MASSACHUSETTS AGENCIES: 

Better Business Bureau   800-342-2211
Providing information about a company before you do business with it.

BioSpace   415-355-6500
A specialized provider of web-based products and information services to the life sciences.

Cape Cod Economic Development Council   508-362-8051
Fostering public policies and financing, through grants, activities that lead to a healthy year-round economy compatible with the Cape's culture and environment.

Cambridge Business Development Center   617-349-4690
A not-for-profit dedicated to helping people start and grow successful and profitable businesses by providing mentoring and educational programs tailored to the ways entrepreneurs learn.

Capital Resource Partners   617-723-9000
Provides investment in start-up companies (for-profit).

Center for Women & Enterprise   617-536-0700
CWE offers education, training, technical assistance, women's business enterprise certification and access to both debt and equity capital to entrepreneurs at every stage of business development.

CircleLending   617-859-0099
Helps individuals in gaining access to affordable loans from within their circle of friends, relatives, and community members.

The Edward Lowe Foundation   800-232-LOWE(5693)
The Edward Lowe Foundation provides services and peer-learning opportunities for emerging-growth entrepreneurs and all who serve them.

EntreNetwork.com    413-587-2187
Supporting existing organizations in the region that encourage entrepreneurship through promoting their current activities and identifying new collaborative initiatives.

Entrepreneurship@HBS   
Harvard Business School resources for entrepreneurs.

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation   816-932-1000
The Center's Entrepreneur Training Institute sponsors education, training and research initiatives targeted to the needs of adult entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship support systems.

MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge    617-253-8240
A volunteer, non-profit organization based at MIT whose mission is to promote and strengthen the process of starting and growing innovative and technology-oriented companies by providing services and programs that educate, inform, and support the entrepreneurial community.

MIT Entrepreneurship Center   617-253-8653
Provides a central focus for the broad and growing array of activities, programs, and resources in entrepreneurship from all of the Schools and Departments of the Institute, as well as from the broader venture community.

MIT Entrepreneurship Competition    617-258-0232
The MIT $50K Entrepreneurship Competition is designed to encourage students and researchers in the MIT community to act on their talent, ideas and energy to produce tomorrow's leading firms.

Massachusetts Alliance for Economic Development   617-247-7800
Focusing on assisting companies find appropriate properties for facility expansion in Massachusetts.

Massachusetts Community Development Finance Corporation   617-523-6262
CDFC’s primary goals are growth in the small business sector, creation of affordable housing, and commercial development in economically distressed communities.

Massachusetts Department of Economic Development   617-727-8380
To grow and sustain the economy of Massachusetts and to ensure that this is done with regional equity.

Massachusetts Department of Revenue  
Provides tax, legal, and other information to companies involved in business in Massachusetts.

Massachusetts Export Center    617-478-4133
Serves as Massachusetts one-stop resource for export assistance.

Massachusetts Port Authority   617-568-3100
Develops, promotes and manages airports, the seaport and transportation infrastructure to enable Massachusetts and New England to compete successfully in the global marketplace.

Massachusetts Small Business Administration   617-565-5590
Provides financial, technical and management assistance to help Americans start, run, and grow their businesses.

Massachusetts Small Business Development Center   978-542-6343
SBDC services include, but are not limited to, assisting small businesses with financial, marketing, production, organization, engineering and technical problems and feasibility studies.

Massachusetts Small Business Development Center Network   617-552-4091
Provides high-quality counseling and training activities contributing to entrepreneurial growth in Massachusetts.

Massachusetts Technology Collaborative   508-870-0312
MTC promotes sustainable economic growth by supporting regional technology-based clusters and by serving as a public policy laboratory for technology-related initiatives.

Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation    617-723-4920
A leading edge venture capital firm that addresses the "capital gap" for start-up and expansion of early-stage technology companies operating in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

MassDevelopment   617-451-2477
To help your Massachusetts business, non-profit institution, or community grow and prosper.

Mass Ventures   413-587-2150
A regional venture development company and is focused on building high growth companies in Western Massachusetts.

Merrimack Valley Economic Development Council   978-975-8787
A private, non-profit, tax-exempt charitable organization, created in August 1999 to promote the interests of the entire Merrimack Valley region, from Greater Lowell to the sea.

Merrimack Valley Planning Commission   978-374-0519
MVPC, through its Economic Development Program, provides a broad range of services to promote business and job growth in the Lower Merrimack Valley.

Office of Business Development (City of Boston)   617-635-2000
Provides resources and quality service to entrepreneurs, businesses, and neighborhood commercial districts, in order to support business growth, job creation, and to play a vital role in local communities and the City of Boston’s economy.

Office of Economic Development   413-545-4516
The OED represents UMASS in regional and community economic development initiatives and works to maximize the outreach opportunities for Massachusetts firms.

SCORE   978-927-2282
A non-profit association dedicated to entrepreneur education and the formation, growth and success of small business nationwide.

SOMWBA   617-973-8692
Helping promote the development of minority, women-owned business enterprises and non-profit organizations.

The Technology Capital Network   617-253-2337
A not-for-profit organization whose mission is to "Make money flow between investors and entrepreneurs".

Town of Plymouth Office of Economic Development   508-830-4280
Aims to retain, expand, and attract opportunities for Plymouth residents and businesses through a proactive approach and team effort.

Western Massachusetts Technology Business Council   413-584-3449
Building high growth businesses by leveraging the region's high technology resources, strategic location, and lifestyle.

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