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The MSBDC Boston Regional Office & Minority Business Center does not control, monitor, or guarantee the information contained in the links to other external web sites, and does not endorse any views expressed or products or services offered therein.

Below is an alphabetical listing of business resources divided by categories listed below, which are available to small businesses. Please contact the city or town clerk where you plan to open your business, regarding DBA registration, zoning issues, property taxes, local regulations, and restrictions. 

Accounting Resources

Boston-Area Business Resources

Chambers of Commerce
City of Boston Small Business Resource Guide (pdf)

Economic Development Organizations

Entrepreneur Groups

Financing Resources and Micro-lenders

Food Entrepreneur Groups

Government Agencies

Green Business Resources
International Business Resources

Legal Resources

Life Science and Technology Resources
Nonprofit Resources

Starting a Business in Massachusetts

Women and Minority Business Resources
 
For a complete listing of business resources and Massachusetts Chambers of Commerce, please visit our statewide MSBDC site at www.msbdc.org.



Accounting Resources

Insurance Information Institute
110 William Street
New York, NY 10038
Phone: 212-346-5500   

The mission of the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.) is to improve public understanding of insurance -- what it does and how it works.

Intuit - Corporate Headquarters
2632 Marine Way
Mountain View, CA 94043
Phone: 650-944-6000

Intuit is the creator of QuickBooks, Quicken and Turbo Tax. The website has free uploads of their products, demos, a listing of local QuickBooks trainers, and much more.

Intuit – Find a CPA
2632 Marine Way
Mountain View, CA 94043
Phone: 650-944-6000

Intuit Find a CPA searches over 15,000 certified QuickBooks experts to address all of your QuickBooks needs including setting up QuickBooks, troubleshooting and file clean up, reporting and customization and training and ongoing support.

Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants (MSCPA)
105 Chauncy Street
Boston, MA 02111
Phone: 617-556-4000

Membership organization of Massachusetts CPAs. CPAs offer a wide range of assistance, including business financial, personal financial, auditing/accounting and tax advisory services. The “Find a CPA Directory” is an interactive database of participating MSCPA members. This directory enables businesses and consumers to find a CPA firm to provide services.

Real World Training
5501 LBJ Freeway, Suite 180
Dallas, TX 75240
Phone: 800-564-2688
 

Real World Training provides hands-on QuickBooks training seminars in various locations throughout the U.S. including Massachusetts.

Boston-Area Business Resources

City of Boston Office of Business Development (OBD)
26 Court Street
Boston, MA 02108
Phone: 617-635-0355

OBD provides entrepreneurs and existing businesses with access to financial and technical resources. From business facade improvement and small service loans, to financial and network referral services. OBD ensures that Boston business owners get the support they need to succeed.

Community Business Network
c/o Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations (MACDC)
89 South Street
Boston, MA 02111
Phone: 617-426-0303

A collaborative of three community development corporations: Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation, Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation, and Viet‑AID all supporting the creation and growth of small businesses in Boston’s neighborhoods.

Greater Boston Manufacturing Partnership (GBMP)
100 Morrissey Boulevard
McCormack Hall, Suite 5/209-211
Boston, MA 02125
Phone: 617-287-7630 

GBMP works to sustain a strong and vibrant regional economy by improving the operational profitability and competitiveness of existing and emerging organizations, large and small, through training in lean and continuous improvement principles.

HubSpot, Inc.
25 First Street, 2nd Floor
Cambridge, MA 02141
Phone: 1-888-482-7768 

HubSpot's vision is to provide a (killer) marketing application and provide great advice to small businesses enabling them to leverage these disruptive effects of the internet to "get found" by more prospects shopping in their niche and to convert a higher percentage of prospects into customers. They also have a free internet marketing training program via the Inbound Marketing University.

Interise
1 Milk Street, 2nd Floor
Boston, MA 02109
Phone: 617-350-6300

Interise is an organization dedicated to filling the gap in small business development. The organization’s focus is on existing urban businesses capable of growth. During programs based on the StreetWise Steps to Small Business Growth™ curriculum, entrepreneurs set specific milestones, develop a three-year strategic growth plan, and network with peers, experts, coaches, and capital providers.

Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation (JPNDC)
31 Germania Street
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Phone: 617-522-2424 

JPNDC’s small business development program assists businesses in the Jamaica Plain, Roslindale, and Mission Hill area with business start-up, expansion, and success. 

Jewish Vocational Services (JVS) Boston
29 Winter Street
Boston, MA 02108
Phone: 617-399-3131 

JVS delivers a broad range of educational and vocational services, which includes: job search training, career counseling, skills training, and support for entry-level workers, microenterprise training, financial assistance and much more.

Kirstein Business Library
700 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116
Phone: 617-523-0860

The Kirstein Business Library is Boston Public Library’s business branch.  It has an extensive collection of business reference material, company profiles, annual reports, industry reports, business directories, investment information, and computer databases that can be used from outside the library with a free library card.  Staff is on hand to answer your questions and offer free business training programs.

Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE)
10 Causeway Street
Boston, MA 02222-1093
Phone: 617-565-5591

SCORE "Counselors to America's Small Business" is a nonprofit association and SBA resource partner dedicated to educating entrepreneurs on the formation, growth and success of small business nationwide.

Small Business Association of New England (SBANE)
1601 Trapelo Road, Suite 212
Waltham, MA 02154
Phone: 781-890-9070

SBANE is a membership organization which provides breakfast seminars, educational materials, networking events, and legislative activities for the small business sector.

U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
10 Causeway Street, Room 265
Boston, MA 02222
Phone: 617-565-5590

The SBA provides financial, technical and management assistance to help Americans start, run, and grow their businesses.

Chambers of Commerce

For a complete listing of Massachusetts chambers of commerce, please visit the MSBDC statewide website by clicking here.

Arlington Chamber of Commerce
One Whittemore Park
Arlington, MA 02474
Phone: 781-643-4600 

The Arlington Chamber of Commerce fosters a vital and thriving community in which to work and live. Serving as a liaison between businesses and residents, the Chamber provides valuable resources, programs, business tools, and services for its members to help them succeed.

MSBDC business advisors are available to meet with clients at this location. Please call 617-287-7750 for more information.

Cambridge Chamber of Commerce
859 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone: 617-876-4100 

The Cambridge Chamber of Commerce represents all sectors of the Cambridge economy. Its diverse membership and deep expertise in government affairs, business development, professional development, and business philanthropy attract employers of all sizes.

MSBDC business advisors are available to meet with clients at this location. Please call 617-287-7750 for more information.

East Boston Chamber of Commerce
175 McClellan Highway (Route 1A), Suite 1
East Boston, MA 02128
Phone: 617-569-5000

The East Boston Chamber of Commerce currently represents more than 250 local businesses, the majority of which are in East Boston. The Chamber is a resource for business and a connection between fellow business owners, elected officials, and potential customers.

Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce
265 Franklin Street, 12th Floor
Boston, MA 02110
Phone: 617-227-4500

The Greater Boston Chamber is a broad-based association representing more than 1,600 businesses of all sizes from virtually every industry and profession in its region. The chamber is an important resource to members for advocacy, information, and marketing exposure that enhances their business success.

Newton-Needham Chamber of Commerce
281 Needham Street
Newton, MA 02464
Phone: 617-244-5300 

The Newton-Needham Chamber of Commerce creates a climate of growth and success for their community through a collaborative and integrated approach utilizing business, community, and government resources.

MSBDC business advisors are available to meet with clients at this location. Please call 617-287-7750 for more information.

Quincy Chamber of Commerce
1250 Hancock Street, Suite 127
Quincy, MA 02169
Phone: 617-847-1454

The Quincy Chamber of Commerce was established in January 2010 as a partnership between two long-standing Quincy organizations: the Quincy 2000 Collaborative and Discover Quincy. The mission of the Chamber is to support economic growth through numerous business development and tourism initiatives.

MSBDC business advisors are available to meet with clients at this location. Please call 617-287-7750 for more information.

Somerville Chamber of Commerce
2 Alpine Street
Somerville, MA 02144
Phone: 617-776-4100 

The Somerville Chamber of Commerce is the pre-eminent voice of its local business community and the leading network of employers, business owners, and managers.

South Shore Chamber of Commerce
36 Miller Stile Road
Quincy, MA 02269
Phone: 617-479-1111 

The South Shore Chamber of Commerce is committed to helping its members grow their businesses and to improve the business climate in its region.

Waltham West Suburban Chamber of Commerce
84 South Street
Waltham, MA 02453
Phone: 781-894-4700 

The Waltham West Suburban Chamber of Commerce utilizes member investments to help businesses do business through local governmental affairs, state and federal legislative advocacy, public relations, economic and community development, business and educational programs, and a "voice for business."

MSBDC business advisors are available to meet with clients at this location. Please call 617-287-7750 for more information.

Economic Development Organizations

City of Boston Main Streets
26 Court Street
Boston, MA 02108
Phone: 617-635-0115

Boston Main Streets is devoted to the continued revitalization of Boston's neighborhood commercial districts through design, technical, and financial support. Today, the nationally recognized program boasts 19 districts across Boston. The Boston Main Streets program is a unit of the Office of Business Development (OBD).

Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations (MACDC)
89 South Street
Boston, MA 02111
Phone: 617-426-0303

The Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations provides a range of economic development and business assistance programs in communities throughout the Commonwealth.

MassChallenge
One Marina Park Drive
Boston, MA 02210
Phone: 617-863-0845 

MassChallenge connects entrepreneurs with the resources they need to launch and succeed immediately. The organization’s primary activities include running an annual global startup competition, documenting and organizing key resources, and organizing training and networking events.

MassDevelopment
160 Federal Street
Boston, MA 02110
Phone: 617-451-2477 

MassDevelopment works with businesses and local officials to address blighted areas, help create jobs, and address overarching issues that impact economic development.

Massachusetts Export Center
Massachusetts Export CenterState Transportation Building
10 Park Plaza, Suite 4510
Boston, MA 02116
Phone: 617-973-8664

The Massachusetts Export Center helps companies throughout the Commonwealth achieve success in global markets, thereby contributing to economic growth in the state. Its goal is to meet the complex needs of exporters by developing and providing targeted, high-impact services. International trade specialists are located across the state. The Massachusetts Export Center is a specialty center of the Massachusetts Small Business Development Center Network.

Massachusetts Small Business Development Center Network
227 Isenberg School of Management
MSBDC NetworkUniversity of Massachusetts
121 Presidents Drive
Amherst, MA 01003
Phone: 413-545-6301

The Massachusetts Small Business Development Center (MSBDC) Network provides one-to-one free comprehensive and confidential services focusing on, business growth and strategies, financing and loan assistance as well as strategic, marketing and operational analysis. In addition, low cost educational training programs are offered across the state targeted to the needs of small business.

Procurement and Technical Assistance Center (PTAC)
227 Isenberg School of Management
University of Massachusetts
121 Presidents Drive
Amherst, MA 01003
Phone: 413-545-6303

Bidding on government contracts is a time-consuming, yet worthwhile, process. The Procurement Technical Assistance Center can guide you through the process, and provide information and referrals on how to be more competitive. Procurement specialists are located throughout Massachusetts. PTAC is a specialty center of the Massachusetts Small Business Development Center Network.

Entrepreneur Groups

Boston Entrepreneurs’ Network (ENET)
Phone: 617-951-9980 

The Boston Entrepreneurs' Network provides early stage technology based Entrepreneurs with information and the resources necessary to transform an idea into a successful product or service business.

Boston Fashion - Meetup Group

The Boston Fashion's mission is to cultivate a strong Boston fashion community through collaboration, outreach, and entrepreneurship via networking, lively discussions, events, informative panels, workshops, fashion photo shoots, and more.

The Capital Network (TCN)
30 Washington Street
Wellesley, MA 02481
Phone: 781-591-0291 

The Capital Network a non-profit organization providing educational programs and a community to help early-stage entrepreneurs master the entire funding process and successfully raise seed capital for financing their high-growth startup.

EntreTech Forum
(via Northeastern University’s School of Technological Entrepreneurship)
Phone: 617-325-9852

The EntreTech Forum consists of moderated monthly panel discussions on emerging academic research and the commercialization of this technology.  It was designed for those interested in technology innovation and marketing collaboration and networking with fellow entrepreneurs, business and government executives, investors, and technology researchers.

The Indus Group (TiE) Boston
76 Blanchard Road, Suite 203
Burlington, MA 01803
Phone: 781-272-3875
 

TiE Boston runs several vibrant programs to educate, mentor, network and inspire entrepreneurs in the community. They connect entrepreneurs with each other and other stakeholders in the entrepreneurial world including other serial entrepreneurs, Angel Investors, Venture Capitalists, Vendors and Service Providers.

WebSquared - Meetup Group

This group, based in Cambridge, is for all those interested in the future of Web 2.0, interactive technologies, and entrepreneurship. It is for techies to meet and share ideas, for start-ups to promote their work, for investors to find exciting opportunities, for entrepreneurs to meet investors, for businesses to find talent, and for talent to find challenging work.

Financing Resources and Micro-lenders

ACCION USA
56 Roland Street, Suite 300
Boston, MA 02129
Phone: 617-625-7080

ACCION USA is a private, nonprofit organization that provides microloans and other financial services to low- and moderate-income entrepreneurs who are unable to access bank credit for their small businesses.

Bay Colony Development Corporation
1601 Trapelo Road, Suite 222
Waltham, MA 02451
Phone: 781-891-3594

Bay Colony Development Corporation is a Certified Development Company (CDC) whose purpose is to stimulate economic development through the creation and preservation of jobs by providing healthy companies with fixed asset financing at affordable rates and reasonable terms.

BDC Capital
500 Edgewater Drive, Suite 555
Wakefield, MA 01880
Phone: 781-928-1100

BDC Capital provides financial assistance with loans, mezzanine and equity investments, guarantees and financial services to businesses of every type and description. CDC New England (formerly known as MassCertified), an affiliate of BDC Capital, offers the popular SBA 504 program to businesses for owner-occupied property.

Consumer Credit Counseling Services of Southern New England (CCCS of SNE)
8 Winter Street
Boston, MA 02108
Phone: 1-866-889-9347

CCCS of SNE is the leading provider of financial counseling, financial education, debt management programs, and housing counseling in the tri-state area.

Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation (DBEDC)
594 Columbia Road
Boston, MA 02125
Phone: 617-825-4200

DBEDCs loan program, promotes the expansion of small businesses, utilizing partnerships between community development corporations, banks and the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Massachusetts Association for Community Action (MASSCAP)
105 Chauncy Street, 3rd Floor
Boston, MA 02111
Phone: 617-357-6086 

MASSCAP is a statewide association of the 24 Community Action Agencies (CAAs) operating in Massachusetts. Through the combined skills and vision of its members, MASSCAP works to enhance the ability of each agency to better serve its clients.

Massachusetts Growth Capital Corporation (GCC)
529 Main Street, Suite 1M8
Boston, MA 02129
Phone: 617-523-6262 

The Mass GCC provides capital to small businesses, women and minority owned businesses and local development efforts, in flexible financing programs, by supplementing the capital available from private financial institutions, including non-bank lenders, in order to promote the creation and maintenance of good jobs for Massachusetts residents.  The GCC was formed from the former Massachusetts Community Development Finance Corporation and the Commonwealth Corporation.

Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation (MTDC)
40 Broad Street, Suite 230
Boston, MA 02109
Phone: 617-723-4920

The MTDC is a leading edge venture capital firm. If you are a technology-based company looking for start-up capital, and you've completed a comprehensive business plan, you may be eligible for funding.

South Eastern Economic Development (SEED) Corporation
80 Dean Street
Taunton, MA 02780
Phone: 508-822-1020

As a regional nonprofit economic development corporation, SEED Corporation focuses on job creation by financing small businesses in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

Food Entrepreneur Groups

CropCircle Kitchen, Inc.
31 Germania Street, Buildings I & J
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Phone: 617-942-0209 

CropCircle Kitchen seeks to help small-scale food entrepreneurs succeed by providing a low-cost, shared-use kitchen facility in order to create business opportunities, employment, and multicultural economic activity throughout Boston’s neighborhoods.
Massachusetts Restaurant AssociationMassachusetts Restaurant Association (MRA)
333 Turnpike Road, Suite 102
Southborough, MA 01772
Phone: 508-303-9905

The MRA is a not-for-profit trade association committed to the advancement of the food and beverage industry in our state. The MRA helps operators succeed by providing information, education, government advocacy, cost-savings programs, and networking opportunities.

New England Food Entrepreneurs (NEFE)
University of Massachusetts Amherst
100 Holdsworth Way
202 Chenoweth Lab
Amherst, MA 01003-9282
Phone: 413-545-0552 

The NEFE website is designed to help you start, maintain, or expand a food business.  NEFE is an outreach program of the New England land-grant universities and Cooperative Extension, which help small food businesses access needed information, resources, and education to be successful.

Western Mass Food Processing Center
c/o Franklin County Community Development Corporation
324 Wells Street
Greenfield, MA 01301
Phone: 413-774-7204 

The Western Mass Food Processing Center promotes economic development through entrepreneurship, provide opportunities for sustaining local agriculture, and promote best practices for food producers.

Whole Foods Local Producer Loan Program
Phone: 512-542-0895 

Through the Whole Foods Local Producer Loan Program, Whole Foods Market lends money to small, local, independent producers to help them expand their businesses. The program provides up to $10 million in low-interest loans to independent local farmers and food artisans. Targeted loan amounts between $1,000 and $100,000 (maximum $25,000 for start-ups).

Government Agencies

BusinessUSA is a a one-stop shop for everything related to business in the USA.

IRSInternal Revenue Service (IRS)
JFK Federal Building
15 New Sudbury Street
Boston, MA 02203
Phone: 617-316-2850

Small Business & Self-Employed Tax Center Website
Telephone Assistance for Businesses: 1-800-829-4933

Telephone Assistance for Individuals: 1-800-829-1040

Starting a Business in MAMassachusetts Business One-Stop
 
Are you doing business in Massachusetts or just getting started? Check out Massachusetts’s NEW Business One-Stop for information, tools, and more - all intended to help business succeed in the Commonwealth.

Massachusetts Department of Revenue
100 Cambridge Street, 2nd Floor
Boston, MA 02204
Phone: 617-887-6367

Ask for the Taxpayer Assistance Bureau for issues related to state taxes including refunds, sales taxes, excise taxes, withholding, and estimated income tax payments.

Massachusetts Department of Workforce Development (MDWD)
Charles F. Hurley Building
19 Staniford Street
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-626-5300

The MDWD is responsible for overseeing the Commonwealth's workforce development system; protecting the health and safety of Massachusetts workers; ensuring the efficient delivery of workers compensation services; supervision of the unemployment insurance program; and providing dispute resolution services in various arenas.

Massachusetts Division of Insurance (MDI)
One South Station, 5th Floor
Boston, MA 02110
Phone: 617-521-7794

The MDI monitors the solvency of its licensees in order to promote a healthy, responsive, and willing marketplace for consumers who purchase insurance products.

Massachusetts Division of Occupational Safety (MDOS)
399 Washington Street, 5th Floor
Boston, MA 02108
Phone: 617-727-7047

The MDOS ensures the effective administration and enforcement of the employment agency laws in Massachusetts; the issuance of prevailing wage schedules for many public works projects; the promulgation and interpretation of the state's minimum wage regulations; and the issuance of minimum wage, seasonal business overtime, and uniform deposit waivers.

Massachusetts Division of Professional Licensure (MDPL)
239 Causeway Street, 5th floor
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-727-3074

The MDPL is an agency within the Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation with 31 boards of registration regulating nearly 50 trades and professions.

Massachusetts Office of Business Development (MOBD)
100 Cambridge Street, Suite 1010
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-788-3670

MOBD works with companies and municipalities to help them take advantage of available economic incentive programs. MOBD also assists companies in navigating and accessing the technical, human, financial, training, educational and site-finding resources necessary to expand or locate in Massachusetts.

Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth 
One Ashburton Place
Boston, MA 02108
Phone: 617-727-7030

Corporations Division
Phone: 617-727-9640

U.S. Census Bureau
4 Copley Place, Suite 301
Boston, MA 02117-9108
Phone: 617-424-4501

The Census Bureau serves as the leading source of quality data about the nation's people and the economy.

U.S. Department of Commerce
2 Copley Place
Boston, MA 02117
Phone: 617-424-0510

The U.S. Department of Commerce has a broad mandate to advance economic growth and jobs and opportunities for the American people. It has cross-cutting  responsibilities in the areas of trade, technology, entrepreneurship, economic development, environmental stewardship and statistical research and analysis.

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
P.O. Box 1450
Alexandria, VA 22313
Phone: 1-800-786-9199

The USPTO ensures that the intellectual property system contributes to a strong global economy, encourages investment in innovation, and fosters the entrepreneurial spirit.

Green Business Resources

Center for Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (CEERE)
University of Massachusetts Amherst
160 Governors Drive
Amherst, MA 01003
Phone: 413-545-0684

The CEERE provides technological and economic solutions to environmental problems resulting from energy production, industrial, manufacturing, and commercial activities, and land use practices. 

Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA)
Green Business Development
100 Cambridge Street, Suite 900
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-626-1181

EEA believes it is critical to develop new innovative environmental technologies that will provide cost effective, technology-based solutions to environmental problems in the Commonwealth. By advancing the development of these technologies, the Commonwealth can improve environmental protection and grow the economy.

Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection – Service Center
One Winter Street
Boston, MA 02108
Phone: 617-292-5500 

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection provides information and assistance on laws, rules, permits, reporting, compliance, financial assistance and training & professional certifications.

Sustainable Business Leader Program (SBLP)
186 Hampshire Street
Cambridge, MA 02139

The SBLP mission, through our six-step program, is to meet the unique needs and challenges of local businesses in their pursuit to become more environmentally sustainable.

International Business Resources

Massachusetts Export CenterMassachusetts Export Center
State Transportation Building
10 Park Plaza, Suite 4510
Boston, MA 02116
Phone: 617-973-8664

The Massachusetts Export Center offers a range of targeted, customized services to meet the complex needs of exporters throughout the state. Whether you are a small business just thinking about exporting or an experienced exporter, the Massachusetts Export Center stands ready to help with services suited to your needs.

Legal Resources

Boston Bar Association
16 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108
Phone: 617-742-0615

The Boston Bar Association's mission is to advance the highest standards of excellence for the legal profession, to facilitate access to justice, and to serve the community at large. The Boston Bar Association also offers a law referral service,

Boston College Legal Assistance Bureau (BCLAB)
24 Crescent Street, Suite 202
Waltham, MA 02453
Phone: 781-893-4793 

The BCLAB is a legal services office and training site for Boston College law students. Cases are handled by law students who are supervised by staff attorneys. Services are free for low income residents of Waltham, Watertown and Newton.

Economic Justice Project (EJP)
c/o The Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights
294 Washington Street, Suite 443
Boston, MA 02108
Phone: 617-482-1145

Through the EJP, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights provides business training and advice to individuals who are considering starting a business and to existing businesses, in confronting a variety of concerns, by offering legal workshops and legal clinics.

Massachusetts Bar Association (MBA)
20 West Street
Boston, MA 02111
Phone: 617-338-0500

Lawyer Referral Service
617-645-0400

The MBA is a non-profit organization that serves the legal profession and the public by promoting the administration of justice, legal education, professional excellence, and respect for the law.  The MBA also has a Lawyer Referral Service, which is one of the largest referral services of its kind in the nation.

Transactional Law Clinic (TLC) via Harvard Law School
1563 Massachusetts Avenue, Pound Hall 501
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617-998-0101

The Transactional Law Clinic offers free and low cost legal services to clients throughout the metropolitan Boston area. Legal services are made available to clients who could not likely afford assistance. The Clinics provide advanced law students at Harvard Law School the opportunity to gain practical experience and earn academic credit by handling real cases for real clients. Students are supervised by attorneys who are experienced practitioners and mentors. 

Life Science and Technology Resources

Center for Technology Commercialization (CTC)
134 Flanders Road
Westborough, MA 01581
Phone: 508-870-0042

The Center for Technology Commercialization provides the resources necessary for the successful commercialization of technology, which include technology assessments, technical research, corporate start-ups, small business turnarounds, technology commercialization, patent research, and strategic planning.

Massachusetts Association of Business Incubators (MABI)
1000 Winter Street, Suite 2900
Waltham, MA 02451
Phone: 781-373-7777

The Massachusetts Association of Business Incubators was created for the purpose of increasing support for business incubation programs in Massachusetts, enhancing public awareness, sharing experiences and exchanging referrals.

Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC)
40 Broad Street, Suite 230
Boston, MA 02109
Phone: 617-723-4920

The MLSC is tasked with investing in life sciences research and economic development. This work includes making financial investments in public and private institutions growing life sciences research, development and commercialization as well as building ties between sectors of the Massachusetts life sciences community.

Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council (MassMEDIC)
715 Albany Street, TW1
Boston, MA 02118
Phone: 617-414-1340

MassMEDIC advocates industry positions at the federal and state government levels, and conducts numerous informational seminars; conferences and issue briefings aimed at bringing the region's medical device community the latest and best information on policies and trends impacting the sector.

Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MTC)
75 North Drive
Westborough, MA 01581
Phone: 508-870-0312

The Massachusetts Technology Collaborative is an independent public agency dedicated to the formation, retention, and expansion of technology-related enterprises in Massachusetts. MTC brings together leaders from industry, government, and academia to advance technology-based solutions that improve the healthcare system, expand high-speed Internet access, and strengthen regional economies.

Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation (MTDC)
40 Broad Street, Suite 230
Boston, MA 02109
Phone: 617-723-4920

The MTDC is a leading edge venture capital firm.  If you are a technology-based company looking for start-up capital, and you have completed a comprehensive business plan, you may be eligible for funding.

Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center (MTTC)
333 South Street, Fourth Floor
Shrewsbury, MA 05145
Phone: 775-455-7277

The MTTC has a government mandate to help any inventor in any non-profit research institution to commercialize his or her technology. The Center helps entrepreneurs to start companies and researchers to market their patents through a broad array of programs and resources.

MIT Enterprise Forum
28 Carleton Street- Building E32-328
Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone: 617-253-8240

The MIT Enterprise Forum produces a series of educational programs about entrepreneurship through a network of 24 worldwide chapters.

Nonprofit Resources

Associated Grant Makers
55 Court Street, Suite 520
Boston, MA 02108
Phone: 617-426-2606 

A member organization that assists in grant making activity for non-profits.

GuideStar
1701 Pennsylvania N.W., Suite 300
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 1-800-784-9378 

GuideStar is the most complete source of information about U.S. nonprofits there is.  Find a charity to support, benchmark your own nonprofit's performance, research the sector, and more.

Idealist.org
c/o Action Without Borders
302 Fifth Avenue, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10001
Phone: 212-695-7243

Idealist.org is an interactive website where people and organizations can exchange resources and ideas, locate opportunities and supporters.

Lawyers Clearinghouse
16 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108
Phone: 617-723-0885 

The Lawyers Clearinghouse provides pro bono legal services to non-profit organizations and groups seeking non-profit status.

Starting a Business in Massachusetts

Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development
One Ashburn Place, Room 2101
Boston, MA 02108
Phone: 617-788-3610
 

The Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development's website provides many helpful links to answer most questions about starting a business in Massachusetts. The website has information on business development, international trade, taxes and incentives, financing and funding, licensing and permitting, relocation assistance and the small business community in Massachusetts.

Women and Minority Business Resources

Asian American Civic Association
87 Tyler Street, 5th Floor
Boston, MA 02111
Phone: 617-426-9492

Serving immigrants from around the world, the AACA is a multi-service multi-generational association that provides education, occupational training, and social services enabling our clients to realize lasting economic self-sufficiency.

Asian Community Development Corporation (ACDC)
38 Oak Street
Boston, MA 02111
Phone: 617-482-1426

ACDC has been working with the Asian community of Greater Boston to address those needs and challenges. The organization continues to develop affordable housing, promote economic development, foster new leadership, and build capacity within the community through education, advocacy, and action.

Center for Women and Enterprise (CWE)
24 School Street, Suite 700
Boston, MA 02108
Phone: 617-536-0700

CWE offers education, training, technical assistance, women's business enterprise certification and access to both debt and equity capital to entrepreneurs at every stage of business development.

City of Boston Small and Local Business Enterprise (SLBE) Office
1 City Hall Square, Room 717
Boston, MA 02201
Phone: 617-635-4084 

The SLBE creates economic opportunities by certifying the availability of small business enterprises, small Boston-based business enterprises, and also minority-owned and woman-owned business enterprises, to City departments and advocating on behalf of these businesses to help them compete successfully for City contracts, as well as in the Boston area's economy as a whole.

Commonwealth Institute
10 High Street, Suite 1002
Boston, MA 02110
Phone: 617-859-0080

The Commonwealth Institute is a mentoring organization for women entrepreneurs which help women in the critical stages of their businesses and provide them with the tools and resources they need to grow successful companies.

Hispanic-American Chamber of Commerce (HACC)
406 South Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02130
Phone: 617-261-4222 

The Hispanic-American Chamber of Commerce presents businesses, individuals, and institutions, which are committed to the economic development and success of the Hispanic business community in Greater Boston.

Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC)
200 High Street, 3rd Floor
Boston, MA 02110
Phone: 617-292-2363 

ICIC promotes economic prosperity in America's inner cities through private sector engagement that leads to job, income and wealth creation for local residents

Initiative for a New Economy
265 Franklin Street, 12th Floor
Boston, MA 02110
Phone: 617-557-7505 

The Initiative For a New Economy (INE) is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating profitable business relationships between Massachusetts-based Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs) and large Institutional Purchasers.

Institute for New England Native American Studies (INENAS)
University of Massachusetts Boston
100 Morrissey Boulevard
Boston, MA 02125
Phone: 617-287-5000

INENAS’ mission is to develop collaborative relationships, projects, and programs between Native American tribes of the New England region and all of the UMass campuses so that the tribes may participate in and benefit from university research, innovation, scholarship, and education

Greater New England Minority Supplier Development Council (GNESMDC)
100 Huntington Avenue
Dartmouth Shops/Copley Place
Boston, MA 02116
Phone: 617- 578-8900 

The GNEMSDC fosters business relationships with certified Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs) and corporate members.

Ladies Who Launch
Phone: 440-247-2239 

Ladies Who Launch is a media company that provides resources, tools and connections for women entrepreneurs. The meetings objectives are connect with others for advice, referrals and customers. Promote and exchange products and services.

Massachusetts Minority Contractors Association (MMCA)
100 Hallet Street
Boston, MA 02124
Phone: 617-287-2400 

MMCA is an advocate in promoting contract opportunities, monitors legislative issues that affect the industry, and provides a forum for minority contractors, architects, and engineers to acquire knowledge and network with each other.

Massachusetts Supplier Diversity Office (formerly SOMWBA)
10 Park Plaza, Suite 3720
Boston, MA 02116
Phone: 617-973-8692

The Supplier Diversity Office (SDO) formerly known as State Office of Minority and Women Business Assistance (SOMWBA) continues its rich and long tradition of service to minority and women owned businesses in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The SDO  promotes the development of business enterprises and non-profit organizations owned or operated by minorities and women. The SDO offers a single point of entry to access certification services, technical assistance and business development services for minority and women owned businesses.

The Founding Moms

The Founding Moms is a real, live and local monthly meeting where mom entrepreneurs can exchange, connect and learn from one another. Incredible women living right in your backyard meet up to swap start-up stories, interact with renowned business experts, and build personal and professional connections within the ever-growing network of mom-owned businesses.

Turner Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises Program
2 Seaport Lane, Suite 200
Boston, MA 02210
Phone: 617-247-6400 

The objective of the program is to increase the visibility, improve the economic viability, and expand opportunities for the utilization of Minority and Women-owned businesses.

U.S. Department of Labor – Women's Bureau
Regional 1: Boston
JFK Federal Building, Room 525A
Boston, MA 02203
Phone: 617-565-1988

The Women's Bureau promotes 21st Century solutions to improve the status of working women and their families. Better Jobs! Better Earnings! Better Living!

Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts
88 Warren Street
Roxbury, MA 02119
Phone: 617-442-4519

The mission of the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts is to deliver services and programs that aim to increase the economic self-reliance of African Americans and other people of color.

Vietnamese American Initiative for Development (Viet-AID)
42 Charles Street
Dorchester, MA 02122
Phone: 617-822-3717 

Viet-AID implements a sustainable state-wide small business program that promotes entrepreneurial growth in the Vietnamese community while strengthening existing businesses.



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