About Chicago Area NAWBO
Helpful Links and Other Useful Web Resources
NAWBO
NAWBO National Website
Women's Business
Development Center
The Women’s Business Development Center (WBDC) is a nationally and internationally recognized not-for-profit organization established in 1986 to work with women to launch new businesses and strengthen existing businesses in the Chicago area. Over the past 20 years, the WBDC has become a leader in providing direct services to women business owners and in effecting public policy changes which reflect the needs of women entrepreneurs and their families.
Center
for Women's Business Research
For the latest facts and figures about how women-owned and led businesses
are impacting the economy, visit the Center for Women's Business Research
webpage for the latest trends you need to know today.
Small
Business Administration
Information about government assistance to small business.
SBA Office of Women's Business Ownership
Small Business Administrator's Office of Women's Business Ownership Outside
Resources Hotline. Provides more than three dozen useful links to resources
for women business owners
National
Women Business Owners Corporation (NWBOC)
To get WBE certification.
National Women's Business Council
Procurement Links
www.GovExec.com
News on Federal government procurement issues
www.fedbizopps.gov
Federal Business Opportunities
www.state.il.us/cms/purchase
State of Illinois Purchasing
City of Chicago Procurement Dept
www.sellingtothegovernment.net/index.asp
Selling to the Government
pro-net.sba.gov
Pro-Net - Register with Pro-Net to do business with the Government.
www.sbaonline.sba.gov
Small Business Administration. Information about government assistance
to small business.