Small Business resources

Urban League of Broward County 

560 NW 27th Ave

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311

954-584-0777

https://www.ulbroward.org/EntrepreneurshipCenter

SCORE  

299 East Broward Blvd., #123

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

954-56-7263

https://broward.score.org

Jim Moran Institute  

1401 E. Broward Boulevard, Suite 304

Fort Lauderdale, Florida  33301 

954-210-4654

http://jimmoraninstitute.fsu.edu/programs/small-business-executive-program

SBDC  

Florida Atlantic University

777 Glades Road

Boca Raton, FL 33431

954-762-5235

http://floridasbdc.org

Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance 

110 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 1990

Fort Lauderdale, FL  33301

954-524-3113

https://www.gflalliance.org

Miami Minority Business Development Agency 

9499 NE 2nd Avenue, Suite 204

Miami, FL 33138 

305-751-2907

https://www.mbdamiamicenter.com

Alliance of Entrepreneur Resource Organizations 

http://southfloridabiz.org

Bi-lingual Spanish Services  

8280 NW 27th Street, Suite #517

Doral, FL 33122

786-329-5830

https://prosperausa.org/services

Accion 

2828 Coral Way, Suite 200

Coral Gables, FL 33145

866-245-0783

https://www.accion.org

Choose a business structure 

https://www.sba.gov/business-guide/launch-your-business/choose-business-structure 

Register your business 

https://dos.myflorida.com/sunbiz/start-business/

Department of State

Division of Corporations

Section Name

P.O. Box 6327

Tallahassee, FL 32314

https://dos.myflorida.com/sunbiz/contact/address-phone-numbers

Get Tax ID Numbers 

3301 N University Dr

Coral Springs, FL 33065-4149 

954-346-3000

https://floridarevenue.com/taxes/eservices/Pages/registration.aspx

Get certified 

https://www.broward.org/EconDev/SmallBusiness/Pages/Certification.aspx  

Get Licensed  

850-487-1395

http://www.myfloridalicense.com/DBPR

Business Support

700 NW 19th Avenue, 

Fort Lauderdale, FL, 33311  

954-828-5130

https://fortlauderdale.ecdev.org

Miami Dade Beacon Council

80 SW 8th Street, Suite 2400

Miami, FL 33130 

305-579-1300

https://www.beaconcouncil.com

Urban League of Broward County  

560 NW 27th Ave

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311 

954-625-2605

Broward County Certifications  

115 S. Andrews Avenue, A-680

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 

954-357-6400 

https://www.broward.org/EconDev/SmallBusiness/Pages/Certification.aspx

Broward County School District  

600 SE Third Avenue

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 

754-321-0000 

https://www.browardschools.com/Page/40360

Palm Beach County School District  

3300 FOREST HILL BOULEVARD

WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33406 

561-434-8000

https://www.palmbeachschools.org/careers/certification

HUBZone  

409 Third St. SW suite 8800

Washington, DC 20416 

800-877-8339 

https://www.sba.gov/federal-contracting/contracting-assistance-programs/hubzone-program

Minority Business Enterprise Certification 

Department of Business and Professional Regulation

2601 Blair Stone Road

Tallahassee, FL 32399-1027 

850-487-1395 

http://www.myfloridalicense.com/DBPR

Woman Owned Small Business 

1120 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 1000

Washington, DC 20036

202-872-5515 

https://www.wbenc.org/government

Veteran Owned Small Business

5405 Cypress Center Dr. 

Tampa, FL 33609 

855-336-9695 

https://federal.famr.us/veteran-owned-business

Miami Dade Office of Economic Opportunity  

1450 NE 2nd Avenue, Suite 428

Miami, FL 33132 

305-995-1307 

oeo@dadeschools.net

http://oeo.dadeschools.net

DBE Certification 

Mr. Sammy Febres

DBE & Small Business Development Programs Manager

605 Suwannee St. MS 65

Tallahassee, FL 32399 

850-414-4745 

sammy.febres@dot.state.fl.us

https://www.fdot.gov/equalopportunity/dbecertification.shtm

Florida Trend

https://www.floridatrend.com/article/17616/floridas-business-incubators--2015

Creation Station  

100 S. Andrews Avenue

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 

954-357-7444

http://www.broward.org/Library/csb

Broward College Innovation Hub 

6400 NW 6th Way 

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309

954-201-7981

https://flvec.com/broward-college-innovation-hub

Economic Gardening Incubator Center

9499 N.E. 2nd Ave., Suite 201

Miami, FL 33138

305-762-6151

https://fsmsdc.org/business-incubator/

SBA Surety Bonds 

https://www.sba.gov/funding-programs/surety-bonds  

Florida Women’s Business Center  

6241 N Dixie Hwy # A

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33334 

561-265-3790 x111

https://www.flwbc.org/

SBA Guide 

https://www.sba.gov/sites/default/files/files/resourceguide_3109.pdf  

Community Redevelopment Agencies - Broward County (Central County CRA)  

115 S Andrews Avenue, Room 329 

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 

954-357-6634

https://www.broward.org/CentralCRA/Pages/default.aspx

CRA List by Cities 

https://www.broward.org/CentralCRA/Pages/CommunityRedevelopmentAgencies.aspx  

Alliance of Entrepreneur Resource Organizations (AERO) 

http://southfloridabiz.org

Register to do business with the Federal Government 

https://www.sam.gov/SAM/pages/public/index.jsf

Comprehensive Market Analysis 

https://www.fpl.com/business/resources/small-business-tool.html  

Crowd Funding for Creative Projects 

https://www.kickstarter.com/learn?ref=nav  

Black Owned Bank 

https://www.oneunited.com