Business Resource Center
Welcome to the Mount Pleasant Chamber of Commerce Business Resource Center. A one stop center to provide informational resources and community partnerships to help you plan, launch, operate, and grow your business.
Small Business Administration
SBA.gov
Supporting America's small businesses. The SBA connects entrepreneurs with lenders and funding to help them plan, start and grow their business.
Charleston Area Small Business Development Center
SCBDC.com
Small Business Development Centers provide counseling and training to small businesses including working with SBA to develop and provide informational tools to support business start-ups and existing business expansion.
SCORE Charleston
Charleston SC | SCORE
SCORE Mentors are experienced entrepreneurs & professionals who volunteer their experience & knowledge to help small business professionals start & grow businesses. They offer free, confidential business advice, low-cost or no-cost business training, and numerous business templates & tools.
Community Works
CommunityWorks Carolina
Community Works is a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) committed to financial equity. A non-profit organization that provides resources supporting small business growth, entrepreneurship, affordable housing, and homeownership, leading to stronger and more just communities.
LEAP
Local Entrepreneur Acceleration Program | South Carolina Community Loan Fund
The Local Entrepreneur Acceleration Program (LEAP) aims to support diversity in small business ownership across South Carolina by providing minority and women entrepreneurs with business plan development support, technical skills, and the chance to compete for a startup capital award.
CLIMB Fund
CLIMB Fund | Lending for Opportunity
CLIMB Fund is a not-for-profit Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) whose mission is to ensure access to capital for entrepreneurs and small businesses that cannot secure traditional financing.
SC Veterans Business Outreach Center
South Carolina Veterans Business Outreach Center - Tommy and Victoria Baker School of Business
Small Business Administration’s Boots-2-Business (B2B) program. The B2B program teaches foundational entrepreneurship to transitioning military members, their family members, and National Guardsmen who wish to start or grow a business.
Mount Pleasant MADE
How To – Mount Pleasant Economic Development
Mount Pleasant Economic Development Office How To Guide: All the information for starting a business – getting a business license, registering your LLC, planning a ribbon cutting, and more! – available in one central location.
Matt Brady – TOMP Economic Development Officer
MBrady@tompsc.com | 843-884-8517
Charleston Regional Development Alliance
Charleston Regional Development AllianceÂ
CRDA exists to help businesses and entrepreneurs locate and expand in the greater Charleston area. As a confidential, objective resource, CRDA streamlines the site selection process, assisting with talent, buildings and sites, financing, providing connectivity to supply chain resources, and workforce training needs.
SizeUp SC
Enhance or Start Your Business | South Carolina Business Development
Moving Business Forward; SC Commerce can help you connect with funding, local resources, buyers, and data analytics to guide your business decisions.
SC Commission for Minority Business – Small & Minority Business Division
Small and Minority Business Division | South Carolina Community of Minority Affairs
Identifies key issues and services that are necessary for the development of minority, small businesses, as well as the best measures for sustainability, programmatic implementation, enhancement, and economic growth.
East Cooper Center for Advanced Studies
East Cooper Center for Advanced Studies
Providing students with access to a diverse array of current, real world career programs; College and Career Readiness, industry certifications, Entrepreneur Academy certifications.
Harbor Entrepreneur Center
The Harbor Entrepreneur Center
The Harbor was a crucial investment for the Town of Mount Pleasant. The town has been working to create an innovative environment for current and future businesses. The Harbor provides physical space for growth and connection.
Lowcountry Local First
Lowcountry Local First | LLF
Lowcountry Local First advances economic prosperity and local ownership through innovative and inclusive initiatives that build our community’s wealth and wellbeing.
Pinnacle Financial Partners – Business Mastermind
Mastermind | Pinnacle Financial Partners
A six-to-eight-week local program that brings together groups of business owners who are ready to take their companies to the next level.
Bank of America – Center for Business Empowerment
Welcome to the Center for Business Empowerment
A source for information and inspiration, whether you’re launching a new business or running an established one. Our how-tos, insights and resources can help you prosper and grow.
Town of Mount Pleasant Procurement Portal
The Town of Mount Pleasant has partnered with Bonfire Interactive to create a new procurement portal for vendor registration and for access to the Town’s procurement opportunities. Registration is free, quick and easy. You will be asked to provide all information required for conducting business with the Town and to choose the categories of products and services you offer through the selection of one or more NIGP Codes.
Town of Mount Pleasant Local Vendor Partnership
This Program provides a preference to a company if their principal office is located within the Town’s limits and they agree to the terms of the Program. This preference allows the local vendor to receive a percent discount off their bid during the evaluation process to determine the low bidder. To be considered for the program, local vendors must complete and submit an application.
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