• Governor's Award for Excellence in Exporting
  This award honors Colorado-based companies that have exported products or services for at least two years.
• Governor's Creative Leadership Awards
  These awards honor community members for civic leadership and volunteerism in creative industries.
• Governor’s Minority Business Awards
  This award recognizes minority-owned for-profit businesses that contribute to the economic diversity and success of minority communities in Colorado.
• HUBZones
  This program supports HUBZone-certified small businesses in designated areas of the State by providing them with preferential treatment in awarding federal contracts.
• Job Growth Incentive Tax Credit
  This tax credit is an eight-year job creation incentive to support competitive, multi-state, or country relocation and expansion projects.
• Outdoor Industry Business Development
  This program supports outdoor recreation business development through research, partnerships, trade shows, and trade and investment missions.
• Pathway to Certifications
  Identify which certifications will help your small minority, veteran- and women-owned business bid on and win contracts with local, state, and federal governments.
• Rural Jump-Start Program
  This grant and tax credit helps new businesses start in or move into rural, economically distressed areas and hire new employees.
• Small Business Loans
  The following lenders are possible sources of funding for small businesses in Colorado.
  
  
  
• Small Business Training Workshops
  Free and low-cost training workshops to help existing and new businesses grow and prosper in Colorado.
• Trade and Investment Missions
  These missions promote foreign investment into Colorado and help Colorado companies become more globally competitive.