Are you ready to start your business, but don't know where to start or what opportunities are out there for minority groups? The following resources provide information on federal government programs and services that help members of minority groups start their own businesses, as well as resources to help finance your new business and where to go to get training and assistance.

Federal Programs and Resources

•HubZone Program
Provides information on a program sponsored by the SBA that helps businesses in historically underutilized areas gain access to federal procurement opportunities.
•Minority Business Development Agency
Details how to finance a business as well as business opportunities from a federal agency created specifically to foster the establishment and growth of minority-owned businesses in America.
•Minority Enterprise Development (MED) Week Conference Explores the issues affecting the growth and development of minority business enterprises, discussed at this federally-sponsored, national conference.
•8(a) Business Development Program Covers programs and services that help small, disadvantaged businesses compete in the American economy and federal procurement market.
•SBA Office of Native American Affairs
Outlines programs and resources that are available to American Indians, Native Alaskans and Native Hawaiians seeking to create, develop and expand small businesses.

For more info. visit www.sba.gov