Entrepreneurship and Small Business: Support Agencies

• Maine International Trade Center
  
  
• Maine Procurement Technical Assistance Center
  Help "Maine-based companies that are interested in selling their products and/or services to local, state or federal government agencies, either as prime contractors or subcontractors."
  
  
• Maine Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
  "...provide comprehensive business management assistance, training, resource and information services to Maine's micro, small, and technology-based business communities."
  
  
• Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE)
  "SCORE 'Counselors to America's Small Business' is a nonprofit association dedicated to educating entrepreneurs and the formation, growth and success of small business nationwide. SCORE is a resource partner with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)."
  
  
• Small Business Administration
  "...an independent agency of the federal government to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free competitive enterprise and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of our nation.
  
  
• Target Technology Incubator
  "...developed by the Bangor Target Area Development Corporation in partnership with the University of Maine."
  
  
• University of Maine Cooperative Extension: Business & Community
  "University of Maine Cooperative Extension provides practical, how-to solutions based on university research."  Workshops listed on their Small Business Education Calander. 
  
  
• Women, Work, and Community
  "We meet women 'where they are' and provide them with support, guidance, and the tools they need to take the next steps toward a more promising future."