community Navigators strengthen outreach to underserved businesses by partnering with organizations with deep roots in their communities and serve as the ‘boots on the ground’ to connect small businesses to critical resources and assistance.
Ashten Simmons
Phone: (817) 272-6789
701 S West St
Room 635
Arlington, TX 76019
Veterans Business Outreach Center University of Texas Arlington
The Veterans Business Outreach Center University of Texas Arlington (UTAVBOC) is the premier resource for education, training and inspiration to empower the military connected community to build profitable businesses that add value to the member, their local community, and the nation.
Veterans Institute for Film and Media (VIFM)
VIFM helps veterans transition into the film and media industry, by providing no cost training and paid internships.
Workforce Solutions North Central Texas
Our mission is to advance business-driven solutions that promote economic growth, opportunity and a skilled workforce. Are looking for work, looking to hire employees, or looking to upskill/train/educate your staff? We are here to help at no cost.
Eric Shanks
Phone: (951) 775-7246
600 Six Flags Drive, Ste. 300
Arlington, TX 76005
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