DC SMALL BIZ HELP
A robust resource hub to help you discover, connect to, and navigate DC’s small business ecosystem.
GET HELP WITH YOUR BUSINESS NOWDCSmallBizHelp is the one-stop hub for Washington, D.C. small business and entrepreneurs looking for valuable resources, support organizations, lenders, events and trainings. DCSmallBizHelp is owned and maintained by The Coalition (formerly CNHED) as part of their Small Business Ecosystem Building work.
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DC SMALL BIZ HELP
The Leadership Growth Constraint
This webinar focuses on what leaders often cannot see while operating inside the business—how avoidance patterns, reduced visibility, and untested assumptions quietly limit decision quality, customer connection, and growth capacity.
The Leadership Growth Constraint
This webinar focuses on what leaders often cannot see while operating inside the business—how avoidance patterns, reduced visibility, and untested assumptions quietly limit decision quality, customer connection, and growth capacity.
Presented By: DC Small Business Development Center
Location: Virtual
Cost: Free
From Idea to Execution: Validate & Build Your Business Concept with AI
Join us for a webinar designed to help entrepreneurs turn early-stage ideas into actionable business concepts. Participants will learn how to use AI tools to quickly validate business ideas, identify potential gaps and challenges before investing significant time or resources, and refine concepts into clear, revenue-ready offerings
From Idea to Execution: Validate & Build Your Business Concept with AI
Join us for a webinar designed to help entrepreneurs turn early-stage ideas into actionable business concepts. Participants will learn how to use AI tools to quickly validate business ideas, identify potential gaps and challenges before investing significant time or resources, and refine concepts into clear, revenue-ready offerings
Presented By: DC Small Business Development Center
Location: Virtual
Cost: Free
WBC Business Start Certification Program
Join this program where participants receive expert guidance and actionable tools, walking away with usable plans that position them for success.
WBC Business Start Certification Program
Join this program where participants receive expert guidance and actionable tools, walking away with usable plans that position them for success. By the end, you’ll have a clear business plan, the tools to make your business attractive to lenders, access-to-capital resources, and a strong understanding of when and how to pivot strategically.
Presented By: Washington Area Community Investment Fund
Location: Virtual
Cost: Free
Financial Health Coaching for Impact
This workshop will help participants better understand how to define and communicate their unique business identity, identify and reach target customers, maximize online platforms and digital spaces, analyze performance and engagement, and make strategic adjustments to improve visibility and impact.
Financial Health Coaching for Impact
This workshop will help participants better understand how to define and communicate their unique business identity, identify and reach target customers, maximize online platforms and digital spaces, analyze performance and engagement, and make strategic adjustments to improve visibility and impact.
Presented By: Chase
Location: Union Market Chase Branch, 550 Morse Street NE
Cost: Free