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Below are some resources that may be helpful as you launch or grow a business. Please reach out to us if there are categories of resources that you would like us to add to this page, and if you have specific organizations to recommend from your personal experience, that should be added to this page. We encourage you to connect with our team if there is anything else we can do to help your business find success in Westchester County.
The Westchester County Clerk’s Office can help with setting up your business and filing necessary paperwork. Learn more.
There are dozens of professional business groups and Chambers of Commerce in Westchester which focus on specific geographic area or demographics, including the Westchester Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Westchester Multicultural Chamber. Chambers of Commerce provide business owners and professionals with networking opportunities; advocacy; community visibility and connection; marketing and promotional assistance; social media and web presence and the ability to connect with new clients, collaborators, contributors and customers. Chambers have typically been organizations focused on retail based businesses; however they are also helpful and appropriate for web-based businesses, professionals and entrepreneurs looking to expand their networks and collaborative relationships. The Business Council of Westchester and Westchester County Association are also excellent networking organizations that you may want to join.
or join an incubator or accelerator to continue gaining knowledge about entrepreneurship or get some additional mentoring/coaching. Here are some useful links for that.
One on one mentorship/ongoing entrepreneurial education and support:
Group mentorship/coaching/entrepreneurial support:
Incubators and Accelerators:
Ongoing Entrepreneurship Education and Support
Providers of valuable training, webinars, and other education:
To get out of your house, meet other business owners, and collaborate. Here are some choices:
Consider converting your business to employee ownership and take advantage of controlling the timing and conditions of sale, receive a fair market value for your business and obtain tax benefits. Contact the Westchester Cooperative Network at info@westchestercooperative.net for more information.
New York State has a lot of resources to help businesses, large and small. Check out: