• BECU – Understanding Your Credit Report
• BECU - Financial Health Check
• Verity CU – Personal Financial Coaching & More
• Wells Fargo – Financial Resources

Here are more loan readiness resources from Business Impact NW you can use when applying with us, or when preparing for outside loans or investments.

• Loan Application Checklist
• Personal Financial Statement
• The 5 Cs of Financing
• Business Plan Guideline
• Startup Financial Projections Workbook
• Cautionary Information on Online Loans
• Attorney General's Consumer Resource Center
• More information about Business Coaching
• More information about Lending

• The Veteran Institute for Procurement (VIP)
• Doing Business with the VA
• VR&E Self-Employment Track
• How to request your military service records (including DD214)
• Veteran Small Business Certification (VetCert)
• Mississippi State University Boots to Business
• VR&E Self Employment Track
• Veteran Readiness & Employment (VR&E)
• Veteran-owned Businesses

Regional Resources

• Alaska
  • Alaska APEX Accelerator
  • Commerce Alaska Business Licensing
  • Alaska SBA District Office
• Idaho
  • Idaho APEX Accelerator
  • Idaho Secretary of State Corporations Division
  • Idaho Veterans Chamber of Commerce
  • Idaho SBA District Office
  • Northern Idaho SBA District Office
  • Idaho Veteran's Guide
  • Idaho Division of Veteran's Services
  • Valley Vision in Lewiston
  • CEDA: Clearwater Economic Development Association, an Economic Development District in North Central Idaho
  • Coeur d’Alene Economic Development Association (CDAEDC)
  • Panhandle Area Council, an Economic Development District in North Idaho
• Oregon
  • Oregon APEX Accelerator
  • Eastern Oregon Secretary of State Corporations Division
  • Oregon Secretary of State
  • SBA District Office
    • Eastern Oregon SBA District Office
    • Portland SBA District Office
• Washington
  • Washington APEX Accelerator
  • Secretary of State Corporations Division
  • WA AG Veterans & Military Resources
  • WDVA: Veteran Owned Business Information
  • Eastern WA SBA District Office (click "Spokane" under "Locations")
  • Western WA SBA District Office
  • WA Career Paths Military & Veteran Resources

• Bunker Labs - Join an active community of military-connected entrepreneurs and small business owners to help you launch, grow, and scale your business.
• Rosie Network - Join an international network of fellow military entrepreneurs and business owners.

• Business Model Canvas
• Financial Projections Workbook

• A Basic Guide to Federal Rulemaking and Small Business
• SCORE
• Find Upcoming Events and Workshops
• SBA Services
• Small Business Certifications
• Small Business Development Centers
• Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
• SBA Learning Platform

• Disaster Relief Assistance Loans
• Funding Programs
• Linked Deposit Program, “Affordable Financing for Certified Minority and Women’s Business Enterprises”
• America's Seed Fund (SBIR-STTR)
• Local Hazardous Waste Management Program, King County, Voucher Incentive Program

• Federal Contracting
• Contracting Guide
• Prime and Subcontracting 
• SBA 8(a) Business Development Program

• APEX Accelerators
  • National
  • Northwest Native - OR, WA, ID
  • Alaska Native PTAC

• • Write Your Business Plan

• Choosing a Tax Preparer
• Employee Identification Number (EIN)
  
• IRS Tax Calendar
• IRS Resources: Record Keeping
• IRS Resources: Business Income
• Small Business & Self Employed Tax Center
• Small Business Taxes Virtual Workshop
• Small Business Tax Products
• Videos

• Women in Cloud
• The Rosie Network
• Black Connect
• Black Women Business Owners of America
• National LGBT Chamber of Commerce
• Reaching Out
• StartOut
• Government Contracting for Small Businesses

Facebook Groups

• Black Owned Business Portal
• Black Business Owners Network
• Black Owned Businesses and Entrepreneurship Group
• Gay Entrepreneurs Network
• Indigenous Business & Entrepreneurship

State Business Resources 

• State of Alaska 
• Small Business Assistance Center, Economic Development Section, Division of Economic Development (alaska.gov) 
• Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development  
• Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development 

Local Business Resources 

• Municipality of Anchorage
• Bethel
• Fairbanks
• City and Bureau of Juneau
• Ketchikan
• Nome
• Palmer
• Petersburg
• City and Bureau of Sitka
• Utqiagvik (formerly known as Barrow)
• Valdez
• Wasilla
• City and Bureau of Wrangell

• Northwest Native Chamber

• Xxcelerate
• Hispanic Metropolitan Chamber
• Northwest Native Chamber
• Startup Northwest
• Portland Indigenous Marketplace

• BECU: Financial Education
• Seattle Public Library: Business Services & Market Research
• El Centro De La Raza
• Latin Chamber of Commerce
• Women Business Owners
• Central Area Collective
• Tabor 100
• Black Collective
• Chinatown International District Business Improvement Area
• Native Busines Center
• GSBA
• Greater Seattle Chinese Chamber of Commerce
• Northwest Native Chamber

Facebook Groups

• Seattle People of Color Salon