Information Library

• BECU – Understanding Your Credit Report
• BECU - Financial Health Check
• Verity CU – Personal Financial Coaching & More
• Wells Fargo – Financial Resources

Here are more loan readiness resources from Business Impact NW you can use when applying with us, or when preparing for outside loans or investments.

• Loan Application Checklist
• Personal Financial Statement
• The 5 Cs of Financing
• Business Plan Guideline
• Startup Financial Projections Workbook
• Cautionary Information on Online Loans
• Attorney General's Consumer Resource Center
• More information about Business Coaching
• More information about Lending

• A Basic Guide to Federal Rulemaking and Small Business
• SCORE
• Seattle SBA Events and Workshops
• SBA Services
• Small Business Certifications
• Small Business Development Centers
• Native Procurement Technical Assistance Center
• Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
• SBA Online Training

• Disaster Relief Assistance Loans
• Financial Assistance
• Linked Deposit Program, “Affordable Financing for Certified Minority and Women’s Business Enterprises”
• Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grant Program
• Local Hazardous Waste Management Program, King County, Voucher Incentive Program

• Contracting with the Government
• Register for Government Contracting
• Subcontracting Opportunities Directory
• SBA 8(a) Program

• Small Business Planner
• Sample Business Plans

• Resources for Women in Business
• Challenge Her: Opportunities for Women in Federal Contracting

• Boots to Business
• Boots to Business Reboot
• The Veteran Institute for Procurement (VIP)
• Doing Business with the VA
• VR&E Self-Employment Track
• How to request your military service records (including DD214)

Local Resources

• Alaska
  • PTAC
  • Secretary of State Corporations Division
  • SBA District Office
• Idaho
  • PTAC
  • Idaho Secretary of State Corporations Division
  • Idaho Veterans Chamber of Commerce
  • Southern Idaho SBA District Office
  • Northern Idaho SBA District Office
  • Idaho Veteran's Guide
  • Idaho Division of Veteran's Services
  • Valley Vision in Lewiston
  • Clearwater Economic Development Association, an an Economic Development District in North Central Idaho
  • Coeur d’Alene Economic Development Association (CDAEDC)
  • Panhandle Area Council, an Economic Development District in North Idaho
• Oregon
  • PTAC
  • Eastern Oregon Secretary of State Corporations Division
  • Oregon Secretary of State 
  • SBA District Office
    • Eastern Oregon
    • Portland 
• Washington
  • PTAC
  • Secretary of State Corporations Division
  • WA AG Veterans & Military Resources
  • WDVA: Veteran Owned Business Information
  • Eastern WA SBA District Office (click "Spokane" under "Locations")
  • Western WA SBA District Office
  • VIE-25 Entrepreneurship

• Bunker Labs - Join an active community of military-connected entrepreneurs and small business owners to help you launch, grow, and scale your business.
• Rosie Network - Join an international network of fellow military entrepreneurs and business owners
• BYNBYB - Build Your Network, Build Your Business.  Join a community of local military-connected entrepreneurs.

• Blog
• Podcast
• VBOC & FBRC chat with Rocks to Roots
• Business Model Canvas
• Financial Projections Workbook

State Business Resources 

• State of Alaska 
• Small Business Assistance Center, Economic Development Section, Division of Economic Development (alaska.gov) 
• Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development  
• Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development 
• Professional Licensing, Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing (alaska.gov) 

Local Business Resources 

• Municipality of Anchorage
• Bethel
• Fairbanks
• City and Bureau of Juneau
• Ketchikan
• Nome
• Palmer
• Petersburg
• City and Bureau of Sitka
• Utqiagvik (formerly known as Barrow)
• Valdez
• Wasilla
• City and Bureau of Wrangell

• Wayfind Legal
• BECU: Financial Education
• Seattle Public Library: Business Services & Market Research
• Bunker Labs Seattle - Empowering Military Veteran Entrepreneurs
• HelloAlice: Business Resource center with Current Grant Programs and Funding Opportunities
• 1 Million Cups Seattle: Entrepreneurs present ideas to others

• SPOCS (Seattle People of Color Salon) FB
• ReUnion (national)
• El Centro De La Raza
• Latin Chamber of Commerce (Seattle)
• Hispanic Metropolitan Chamber (OR)
• Latinas In Business (national)
• Chick Chat
• Xxcelerate (Portland)
• Seattle Entrepreneurial Women's Network (Seattle)
• Women Business Owners (Seattle)
• Women in Cloud (tech entrepreneur’s specific-Seattle based)
• Asian Female Entrepreneur Collective (FB group)
• Latinas In Business (national)
• Indigenous Women’s Business Network
• Rosie Network
• Bunker Labs
• CAC (local-Seattle)
• Tabor 100 (local)
• Tacoma Black Collective (local)
• Federal Way Black Collective (local)
• Black Connect (national)
• Black Owned Business Portal (BlackOBP) (national)
• Black Women Business Owners of America (national)
• Black Business Owners Network (BBON) (FB group)
• Black Owned Businesses and Entrepreneurship Group (FB group)
• Greater Seattle Chinese Chamber of Commerce
• Chinatown-International District Business Improvement Area
• Asian Pacific American Chamber of Commerce of Oregon and SW Washington (APACC) (Portland)
• Asian Female Entrepreneur Collective (FB group)
• Native Business Center (Spokane)
• One Coalition-OREGON NATIVE ENTERPRISE Coalition (OR)
• Indigenous Business & Entrepreneurship (FB group)
• Indigenous Women’s Business Network
• Oregon Native American Chamber (OR)
• Portland Indigenous Marketplace (OR)
• StartOut (national)
• GSBA (local)
• Lesbians Who Tech
• Gay Entrepreneurs Network (national)
• National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC)
• Reaching Out (national)