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Starting and growing a business, free business tools, and grants.

AARP Training Programs for Older Entrepreneurs
AARP guide to free and low-cost training programs, courses and mentorship for people over 50 who want to start or grow a business.
Article
Amber Grant for Women
Monthly $10,000 grants for women-owned businesses and nonprofits, with a simple application.
Government Program
Bplans Sample Business Plan Library
The largest free library of sample business plans online (500+ by industry), plus templates and planning guides used by universities and SBDCs.
Website
Building An Entrepreneurial Mindset: From Idea to Action
A webinar on how to build an entrepreneurial mindset and move from idea to action.
Webinar
Canva Pitch Deck Templates
Free, good-looking pitch deck and one-pager templates you can edit in minutes.
Tool
CO— Free Business Plan Templates
Roundup of free business plan templates with guidance on which format fits your type of business.
Document
Digital Marketing Strategy for Student Entrepreneurs
Slide deck on how AI tools and social platforms are rewriting brand building — breaking down viral case studies like Labubu (scarcity, lore, community) with the revenue numbers behind the hype, plus what those playbooks mean for your own launch.
Document
Entrepreneur White Paper: AI Tools, Prompts & Strategies for Founders
Jacqueline Tangorra's Entrepreneur white paper with 30 startup ideas, a 12-tool AI stack, four business prompts, and 12 deep strategy prompts for market sizing, competitor analysis, pricing, go-to-market, unit economics, and expansion.
Document
Find Your Local SBDC (Small Business Development Center)
Free, in-person business advising funded through the SBA — help with plans, financing, licensing, and hiring.
Organization
Fordham AI for Small Business (Coursera)
Fordham University’s AI Hub gives you free Coursera access to a curated set of generative AI courses built for small business owners: GenAI in Social Media Marketing, AI for Content Creation, Advanced Data Analysis with Generative AI, AI Fluency (Anthropic), and a GenAI for Leaders track from IBM. Self-paced, no cost through the program link.
Training Program
Forming an LLC or S-Corp for Your Tech Business or Consulting Practice
A step-by-step guide to forming an LLC (name search, registered agent, state filing, operating agreement, free EIN, business banking) and electing S-corp tax status, with filing fees and direct portal links for NY, NJ, GA, and CA, plus a section on 1099 contractor and consulting taxes.
Document
Google for Startups
Free programs, cloud credits, mentorship, and accelerators for founders.
Website
Hello Alice
A free small-business platform that matches owners with corporate- and foundation-funded grants (many $10,000+), plus free guides and expert-led events.
Program
Next Play
A free job platform for startup roles, filterable by skills, location, work type, industry and company size, with browsing by role and by city.
Job Board
Pitch Deck Lessons + GitHub Samples
Two pitch decks compared side by side: Airbnb's 10-slide deck that raised $600K, and Fyre Festival's deck, whose company later faced fraud charges, plus sample GitHub work to use as a model for your own portfolio.
Document
Resource Links by Platform (168-link reference PDF)
One printable reference of every platform tool, ad and shop setup page, AI marketing tool, and strategy read in this collection - 168 links across 24 platform categories.
Document
SBA Business Plan Tool
Build a lender-ready business plan section by section, for free.
Government Program
SBA National Resource Guide (PDF)
Comprehensive national guide covering counseling, training, capital, contracting, disaster assistance, and business advocacy resources, with local editions available.
Document
Shopify: The Entrepreneur's Platform
Entrepreneur.com article outlining the key benefits of building an online store on Shopify.
Article
The Handmade Advantage
Deep-dive article examining whether selling handmade goods on Etsy is worth it for crafters.
Article
The Knowledge House Founder's Directory — 2026 Edition
A one-page clickable directory of accelerators, funds, and small-business support beyond Y Combinator: NY/NJ, Atlanta, Los Angeles, DMV, and Baltimore, plus national programs for underrepresented founders, federal agencies, and corporate grant programs.
Document
10 new interesting startup and side-project ideas
Ten concrete things you could build that people actually want, with the reasoning behind each idea.
Article
16 Things People Really Hate About Your Email Marketing
A HubSpot guide to the email habits that make people unsubscribe, with practical fixes for frequency, subject lines, personalization and list hygiene. Useful for anyone sending a newsletter for a business or a job search.
Article
18C Partners
Entrepreneurship program and community supporting veteran-owned and military-connected small businesses.
Program
1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs
A free weekly live webinar where startup founders pitch and receive real-time public mentoring feedback from veteran advisor Sramana Mitra. Open to anyone to attend; pitching slots limited to IT/IT-enabled-services startups.
Webinar
35 Best Open-Source Software for Windows, macOS and Linux in 2026
A roundup of 35 free open-source programs organised as replacements for common paid software across writing, design, media, security and productivity, with the platforms each one runs on.
Article
5 GitHub Repos: Kill AI Slop, Go Viral, Make Money (Greg Isenberg)
Video walkthrough of open-source repositories founders can use for content quality, distribution, and monetization experiments.
Website
500 Global Portfolio Jobs
Job listings across startups backed by 500 Global, spanning many countries and stages.
Job Board
A Guide to Raising Venture Capital
What investors expect at each stage, how terms and valuations work, and how to prepare a raise in the current funding climate.
Article
A Simple Marketing Plan for Entrepreneurs
A stripped-down marketing plan you can actually finish: audience, message, channels, budget, and how to measure what works.
Article
A-Speakers
International speakers bureau headquartered in Denmark with US and UK offices, claiming 1,000+ client organizations and access to thousands of speakers worldwide.
Organization
ACE NextGen
National community for the next generation of Asian American entrepreneurs and small business owners, with local chapters, events, and peer mentorship.
Organization
Activate AI: Economic Opportunity Challenge (data.org)
Global call for AI projects that help people and communities unlock economic opportunity.
Competition
AI For Small Business
Practical AI guidance for small business owners who aren't high-tech, from a fellow small business owner.
Publisher
AI Readiness Score for Small Businesses
A free five-question assessment from EmpowerCore that scores how prepared your business is to adopt AI and returns an action plan on screen.
Tool
AI2050 (Schmidt Sciences)
Fellowship program funding researchers working on the hard problems of making AI beneficial by 2050, with an open list of fellows and their projects.
Program
Allstate Main Street Grants Program
Free 12-week virtual "Boost Camp" coaching on marketing, finance, and operations for 250 entrepreneurs each cycle, with 100 also receiving a $20,000 grant. Delivered via Hello Alice.
Program
Alpha Fellowship by speedrun
Alpha backs highly technical students and new grads with up to $250K to start a company, and connects exceptional engineers with opportunities at breakout startups.
Fellowship
Alternative Funding for Small Businesses: Grants Crowdfunding and More
Free SCORE session (sponsored by Visa) on non-traditional funding sources -- grants crowdfunding and more -- for early-stage entrepreneurs.
Webinar
Alventra Marketing Blog
Marketing blog with practical guidance for small businesses, entrepreneurs, and service providers.
Blog
Amazon gives sellers a smarter Seller Assistant and a plugin for Amazon Quick
Amazon's announcement of upgraded AI Seller Assistant tools, including a plugin that works with Claude.
Blog
Amazon Seller Central now supports multichannel selling
Amazon's announcement that Seller Central can manage listings and orders across Amazon, eBay, Shopify, TikTok and Walmart.
Article
Amazon Seller University
Amazon's free training library for sellers: videos and guides on listing products, fulfilment, advertising and growing a store.
Course
American Express Shop Small Grants Program
Run with Main Street America: $20,000 grants awarded to small businesses (over $10 million distributed to 500+ businesses as of the most recent cycle). Applications typically open seasonally around Small Business Saturday each fall.
Program
Andrew Carnegie Foundation Grants Database
A free, searchable record of 7,777 grants awarded since 2004 by what was Carnegie Corporation of New York and is now the Andrew Carnegie Foundation. Each record shows the grantee, the amount, the project description, the date awarded, the duration and the funding programme — National Democracy, National Education, International, Libraries, or Special Initiatives — with the geographic area served on newer entries. Filterable by year, programme and grantee, with every grant to one organisation viewable together.
Directory
Antoine Buteau
Profile synthesis and lessons from builders, leaders and operators across tech. Antoine distills recurring principles from thousands of profiles into practical takeaways on choosing what matters, building, leading and making work last.
Blog
Anything — docs and guides for making money online
Documentation and getting-started guides for Anything, a platform aimed at building and running internet income streams — setup, tools, and workflows.
Document
AppSumo
Marketplace of discounted and lifetime-deal software for small businesses, with a free account and a rotating set of free tools.
Website
Arnold Ventures Grantees
The philanthropy's list of grantees and its approach to funding evidence-based work in areas such as criminal justice, health, education and public finance.
Organization
Ashby Jobs
Modern ATS used by many startups and high-growth companies to host public job boards.
Job Board
Ask Entrepreneur
Entrepreneur magazine's Q&A hub where founders and small business owners get answers on starting, funding, marketing, and running a business.
Website
ASP.NET Core
Microsoft's open-source web framework for building web apps and services in C# that run on Windows, Linux and macOS. Free to download and use; the page is Microsoft's own product page.
Tool
Atom: The #1 Domain Marketplace
Explore a wide range of perfect names and purchase your dream domain instantly.
Website
AV Academy — Free Venture Capital Curriculum
Four free courses, 20+ short classes, roughly three to four hours in total, explaining how venture capital works: where it sits among other investments, how funds and deals are structured, and what the shift toward private markets means. Built by Alumni Ventures, no payment or account required to work through it.
Course
AWS Impact Accelerator
Amazon's $30 million accelerator for pre-seed founders from underrepresented backgrounds, offering equity-free cash, AWS credits, hands-on technical architecture support, mentorship, and introductions to venture capital networks.
Training Program
B Lab (B Corp)
Nonprofit network behind the B Corp certification, helping businesses balance profit and purpose through verified social and environmental standards.
Organization
Backed NYC: startup community and opportunity board
A New York startup community sharing founder events, funding opportunities, and open roles across the local ecosystem.
Website
BambooHR Hiring
ATS and HRIS with job pages used by small and mid-sized companies.
Job Board
Base44
No-code AI development platform that turns a written description into a working app or website.
AI Tool
Basecamp
Project-management and team-chat software from 37signals, with a free plan for one project.
tool
BDC Templates & Business Guides
Free business plan, marketing plan, and financial templates plus a self-paced learning center from Canada's business development bank.
Document
Beancount.io — Plain-Text Accounting
Double-entry, plain-text accounting you can audit line by line. Web interface for the open-source Beancount ledger format — good for founders and freelancers who want real books without a subscription suite.
Tool
Become a Loop & Tie Vendor
Vendor application for small brands to be included in Loop & Tie corporate gifting collections.
Program
Ben Tossell (Ben's Bites)
Founder-turned-investor writing a widely-read AI newsletter covering new tools, launches, and what is actually useful.
Person to Follow
Best Startup Accelerators in 2026
Startup Science ranking and overview of startup accelerator programs for 2026.
Article
Beyond the Barcode: Manage Inventory, Navigate Retail Channels and Prepare to Scale
Free SCORE webinar, sponsored by GS1 US, on how barcode data supports inventory management, e-commerce, and scaling across retail sales channels.
Webinar
BigSpeak Speakers Bureau
One of the larger bureaus by its own account (~$370M booked, 72% of the Fortune 1000 as clients), with a roster including James Clear and Marc Randolph.
Organization
Bing Places for Business
Microsoft's free local-listing tool that manages how a business shows up in Bing Search and Maps.
Platform Tool
Blink — AI website and app builder
An AI platform that designs, builds, and hosts a business website and the full-stack product behind it from a plain description, with hosting on your own domain included.
AI Tool
Bottom Up by David Sacks
A free newsletter of operating playbooks for software companies, organised by function — sales, marketing, operations, product and finance.
Newsletter
Brevo
Email and SMS marketing platform (formerly Sendinblue) with automation and CRM tools for small businesses.
AI Tool
BUILD (build.org)
National nonprofit that uses entrepreneurship as a teaching tool, guiding high school students in under-resourced communities to launch real ventures while building toward college and career.
Organization
Building a T-Shirt Factory Factory
A Breaking Change blog post on building tooling to build the tooling — an honest walkthrough of automating a small side business with AI assistance.
Blog
Built In
Tech job board and local tech-scene coverage across major U.S. metros, with company profiles and salary data.
Job Board
Business Prime Tiers
Amazon's subscription tiers offering business customers bulk pricing, analytics, and purchasing tools.
Platform Tool
caffeine n' jeans
Community and resource hub for creatives, entrepreneurs, founders, and wanderers built by Stephanie while working full-time and finishing her MBA.
Website
Calcalist CTech
Free English-language coverage of the Israeli technology sector — funding rounds, startup exits, hiring trends and defence-tech developments.
Publisher
Camelback Fellowship Application
A 16-week accelerator for entrepreneurs building impactful solutions in education and conscious technology, with coaching, capital, connections, and curriculum.
Program
Camelback Ventures
Fellowship and capital for underrepresented entrepreneurs in education, tech, and social impact.
Organization
Candid (foundation and grant research)
Research foundations, prior grants, and potential funders by mission and geography.
Website
Candid Learning
Free training and sample documents for nonprofit and fundraising work from Candid: recorded courses on proposal writing and project budgets, plus real sample cover letters, letters of inquiry, proposal budgets and full funded proposals you can read end to end.
Course
CharityHowTo
A comprehensive nonprofit education platform offering live and on-demand webinars on fundraising, grant writing, marketing, board development, and nonprofit management.
Training Program
CitizensNYC Grants
Small grants (typically up to a few thousand dollars) for neighbourhood and community projects in New York City, from the nonprofit Citizens Committee for New York City.
website
CO— by U.S. Chamber of Commerce
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's small business media arm, with free guides, templates, startup how-tos, and a national webinar series.
Publisher
Coffee & Career Transitions NYC: Tech & Startups Edition
An in-person networking event in New York City for engineers, product managers, and technical professionals navigating layoffs or searching for their next opportunity, co-hosted with 645 Ventures portfolio startups that are hiring.
Live Event
Comcast RISE
Grant packages combining $5,000 cash, a year of free internet/voice/cybersecurity service, equipment, a professionally produced TV commercial, coaching, and online entrepreneurship courses. Open to all qualifying small businesses in specific participating metro areas during limited annual application windows.
Program
Composer by DXOS — Local-First Collaborative Workspace
A local-first workspace from DXOS combining documents, spreadsheets, tables, and sketches with real-time peer-to-peer collaboration, custom plugins, custom functions, and AI agent workflows. Data syncs between devices without centralized servers. Composer is in early access; the product site and documentation are free.
Tool
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Payment and Card Processing Basics
What card networks, processors, and fees actually are, so you can compare point-of-sale and payment options without guessing.
Government Program
Contrarian Thinking Resources
Free resources from Codie Sanchez's Contrarian Thinking on buying, financing, and scaling small cash-flowing businesses — newsletters, masterclasses, deal frameworks, and acquisition guidance.
Website
Contrary Research
Research publications from Contrary, a venture capital firm, with in-depth company and industry reports including coverage of AI companies.
Website
Contribution Margin: Definition & How to Calculate It
Investopedia's plain-English explainer on contribution margin — sales revenue minus variable costs — with worked examples and how to use it for pricing and product decisions.
Article
Cosign
A reputation and vouching tool for the startup ecosystem — founders, investors and operators vouch for people they have actually worked with, so warm intros carry more weight.
Tool
Creator Empowerment Features
Article on how Etsy's platform and startup model have empowered independent creators.
Article
Creator Fund/Program
TikTok's official program that pays eligible creators based on the views their content generates.
Platform Tool
Creem Blog
Free posts on selling software online as a small operator — payments, taxes, compliance and launch write-ups aimed at solo founders.
Blog
Crown Affair Seedling Mentorship Program
A mentorship program from Crown Affair pairing early-stage founders and creatives with experienced operators for guidance on building a brand and business.
Program
Crunchbase
Database of companies, funding rounds, founders and investors.
Finder Tool
Crunchbase News
Reporting on funding rounds, startup trends, and venture activity.
Publisher
CSI Tech Incubator — Fall 2026 Cohort (Applications)
A nine-week, no-equity incubator run by the College of Staten Island Innovation Hub (CUNY) for early-stage tech startups preparing to raise a Seed or Series A. Includes a business development and digital strategy curriculum, one-to-one work with mentors, investors and subject matter experts, access to office space and CUNY facilities, plus events and discounted resources — applications for the Fall 2026 cohort are open on F6S.
Program
Debating SEO vs. GEO misses the point: How to think in terms of visibility
Search Engine Land's free guide by Curtis Weyant, last updated 30 December 2025, arguing the SEO-versus-GEO argument is a false choice and that the real change is visibility splitting across Google, ChatGPT and social platforms. Quotes the competing positions directly, including Google's "good SEO is good GEO" line. About a 13-minute read, free, no sign-up.
Article
Defining Aggregators (Stratechery)
Ben Thompson's free 2017 essay giving a precise definition of aggregators, a way to classify them, and how to think about regulating them.
Article
Dharmesh Shah
Co-founder & CTO, HubSpot. Shares insights on startups, software development, and AI, with a focus on community-driven business growth.
Person to Follow
Digital Content Next (DCN)
Trade association providing news, research and information for and about the digital media industry.
Organization
Doola
LLC formation, taxes and bookkeeping in one place. Start a business, stay compliant, and get US banking and Stripe payments — even for non-US owners.
Tool
Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
Multi-year funding and hands-on support for early-stage social impact organizations.
Organization
DRG
Our work is powered by people. Established experience. Startup energy. DRG helps mission-driven organizations build and guide strong teams.
Organization
Durable
AI website builder that generates a complete small-business website and copy in under a minute.
AI Tool
Eagles Talent Speakers Bureau
Full-service speakers bureau, 40+ years in business, with hundreds of speakers across categories and clients including Capital One, Ford, Yale, and Wells Fargo. Non-exclusive booking for most speakers, plus a smaller exclusive roster they manage directly.
Organization
Earn Money Completing Tasks on Airtasker (US)
Marketplace where you pick local or remote tasks and get paid for doing them.
Platform
Echoing Green
Fellowships offering funding, mentorship, and community for emerging social entrepreneurs.
Organization
Echoing Green
Nonprofit providing seed funding and fellowships to early-stage social entrepreneurs, especially leaders of color, building solutions to social problems.
Organization
EDA Economic Development Directory
Official federal directory for finding your state's Economic Development Districts and Economic Development Organizations (EDOs/EDCs) — pick a state and get the local contacts.
Finder Tool
EforAll (Entrepreneurship for All)
Runs free accelerators, pitch contests, and year-long mentorship for early-stage entrepreneurs, with a Spanish-language EparaTodos track and a focus on founders historically shut out of capital.
Organization
Eliza Research
Group building the open source Eliza personal agent and related products at the intersection of AI and people.
Organization
Endless Frontier Labs
Nine-month NYU-based program that helps early-stage science and technology startups reach the next milestone, at no cost to founders.
Organization
Entrepreneur Voices on Careers
Collected Entrepreneur magazine pieces on career transitions, burnout, and professional growth from the perspective of founders and operators.
Document
Entrepreneur White Paper: How to Set Up a US LLC From Anywhere
Step-by-step guide to forming a US LLC from any country: state selection, registered agent, EIN, banking, taxes, and ongoing compliance.
Document
Entrepreneur: How to Know If Your Business Idea Will Actually Work (Free Webinar)
Free Entrepreneur session on validating a business idea before spending money building it.
Webinar
Entrepreneur: How to Raise Capital in 2026 (Free Webinar)
Free Entrepreneur webinar on current fundraising conditions, investor expectations, and preparing to raise.
Webinar
Entrepreneur.com Free Webinars
Free live and on-demand webinars from Entrepreneur magazine covering leadership, growth, marketing, and business finance.
Website
Entrepreneurs for Global Change
Community and programming for entrepreneurs building ventures with a social impact focus.
Community
Equity | Impact Center
A research-based capacity-building organization in the Pittsburgh region working with nonprofit leaders, founders, artists, institutions, and funders to advance equity. Its programs include the Social Impact Fellowship, the Transformative Leader Program, the SCALE Fellowship, a Creative in Residence program, and a nonprofit accelerator, plus an impact report and published stories.
Organization
Everything you should know about equity compensation
A plain-language guide to stock options, grants, vesting and what equity in a job offer is actually worth.
Article
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
One of the largest foundations dedicated to entrepreneurship, funding research and programs to expand economic opportunity through business creation.
Organization
Facebook Marketplace
Meta's free platform for individuals and businesses to list and sell products locally and online.
Platform Tool
Faire Brand Application
Free application for makers and small brands to sell wholesale to independent retailers through Faire.
Program
Fast Forward — Accelerator for Tech Nonprofits
Founded in 2014, the first nonprofit accelerator for tech nonprofits. It gives founders funding, resources and partnerships, and runs a free learning academy.
Program
Favikon
An influencer-marketing platform for finding, analyzing, and messaging creators, with performance data, audience demographics, and authenticity scoring.
Platform Tool
Finding Grants for Small Businesses (SCORE Workshop)
Free SCORE workshop on October 13, 2026 covering where small business grants actually come from, which ones you qualify for, and how to search federal, state, corporate, and foundation sources without wasting time on scams.
Webinar
First Course NYC for Businesses
City-funded training and recruitment support program that helps NYC employers hire, train, and retain local talent for entry-level and middle-skill roles.
Government Program
Floot
A no-code app builder that works inside Claude and ChatGPT, turning a plain description of an idea into a working product.
Tool
Flowise
An open-source drag-and-drop builder for chatbots and AI workflows you can run yourself and embed on a site. Apache 2.0 licensed.
AI Tool
Fluencify
A creator-marketing platform that runs influencer and UGC campaigns end to end — from creator contracting and briefing to quality review and payout.
Platform Tool
Founders Fund
The San Francisco venture firm's site and essays on what it funds and why — a free window into how investors actually think about startups.
Organization
FoundersBoost 2026 Fall NYC
A startup pre-accelerator program in New York City that prepares founders for accelerators, investment, and revenue — applications close September 15, 2026 and the program starts October 1, 2026.
Program
FoundersBoost Pre-Accelerator
A free, mentor-driven pre-accelerator for early-traction startups, run in chapters across many cities, designed as the last mile before applying to a major accelerator or raising a first round.
Program
Foundr
Actionable insights from world-recognized founders, for aspiring and early-stage entrepreneurs.
Publisher
Framer
No-code website builder with AI design features for building fast, animated marketing sites.
AI Tool
Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA)
Amazon's logistics service that stores, packs, and ships seller inventory through its warehouse network.
Platform Tool
FusionAuth Tutorials
Free step-by-step tutorials on adding login, single sign-on, and OAuth to your own app — one of the clearest sources on authentication that is not a sales page.
Guide
Gary Vaynerchuk
Chairman, VaynerX; CEO, VaynerMedia. One of the most followed entrepreneurship and marketing voices on LinkedIn, known for direct, practical business advice.
Person to Follow
Gene Marks — Small Business Columnist, Author
Small-business columnist and owner writing on taxes, hiring, and regulations for Main Street businesses.
Person to Follow
GetApp Software Directory
A free searchable directory of business software with side-by-side feature comparisons, pricing summaries and verified user reviews across categories like workflow, CRM and accounting.
Finder Tool
Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN)
Worldwide network of entrepreneurship programs, research, and policy work, best known for organizing Global Entrepreneurship Week across more than 180 countries.
Organization
Goodie Nation
A community for social entrepreneurs and diverse founders after the accelerator stage, connecting them with investors, coaches, and corporate partners to close the relationship gap that blocks funding.
Community
Google Ads
Google's paid advertising platform for running search, display, video, and shopping ad campaigns.
Platform Tool
Google Business Profile
Free Google tool for creating and managing how a business appears on Google Search and Maps.
Platform Tool
Google Business Profile (Setup Guide)
Google's official help-center guide for creating and verifying a free Google Business Profile listing.
Article
Google for Nonprofits
No-cost and discounted Google products for eligible nonprofit organizations, including Google Workspace, Ad Grants for search advertising, YouTube nonprofit features, and Google Maps credits.
Program
Google for Startups Digital Events
Rolling calendar of free online workshops, AI sprints, and founder sessions run by Google for Startups, covering product, fundraising, marketing, and building with Google AI tools.
Website
Google Sites
Google's free, no-code website builder for simple business, portfolio, or informational sites.
Platform Tool
Green Ventures, Good Jobs: Early-Stage Innovation and an Inclusive Economy
A World Economic Forum story on how early-stage green startups are creating accessible jobs and what that means for founders and job seekers in climate work.
Article
Greenhouse
Widely used ATS with public job boards at boards.greenhouse.io. Great for startup and tech roles.
Job Board
Greylock Blog
Venture firm's blog on building companies: hiring, product, go-to-market and AI, written by its partners and founders.
Blog
Harlem Capital
Early-stage venture firm investing in diverse founders, with public portfolio information, programs, and fellowship opportunities.
Organization
Harlem Capital
Venture firm investing in diverse founders, with public resources and an internship pipeline.
Organization
Harlem Capital (YouTube)
Video channel with founder interviews, fundraising breakdowns, and venture capital explainers from the Harlem Capital team.
Video Channel
Hookest — Viral Hooks for Short Videos
Tool that suggests opening lines ("hooks") for Instagram, TikTok and YouTube Shorts videos.
tutorial
Hot AI Companies and Interesting Trends (next play)
next play's breakdown of the different categories of AI companies hiring right now and where the momentum is heading.
Newsletter
How I'd Start a One-Person Business With Claude in 2026
A free walkthrough of building a one-person business from scratch with an AI assistant, from picking the offer to the day-to-day workflow.
Article
How to Assess the Potential of Your Business Idea
Entrepreneur's framework for pressure-testing a business idea before you spend money on it: demand, differentiation, cost, and timing.
Article
How to Find Wholesale Suppliers
Shopify guide to sourcing and vetting wholesale suppliers, including questions to ask and red flags.
Article
How to Get Your Business Mentioned in Claude (Searchable Report)
A research report based on roughly 95,000 search result records across 3,000 prompts in Claude, laying out seven patterns behind which sites AI assistants cite - useful if you want your business or personal site to surface in AI answers.
Case Study
How to Identify the Key Factor Holding Your Career Coaching Business Back
Daniel Botero walks through finding the single constraint limiting growth in a coaching or service business — offer, audience, lead flow, or delivery — instead of working harder across all of them at once.
Article
How to Start a Small Business (Chase Resource Center)
Free step-by-step guidance on starting a business: shaping the idea, funding options, legal structure, finances and promotion.
Article
How to Write a Business Plan
Section-by-section walkthrough of a business plan: executive summary, market analysis, operations, team, and financial projections.
Article
How You Hustle: Get Your Startup Featured in The Hustle
A free form from The Hustle newsletter where founders can pitch their business for a chance to be featured to its roughly 1.5 million readers. You answer questions about your pitch, the problem you solve, your origin story and your advice for other founders. Side hustles and full-time businesses are both welcome.
Opportunity
HubSpot Marketing Landing Pages
HubSpot's landing-page builder for capturing leads, running A/B tests, and connecting forms to a CRM — useful for small businesses and creator-led offers.
Platform Tool
hue
Hue is the community-powered media company building a more connected future. Brands partner with us to sponsor events and content (podcast, email newsletters, digital mag, and social media) to build relationships with an engaged audience of leaders.
Organization
Ian Nuttall on Building with AI
Thread from indie builder Ian Nuttall documenting how he ships small software products fast using AI tooling, with the specific stack and workflow.
Article
IFundWomen
A free universal grant application (now part of Honeycomb Credit) that matches women- and diverse-owned businesses to sponsor-funded grants, some bundled with coaching.
Program
In The Ecosystem with Mike
Interview show hosted by Mike Cortez where founders, investors, and ecosystem builders discuss raising capital, scaling ventures, and how regional ecosystems like Atlanta and the Southeast fuel innovation.
Podcast
Inc. Events & Webinars Hub
Webinars and virtual events from Inc. (publisher of the Inc. 5000), aimed at founders scaling a business.
Website
IRS: Independent Contractor or Employee?
The IRS test for classifying workers, plus what a 1099 filing actually requires of you as the payer.
Government Program
JazzHR
ATS popular with small businesses and growing teams; public apply pages at apply.jazz.co.
Job Board
Katie Kirsch
Writer and ecosystem lead at a16z, publishing on startups, founder communities, and early-career paths into venture and tech.
Person to Follow
Keynote Speaker Starter Toolkit
A fill-in-the-blank speaking package template: positioning statement and bios, three signature keynote topics with audience takeaways, proof and testimonials, showreel and photo checklist, and plain-language notes on fees, cancellation, travel, and rights so you know what a fair standard deal looks like.
Document
Leland for Coaches
Free iPhone app for approved Leland coaches to manage their coaching business on the go: respond to client messages, accept intro calls and orders, and view basic client info.
Tool
Lemon.io
Freelance network matching senior engineers with fast-moving startup clients.
Job Board
Lever
ATS with public job pages at jobs.lever.co, popular with venture-backed startups.
Job Board
Linas Beliūnas
FinTech and AI strategist writing on financial technology, startups, and where money and AI intersect.
Person to Follow
Link Cleaner
A free tool that strips tracking parameters from links before you share them, so the people you send a link to aren't followed across the web. Paste a link, get a clean version back.
Tool
LinkedIn Marketing Solutions
LinkedIn's hub for B2B advertising, sponsored content, and other marketing solutions.
Platform Tool
LinkedIn's Original Pitch to Greylock
The actual 2004 pitch deck Reid Hoffman used to raise LinkedIn's Series B, with his annotations explaining each slide.
Document
LinkNYC Advertising
How to advertise on LinkNYC kiosks across New York City, including formats and how to get started.
Platform Tool
Listen Future Founder Program
A program from Listen Labs for people who want to start a company: you work on a real idea with support from the Listen team, with no cost to take part.
Fellowship
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)
One of the largest CDFIs in the country, providing affordable capital, grants, and technical assistance to small businesses and community organizations in under-resourced neighborhoods.
Organization
Magic Patterns — AI design and prototyping
An AI design tool for product teams: turn a prompt, product requirement, or screenshot into high-fidelity UI, match existing design tokens, and explore directions before committing engineering time.
AI Tool
Manhattan Chamber of Commerce — Research + Data
Free reports and data on small business conditions in New York City. Current findings include a Manhattan storefront vacancy rate of 12.99% as of Q1 2026 (against a 12.79% pre-pandemic benchmark, with 8 of 12 community districts at or below it), non-resident visits down 2.1% year over year — the first decline in five years — an estimated $4.5bn in annual tariff costs absorbed by NYC small businesses and roughly $4,200 in added annual household costs, business formation at a five-year low, and an analysis of 211,000+ Department of Consumer and Worker Protection inspection records showing 62.3% of city business inspection cases end in default judgment, with summonses to unlicensed businesses up 171% in a year.
Report
Marcus Sheridan Learning Center
Free talks, videos, and teaching from Marcus Sheridan, author of They Ask, You Answer — answering customer questions honestly as a content and sales strategy for small businesses.
Website
Marie Forleo (YouTube)
Business strategy blended with mindset coaching for purpose-driven small businesses. Hosted by Marie Forleo.
Person to Follow
Meet the Cozy Entrepreneurs Who Reject Hustle Culture
Profiles of entrepreneurs who are ambitious and passionate but unwilling to pursue growth at all costs.
Article
Meta AI
Meta's assistant, built into Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook, plus its own site. Free.
AI Tool
Meta Business Suite
Meta's free hub for managing Facebook and Instagram pages, posts, messages, and ads in one place.
Platform Tool
Microsoft Advertising
Microsoft's paid search advertising platform, running ads across Bing, Yahoo, and partner networks.
Platform Tool
MIT Startups at Demo Day 2026
MIT News coverage of the 2026 delta v Demo Day, where student founders pitched their new ventures.
Article
Morning Brew
Daily, witty business news digest for entrepreneurs and professionals.
Publisher
Mostik
Startup building a way for different AI models to exchange knowledge directly, without translating everything back into text prompts.
AI Tool
n8n
A visual workflow tool for connecting apps and AI models — source-available, and free to run on your own server. Their hosted plans are paid.
Tool
Need a Business Idea? Here Are 55
A long list of low-cost business ideas across services, retail, home-based, and online categories, with what each one takes to launch.
Article
Neno
A social gathering platform describing itself as "a better way to gather online," focused on small-group online meetups and community events.
Platform Tool
New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA)
New Jersey grants, loans, and technical assistance for small businesses and startups.
Government Program
NFTE (Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship)
Delivers entrepreneurship education to middle school, high school, and college students worldwide, with curriculum, business plan competitions, and educator training.
Organization
Noah Kagan (YouTube)
Real-world business experiments, side hustle breakdowns, and startup marketing strategy. Hosted by Noah Kagan.
Person to Follow
Nonprofit Courses
Flexible online training for nonprofit staff, boards, and volunteers, covering fundraising, leadership, governance, and management.
Training Program
Nuance Labs
Building visual conversational AI that feels human.
Tool
NYC Small Business Resource Network
Free one-on-one help for New York City small businesses from Small Business Support Specialists at the five borough chambers of commerce — grants and loans, digital marketing, getting online, lease negotiations and business planning.
Program
NYC Small Business Services
New York City's hub for free business courses, financing help, certification, and compliance support.
Government Program
NYU Stern Endless Frontier Labs
Mentor-driven program for early-stage deep-tech and science startups run out of NYU Stern.
Organization
Oodle Blog
Insights on digital marketing, advertising, and brand strategy from the Oodle team.
Blog
Open-source Projects
A free directory that highlights open-source GitHub repositories and developer tools, with short write-ups sorted by language and topic.
Website
OpenAI AI and Teen Development Research Grants
OpenAI is committing $5 million, with individual grants up to $1 million, to fund independent research into how generative AI affects young people aged 13-17, with a focus on social and emotional development. Topics include how teens actually use AI, developmental outcomes, the factors that shape those effects, and which safeguards and design choices work. Applications opened 8 September 2026 and close 6 October 2026, 11:59 PM PDT, reviewed on a rolling basis with decisions by 13 November 2026. Applicants must be 18 or older and affiliated with a research institution or have significant relevant experience; proposals are welcome from any country. Free to apply.
Program
OpenSourceProjects.cc
Searchable directory of more than 10,000 open-source projects on GitHub, grouped by category and sortable by stars and community activity, built around finding free alternatives to paid software.
Directory
Opportunity Score
A free Meta Business Suite feature that scores a Page's setup and suggests ways to reach more customers.
Platform Tool
OSHA Fact Sheet: Safety and Health Requirements for New Businesses
Plain-language OSHA fact sheet covering what a brand-new employer must do: provide a hazard-free workplace, keep injury and illness records, post the required OSHA notice, train workers on hazardous chemicals, and where to get free on-site consultation help.
Document
OSHA: Manual de Seguridad y Salud para Empresas Pequenas (Spanish)
Full Spanish-language OSHA handbook for small businesses: how to build a safety and health program, run self-inspections with detailed checklists, fix common hazards (electrical, ergonomics, fire, exits, chemicals, machinery), meet posting and recordkeeping rules, and request free on-site consultation.
Document
Ownership Is the Future
A campaign site arguing for expanding employee ownership of businesses.
Website
Oyster Employment Cost Calculator
A free calculator estimating the true cost of hiring an employee in a given country, including taxes, benefits and statutory contributions.
Tool
Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
Philanthropy funding data and AI for social good, with grants, programs and public resources.
Website
Pave HER Way Grant Programs
Grant, mentorship, and network access for women with projects and ideas that advance women and girls — including awards for established change agents, aspiring disruptors, and women facing financial barriers.
Program
Pinterest Business (Setup Hub)
Pinterest's official hub for setting up and managing a business account and its business tools.
Platform Tool
Pinterest Business Help: Advertising
Pinterest's help-center documentation covering how to set up and run advertising campaigns.
Article
Pinterest Holiday 2026 Campaign Optimisation Guide
Pinterest's own marketer guide to running and adjusting festive-season campaigns in real time: what to watch weekly, when to shift budget, and which formats it recommends for each stage.
Guide
Pledge 1%
A global movement that encourages companies to pledge 1% of equity, profit, product or employee time to charitable causes.
Organization
Porkbun
A low-cost domain registrar with free WHOIS privacy, email forwarding and SSL included on registrations.
Tool
Primary's NYC Tech Summit
Annual gathering for builders, backers, and operators shaping the future of technology and business.
Webinar
Product Hunt
A daily list of new tech products, voted on by the community — a quick way to spot new AI and startup tools.
website
Queens Chamber AI
Five AI assistants for small businesses — inbox, scheduling, review replies, social posting and a business 'brain' — that draft work for your approval, run from your phone.
Platform Tool
Questions to Ask Before You Join a Startup
A due-diligence checklist for job seekers: the questions to ask a startup about funding, runway, leadership and role before you say yes.
Article
Raindrop.io — bookmark manager
All-in-one bookmark manager for saving, tagging and organising links, articles and media, with a generous free plan and a low-cost Pro tier.
Tool
RangeMe for Suppliers
Free supplier profiles that let emerging brands submit products to retail buyers and category managers.
Platform Tool
Reddit Ads
Reddit's self-serve advertising platform for targeting ads to specific communities and interests.
Platform Tool
Reddit Marketing Strategy
Forbes article arguing that Reddit marketing may be an underused growth channel for businesses.
Article
Refery
High-trust talent referrals from top founders, operators, and VCs. Built for fast-growing startups.
Newsletter
Relay
Online banking and money-management platform built for small businesses: checking and savings accounts, debit cards, accounts payable and receivable, expense management, and integrations with QuickBooks Online, Xero, Gusto, and Plaid. A free checking tier is available; savings, credit, and loan products carry their own terms.
Platform Tool
Replit
A free-to-start platform that builds a working app or website from a plain description, with everything running in the browser and no setup.
Tool
Rethink 2026 (Google Ads & YouTube)
Free virtual Google event on Search and YouTube Ads best practices plus industry and consumer insight for growing a business.
Webinar
Richard Branson
Founder, Virgin Group. Long-running voice on risk-taking, disruption, and entrepreneurship from one of the world's most recognized founders.
Person to Follow
Rocky Yu (AGI House)
Profile and writing from Rocky Yu, part of the AGI House team running its residencies and build events.
Person to Follow
Rune Is Now Open Source
Announcement explaining why the Rune IDE was rebuilt from first principles in Go and released under the GPLv3, including a contributor program that shares revenue with outside contributors.
Article
Ryan Holmes
Founder & Former CEO, Hootsuite. Writes on entrepreneurship, leadership, and building businesses from scratch; founder of the League of Innovators nonprofit.
Person to Follow
Sam Altman's Blog
Free essays on startups, hiring, productivity and ambition from OpenAI's CEO, including the widely read "How to Be Successful" and startup playbook posts.
Blog
Sample Speaking Engagement Agreement (Template)
An anonymized speaking contract template synthesized from real speaker agreements: fee and payment structures, travel expenses, recording and likeness rights, promotion approval, cancellation windows, independent contractor status, indemnification, and force majeure.
Template
Sarah T. Khan on the Value Realization Gap
Interview with operator Sarah T. Khan on why AI investments stall between purchase and measurable results, and how to spot the gap before it becomes expensive.
Article
SBA: Apply for Licenses and Permits
How to find the federal, state, and local licenses your business type needs, including industry-specific permits.
Government Program
SBA: Choose a Business Structure
Sole proprietor, LLC, S corp, or partnership — what each means for taxes, liability, and paperwork.
Government Program
SBA: Get Business Insurance
Plain-language rundown of which insurance types a small business actually needs — general liability, workers' comp, property, and more.
Government Program
SBA: Hire and Manage Employees
Step-by-step guide to hiring your first employee: EIN, state registration, payroll taxes, and required posters.
Government Program
SBA: Marketing and Sales Guide
Fundamentals of finding and keeping customers — market research, pricing, and simple sales plans, with no software required.
Government Program
SCORE — Free Business Mentoring
Free, lifetime one-on-one mentoring from experienced volunteer business advisors, backed by an SBA cooperative agreement, plus free workshops, a self-paced online Learning Academy, and business templates.
Program
SCORE Business Plan Template
Step-by-step 11-worksheet business plan template used widely by SCORE mentors and SBDC advisors nationwide.
Document
SCORE Financial Management Workbook
A practical primer covering small business financial statements, cash flow, and preparing for a loan application.
Document
SCORE Small Business Basics Workbook
Concise primer on moving from a business idea to a functioning small business, including planning exercises and incorporation basics.
Document
SCORE Templates, Guides & E-books Library
Free library of business templates, guides, e-books, and recorded workshops covering planning, finance, marketing, and operations.
Document
Seller University
Amazon's free library of training videos and courses to help new sellers launch and grow.
Platform Tool
SHE//BUILDS
A free UK community for women building apps, websites and businesses with AI — share tips, get help and learn by doing.
Community
Shopify
Leading e-commerce platform for building, managing, and scaling an online store.
Platform Tool
Shopify Capital
Shopify's financing program offering merchants business loans and cash advances based on store performance.
Platform Tool
Shopify Changelog
Shopify's running log of product updates, new features and developer changes to the platform.
Website
Should You Pause Your Job Search to Build Your Own Thing?
Essay weighing the tradeoffs of stepping away from a job search to start a business, and how to test the idea without burning your runway.
Article
Simon Squibb (YouTube)
A free YouTube channel of short business advice and street interviews where founders and would-be founders get their ideas questioned and tested in public.
Video Channel
Skoll Foundation
Foundation investing in social entrepreneurs and innovators tackling the world's most pressing problems.
Organization
Small Business Development Centers (SBDC)
Free one-on-one business advising and low-cost training through a nationwide network hosted at universities and colleges.
Organization
Small Business Expo — Small Business University
Free live and on-demand small business webinars (1,000+ sessions) from the organizers of America's largest small business conference.
Community
Small Business Trends
Online publication covering small business news, technology products, marketing, and management advice for entrepreneurs and business owners. Free to read, supported by advertising.
Publication
SmartBiz
Amazon Business feature connecting small business owners with SBA-backed small business loan options.
Platform Tool
Smartsheet Free Business Templates
Large library of free business planning, budgeting, and inventory templates in Excel, Word, and PDF.
Document
Speedrun Talent Network
Talent network connecting engineers and operators with fast-moving startups.
Job Board
Stan Store Blog
Creator-commerce blog covering how entrepreneurs, coaches, and indie makers build productized services, digital downloads, and monetized communities on Stan Store.
Blog
Stanford UPSTREAM Research Center: Pilot Grants
Funding page for Stanford Medicine's Upstream Research Center pilot grants, which back early-stage research on upstream causes of health such as work, income and community conditions.
Opportunity
Start It Up on Medium
Formerly The Startup — Medium's largest active publication, covering career advice, entrepreneurship, and the creator economy.
Publisher
Start Small Think Big
Nonprofit offering free workshops, events, and legal and financial support for under-resourced small business owners.
Organization
Startup Grind on Medium
Global community of startups and founders, covering fundraising, product development, and market research.
Publisher
Startup Savant
Guides, state-by-state formation walkthroughs, and startup news for first-time founders.
Website
Startups Gallery
Directory of early-stage startups backed by leading investors, with funding news and company profiles in one place.
Website
Startups Gallery Jobs
Job board aggregating openings at early-stage, investor-backed startups.
Job Board
StoreClaw AI
AI-powered inventory and listing platform for ecommerce sellers, helping small businesses manage products, optimize listings, and automate store operations.
AI Tool
Stripe
Payment-processing platform that lets businesses accept online payments and manage billing infrastructure.
Platform Tool
Susan Frew
Fortune 50 executive turned AI super-user and author of "RE-CODED: Upgrade Your Business DNA with AI," focused on practical AI adoption for small business and franchise owners.
Person to Follow
Switch Your Ad Spend to Pinterest (Pinterest's Pitch)
Pinterest's sales page for advertisers moving budget from other platforms, listing its ad placements, its own performance figures and the sign-up incentives it currently offers.
Article
TD survey: small businesses look ahead but financial readiness varies
TD's 2026 financial preparedness survey on how small business owners are planning for the year, where confidence is high, and where cash and credit readiness is thin.
Report
Tech Social | Supermoon, Avahi & Concord Visa
An in-person tech social hosted by Supermoon with Avahi and Concord Visa: casual networking for founders, operators, and technologists. September 22, 2026, 5:30-8:30pm.
Webinar
Tech Startups
Daily startup and technology news: funding rounds, launches, acquisitions and industry moves, written short.
Publisher
TechCrunch (YouTube)
Startup and technology news covering product launches, funding rounds, and trends. Hosted by TechCrunch.
Person to Follow
Techstars accelerator directory
Searchable list of Techstars accelerator programs by city and industry, with application windows.
Website
Techstars Foundation
Nonprofit funding organizations that advance equity and inclusion in entrepreneurship, offering grants to support underrepresented founders.
Organization
Techstars Startup Jobs
Open roles across companies in the Techstars accelerator portfolio, filterable by role, location, and remote status.
Job Board
TechUnited:NJ Upcoming Events
The running events calendar for New Jersey's tech and startup community: founder meetups, pitch nights, panels and networking sessions.
Website
TechUnited:NJ Uplift Mentorship Program
Mentorship program from TechUnited:NJ pairing founders and technologists with experienced mentors across the New Jersey innovation community.
Program
TEN Startup Guides
Free startup guides from The Entrepreneurship Network covering the early decisions: structure, validation, funding paths, and going to market.
Document
The Awesome Foundation
Local chapters awarding $1,000 microgrants every month, no strings attached.
Organization
The Entrepreneurship Network (TEN)
A virtual incubator and venture studio supporting early-stage founders with structured programs, mentorship, and startup resources.
Organization
The Founder Gazette: Submit Your Story
Free editorial submission page for founders who want their startup story covered, with guidance on what editors need.
Tool
The Generalist
Long-form strategy deep dives on companies, markets, and the people shaping them.
Publisher
The Hustle
Daily business news with a sharp, irreverent tone — startup stories, market shifts, and unconventional trends.
Publisher
The Pollination Project
Rolling seed grants up to $500 for early-stage, community-rooted projects.
Organization
The Shortlist NYC
Application-only founder showcase series and newsletter covering early-stage New York founders and funding as a hiring signal.
Newsletter
The Shortlist NYC Jobs
Job listings from early-stage New York startups featured in The Shortlist NYC.
Job Board
The Side Hustle Guide
Four-chapter workbook from Side Hustle Pro on choosing the right side hustle, defining your target audience and ideal client, testing the idea cheaply, and moving forward consistently — with homework at the end of each chapter.
Document
The Super Coach Community
Community for coaches building and growing a coaching practice, with peer support and shared resources.
Community
The Ultimate List of 16 Best Open-Source Software in 2026
A developer-focused list of 16 open-source tools used to build and run applications, with what each one replaces and where it fits, published by the software agency Ethora.
Article
Themis Resources
Free resource hub from Themis covering governance, risk and compliance (GRC) for banks and fintechs: case studies, blog posts and guides on onboarding partners, diligence, audit-proofing and compliance collaboration.
Blog
Thinking Machines Lab — Safety Research Grants
Announcement of Thinking Machines Lab's safety research grants program, funding external research on AI safety.
Article
This Week in Startups (YouTube)
Discussions on building, scaling, and navigating the startup and venture capital world. Hosted by Jason Calacanis.
Person to Follow
TikTok Business Accounts
TikTok's free account type for businesses, unlocking analytics, ad tools, and a public business profile.
Platform Tool
TikTok Seller Requirements
Article explaining the eligibility requirements and steps needed to get approved for TikTok Shop.
Article
TikTok Shop
TikTok's built-in e-commerce feature letting sellers list and sell products directly within the app.
Platform Tool
Tipstyr
Consumer app aiming to make tipping simpler and more transparent for both customers and service workers.
Tool
TNW | The heart of tech
Technology news, analysis, and events on startups, innovation, and digital culture.
Publisher
Todoist
A widely used task and project-management app with a generous free tier, helpful for organizing a job search, side projects, or small-business operations.
Tool
Tory Burch Foundation Business Webinars
Free weekly live webinars led by educators and entrepreneurs, covering marketing, finance, operations, and supply chain.
Organization
Tory Burch Foundation Fellows Program
Fellowship for women entrepreneurs offering coaching, advisors and a peer community. Applicants must hold the largest or equally largest stake in a women-owned business generating at least $75,000 a year. No application fee is listed.
Program
U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
The primary federal agency supporting small businesses through counseling, training, capital access, and government contracting assistance.
Organization
Ultimate Guide to Peer-to-Peer Fundraising (2024)
16-page guide covering peer-to-peer fundraiser timelines, event budgets, multi-channel marketing, recruiting and empowering participants, and retention best practices.
Document
Verizon Small Business Digital Ready
Free courses, coaching, and grant opportunities for small business owners.
Government Program
Vilas Dhar
President, Patrick J. McGovern Foundation. Leads a $1.5B foundation investing $500M+ to make AI work for everyone; writes on responsible AI and equitable technology.
Person to Follow
Visa & Main
Visa's small-business platform offering free marketing resources and financial-education tools (payment acceptance, expense management, fraud prevention), plus access to a $100M working-capital facility through Lendistry.
Program
Watermark Remover (Sabrina Tools)
A simple free tool for cleaning watermarks and clutter out of text, docs, PDFs, and images before you share them.
Tool
Wave Free Invoicing & Accounting
Free invoicing, receipts, and basic accounting for solo founders.
Tool
WayUp
Internship and entry-level job board focused on college students and recent grads, listing roles at both large brands and startups.
Job Board
Wellfound
Startup job board (formerly AngelList Talent) with salary and equity ranges listed up front.
Job Board
What Investors Are Really Looking For (Eventship)
Free online session on how founders pitch the story investors respond to, not only the business details.
Event
Wholesale In A Box Training
Free training on selling wholesale as an independent maker, covering outreach, pricing, and retail relationships.
Training Program
Why Etsy Works for Creators
Etsy's own seller-handbook article on why the marketplace suits independent creators and makers.
Article
Wix AI
Wix's AI website builder that generates a customized site design and layout from a few prompts.
AI Tool
Women's Funding Network
Directory of women's funds and gender-equity funders you can search by region and focus.
Website
Workable
All-in-one hiring platform used by thousands of companies for public career pages.
Job Board
World's Biggest Business Competition
A free four-week online business competition starting 24 October 2026, with over $1 million in prizes, live expert support, tools and business playbooks for people starting or growing a business.
Competition
Wright Mode — AI systems for women-led businesses
Brooke Wright's Wright Mode offers AI workshops and strategy for small business owners, turning existing expertise into repeatable AI-supported systems and lead generation.
Website
Writing Grants for Small Businesses (SCORE Workshop)
Free SCORE workshop on October 20, 2026 on writing the grant application itself: structuring the narrative, budget, and supporting documents reviewers expect.
Webinar
X Ads (Get Started)
X's getting-started guide for setting up and launching paid advertising campaigns on the platform.
Platform Tool
X for Business (Intro Hub)
X's official introduction hub for businesses covering advertising and brand-building tools on the platform.
Platform Tool
Y Combinator (YouTube)
Lectures, founder interviews, and fundraising guidance from a leading startup accelerator. Hosted by Y Combinator.
Person to Follow
Y Combinator Company Directory
Searchable directory of thousands of YC-backed startups with stage, industry, location, and hiring links.
Job Board
Y Combinator Jobs
Roles at Y Combinator-backed startups, with company stage, team size, and salary or equity ranges often listed up front.
Job Board
Yale SOM Program on Entrepreneurship Resources
Curated entrepreneurship resources, research, and case materials from the Yale School of Management.
Website
YouTube Partner Program
YouTube's monetization program letting eligible creators earn revenue from ads, memberships, and Shopping.
Platform Tool
ZapConnect 2026 — Zapier's free virtual conference
Zapier's annual virtual conference on September 23, 2026 at 9AM PT: live workshops, keynotes, and playbooks on connecting AI agents to the apps a business already runs on and automating critical workflows.
Webinar
Zoom Cares Expands AI for Good Initiative With $2.75M in New Grants
Zoom announces $2.75M in grants supporting education, workforce development and nonprofit AI readiness.
Article