Expert business advisors have many years’ experience starting, operating, growing businesses, and consulting to small business owners.

The SBDC assists small business owners in many industries, at every stage of development, helping with nearly any issue. From idea validation to launching your business, from growing your company to succession planning, the SBDC has the expertise, experience, tools, and contacts to provide valuable support to help you make your business successful and sustainable.

The Executive Certificate of Global Business Management is offered to business executives, professionals, working staff, entrepreneurs, and qualified students who wish to increase their knowledge and improve their strategies in global business practices.

The course is also valuable for global entrepreneurs, individuals who are new to international trade and have no prior international business experience, and professionals from service industries such as banking, transportation, and trade consultants.

The mission of the VRBC is to counsel, advise, mentor, and support Utah veterans, active duty, reserve, guard, and spouses as they start and build their businesses.

As part of its support to veteran owned businesses, the VRBC is partnered with the UDVMA to create the Utah Veteran Business Registry where business owners can identify their entities as veteran-owned (veteran status is confirmed through the UDVMA).

Gain practical skills across topics such as financial statements negotiation, marketing, and employee management, and gain the tools to develop a customized business plan for growth—for free.

Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses at Salt Lake Community College is a program to help small businesses grow and create jobs by providing them with greater access to education, capital, and business support services. To date, more than 700 business owners have graduated from the program in Utah with more than 10,000 graduates across the United States.

The Mill has workspace for entrepreneurs who need a stable location to grow. Get away from your home office, get a professional business address and work among other business owners. Spaces include co-workings spaces, dedicated desks or a private office

The Northwest Mountain Minority Supplier Development Council (Northwest Mountain MSDC) is a nonprofit organization certifying, developing, and connecting Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs) with major corporations and public agencies. The NWMMSDC is an affiliate of the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) providing certification, membership and subscription services to the Pacific Northwest Mountain region which includes Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.

Mission: APEX Accelerator brings businesses into the government industrial base.

Purpose:

Assist businesses in pursuing and securing government contracts.

Facilitate the transfer of innovative technology to the defense industrial base.

Provide access to networks, resources, and potential partners.

Conduct training sessions and workshops to improve government contracting skills.

At 47G, its mission is to build the world’s premier ecosystem for aerospace, defense, and cyber companies. It brings together academic institutions, service providers, government, and community partners to foster talent, fund entrepreneurship, and fuel innovation in Utah, America’s deep tech frontier.

Business development and strategy is one of LSI’s three major hallmarks. Its business model is built on time-proven and winning methodologies that help organizations such as Fortune 100 companies, local businesses, federal and state government agencies, universities, high schools, and mom-and-pop businesses succeed. LSI’s depth of experience, breadth of services, and national presence sets us apart in competition and helps clients win.

LSI provides organizations with business development strategies and access to vast opportunities from a customer’s perspective LSI’s successfully proven processes lead to stronger customer relationships and builds competitive advantages.

In addition, our 50 years of experience provides clients with business development lifecycle strategies. Its team helps clients develop critical milestones during the business development lifecycle which improves winning opportunities and increased new business.

The International Rescue Committee provides opportunities for refugees, asylees, victims of human trafficking, survivors of torture, and other immigrants to thrive in America. Each year, thousands of people, forced to flee violence and persecution, are welcomed by the people of the United States into the safety and freedom of America. These individuals have survived against incredible odds. The IRC works with government bodies, civil society actors, and local volunteers to help them translate their past experiences into assets that are valuable to their new communities. In Salt Lake City and other offices across the country, the IRC helps them to rebuild their lives. Since opening its doors in 1994, the IRC in Salt Lake City has resettled over 13,000 refugees and provided life-changing services to thousands more in the Beehive State.

A private, non-profit organization founded in 1987, the Economic Development Corporation of Utah (EDCUtah) catalyzes capital investment and strategic economic opportunities to create quality jobs in Utah.

For nearly 40 years, EDCUtah has provided businesses with the resources they need to relocate or expand their business operations in Utah. It specializes in corporate recruitment, economic research, community strategy, and site selector marketing. EDCUtah is Utah’s only statewide economic development organization supported by both public and private sector organizations.

An award-winning multidisciplinary team based all across Utah, with chapters in Salt Lake City, Utah County, Northern Utah, and Southern Utah.

Its passion for entrepreneurship drives them to create engaging partnerships that improve the lives of black professionals and business leaders across the state.

It works with businesses and people to create a more equitable Utah.

UPIC’s mission is to unite and uplift its community, prioritizing the common good over personal gain. It strives to bridge gaps, overcome obstacles, offer solutions, promote local businesses, empower education, and foster civic participation. UPIC firmly believes in the power of collaboration, extending support, and embracing the LIFT approach: Learn, Invest, Forecast, and Train.

Since its creation in 1991, the Utah Hispanic Chamber of Commerce has been the benchmark for Hispanic Businesses in Utah and, at the same time, helped many of them make their dreams come true, guiding them in the creation, development, and promotion of their businesses.

The UHCC is a resource for all Hispanic businesses in Utah where they can go to solve their doubts, concerns, and barriers so that they can grow their business.

That UHCC becomes the source of resources to which all Hispanics can go, whether young or old, from any of our countries, to meet any of their needs.

Its vision is to be an invaluable resource for all LGBTQ+ and allied businesses to foster the success of our members.

It strives to create long lasting partnerships between key organizations and businesses, ensuring both growth and visibility for the LGBTQ+ community and allies in Utah.

The Pacific Island Chamber of Commerce, or PICC, is comprised of socially responsible and socially conscious individuals and organizations who, while business-oriented, hold the belief that people and profits are of equal importance. It specializes in helping Pacific Islander Businesses grow and thrive within the community.

PICC serves as an education and resource hub for business owners and entrepreneurs of all levels, creating prosperous collaborations with an emphasis on under-served and ethnic communities. PICC offers mentorship opportunities and monthly meetups to network and educate.

PICC has chapters in Salt Lake County and Utah County. It is creating a more harmonious business network where mutual support and connection is prioritized to better help its Pasifika community in and around these areas, along with our other underserved peers.

The Utah Asian Chamber of Commerce is a registered 501c(6) organization committed to growing the influence of Asian professionals and businesses in Utah. The purpose of the Utah Asian Chamber of Commerce shall be to promote social, economic, and other business resources to enable its members to become successful entrepreneurs and professionals.