The Cannabis Business Office is excited to offer a pilot program entitled Access to Experts. Qualifying subject matter experts will provide services in compliance, marketing, and financial consulting at low or no cost to Social Equity Licensee cannabis businesses.
This program is a 6-month mentoring program to help small minority-, women-, and veteran-owned businesses understand and win government bids.
The Cannabis Business Loan Fund is an opportunity for social equity licensed cannabis businesses to receive lending capital to build and improve their current business operations.
The Cannabis Business Office is excited to announce a new educational program that offers vertical specific content to social equity cannabis businesses at no cost.
This credit enhancement helps small and medium-sized businesses in Colorado access loans that they would otherwise not get because they do not have enough collateral.
These loans provide up to $250 million in working capital loans to Colorado small businesses negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
This credit enhancement is for businesses that typically struggle to get access to a bank loan.
This federal program encourages long-term investments in designated low-income communities by giving investors tax incentives for investing in real estate projects.
This fund provides helps small to medium-sized businesses negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic get loans.
SBDC TechSource helps Colorado companies by providing commercialization assistance and cybersecurity and risk management education.
The Colorado Startup Loan Fund provides loan capital to mission-based lenders to provide loans to Colorado entrepreneurs and small business owners needing capital to start, restart, or restructure a business, and those who are not able to obtain a loan from traditional lenders.
As a part of the federal American Rescue Plan Act, the federal government passed the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) bill to fund small business credit support and investment programs.
This program offers free help, through English and Spanish speaking consultants, to start or expand a business in Commerce City.
This loan helps businesses in rural areas by giving loans and loan guarantees.
This grant helps Colorado communities plan economic development projects that create or retain permanent jobs.
Connect2DOT helps small businesses in the transportation industry bid and contract with the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and other local transportation agencies.
Este programa ofrece servicios gratuitos de asesoría personalizados para ayudarle a conocer todas las certificaciones puestas a su disposición como propietario de un negocio de minorías, de mujeres o de veteranos.
An annual day-long event for businesses to learn about cybersecurity and risk management.
This grant provides funding to Colorado businesses that were disproportionately impacted by the pandemic and did not receive meaningful access to federal loans and grants under the CARES Act.
The consultant can answer questions you may have about becoming an employee-owned company.
This program encourages development in economically distressed areas of the state through tax incentives.
This program is eight sessions, each lasting 2.5-3 hours, where a professional filmmaker works with high school teachers to cover scriptwriting, production, filming, and editing.
This series of events addresses the need for community engagement and education during COVID-19 by providing webinars to the creative film and media community.
This grant funds the creation, documentation, presentation, and/or teaching of folk and traditional arts.
This program supports HUBZone-certified small businesses in designated areas of the State by providing them with preferential treatment in awarding federal contracts.
International Trade Readiness for Small Businesses online training course provides a peek into resources available through our partners at the World Trade Center Denver to reach international markets.
This grant supports an annual workshop that helps motivate and inspire native students who are struggling to find a passion in high school.
This center provides technical assistance to businesses sell products and services to the federal, state, and local governments.
Este programa ofrece consultas en inglés y español a todos los pequeñas negocios sobre una variedad de temas que incluyen cómo iniciar un negocio, financiamiento, desarrollo de negocios, certificaciones gubernamentales, además de ser esa conexión para usted con nuestra comunidad local.
El Programa entrega recursos para negocios en Colorado que fueron desproporcionadamente impactados por la pandemia de COVID-19 y no han tenido un acceso significativo a programas de préstamo o subsidios a nivel federal o estatal bajo los recursos de CARES Act.
These partners share expertise with filmmakers and help attract productions to their communities.
Cannabis Business resources that include banking options and pro bono legal support
This program provides free technical assistance, consulting, and funding to help rural communities create economic development strategies.
Our consultants and partners can assist with disaster loan applications, long-term planning, insurance navigation, physical and economic loss estimations, business preparedness, and more.
Free one-on-one consulting services to help you build a successful business at 15 community-based full-time centers and more than 70 part-time centers across Colorado.
Free one-on-one consulting services to help you build a successful business at 15 community-based full-time centers and more than 70 part-time centers across Colorado.
This program offers small businesses a free, one-hour consultation with a lawyer.
The following lenders are possible sources of funding for small businesses in Colorado.
The Small Business Navigator can answer questions you may have about federal, state, and local licensing requirements.
These free resources help small businesses by providing checklists, templates, tips, and questions to consider.
Free and low-cost training workshops to help existing and new businesses grow and prosper in Colorado.
This grant helps small businesses expand internationally by funding international business development activities.