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Business
Start up help
Oklahoma
Acorn Growth
Companies
2701 Liberty Parkway, Suite J, Midwest City, OK 73110
Phone: (405) 737-2676
Fax: (405) 732-4141
E-mail: jeff@acorngrowthcompanies.com
URL: http://www.acorngrowthcompanies.com/
"Acorn
Growth Companies is a private, enterprise development firm that
accelerates the growth and evolution of small, niche-specific
companies. Our three-pronged strategy includes flexible facilities,
best of breed support and capital infusion."
Center for
Entrepreneurial Excellence
2709 West I-44 Road, Oklahoma City, OK 73112
Phone: (405) 601-1930
Fax: (405) 601-1935
E-mail: info@helpyourbiz.org
URL: http://www.helpyourbiz.org/
"We
are a program offered through Institution Programs, Inc. (IPI), a
non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation established in Oklahoma in 1979. We
are funded primarily by a federal grant offered through the U.S. Small
Business Administration - Office of Women's Business Ownership and
private sector donations from Terry Neese and various corporations such
as Cox Business Services, BancFirst Commercial Capital, Office Depot
and others."
Central Oklahoma Community
Action Agency
Les Chambers Building, PO Box 664, 31 South Main Street, Lexington, OK
73051
Phone: (405) 527-5663
E-mail: msomers@cocaa.org
URL: http://www.cocaa.org/
"Central Oklahoma CAA facilitates micro-enterprise development programs
such as the Self-Employment and Entrepreneurial Development System
(SEEDS). The program is designed to assist individuals who posses the
ability and drive necessary to operate their own business, but my not
be able to secure traditional financing for a new business start-up.
Through this program, low-interest loans and technical assistance are
available to qualified applicants."
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Cherokee
Nation Small Business Assistance Center
P O Box 948, Tahlequah, Oklahoma 74465
Phone: (918) 456-0671
Fax: (918) 458-4295
E-mail: aknight@cherokee.org
URL: http://www.cherokee.org/Services/Commerce.asp
-Micro-enterprise
loans shall be made for business creation and business expansion
efforts that create or maintain jobs. -Native American entrepreneurs
residing and operating their businesses in the rural areas of the
Cherokee Nation Jurisdictional Boundaries (rural areas include
everywhere except cities with populations of over 25,000) are this
programs target market. Interest rate is the New York Prime Lending
Rate, as stated in the Wall Street Journal, on the date of loan
closing. Maximum loan term is 7 years. -
-Allowable loan purposes include all various business costs, except
real estate.
-Applicants must have 25% equity in their project and adequate
collateral.
-Owners equity may be in the form of cash or free and clear business
assets.
-Applicants must submit a business plan for a feasible business venture
(technical assistance is available).
Community Action
Resource and Development, Inc.
522 W. Will Rogers Boulevard, P.O. Box 947, Claremore, Oklahoma 74018
Phone: (918) 341-5000 ext 403
Fax: (918) 343-2492
E-mail: gzach48760@aol.com
URL: http://www.cardcaa.org/seeds.htm
"S.E.E.D.S.
is an acronym for Self-Employed Entrepreneurial Development System. It
is a program designed to assist individuals who have the desire to be
self-employed, but have been unable to start their own business due to
several factors such as lack of small business management training or
lack of personal funds to start-up a small business and have been
unsuccessful in obtaining business financing through conventional
sources."
Meridian
Technology Center
1312 South Sangre Road, Stillwater, OK 74074-1899
Phone: (405) 377-3333
E-mail: info@meridian-technology.com
URL: http://www.meridian-technology.com
"The
Meridian Technology Center Business Incubator and the Oklahoma
Technology and Research Park have just what you need to build your
workforce and company."
Oklahoma Department of Commerce
900 North Stiles, Oklahoma City, OK 73126-0980
Phone: (405) 815-6552 OR (800) 879-6552
E-mail: bddinfo@odoc.state.ok.us
URL: http://okcommerce.gov/
New
and Small Business Resources
Oklahoma
Business Resource Directory (PDF file; 49 pages)
URL: http://fcs.okstate.edu/microbiz/directory.pdf
Oklahoma Small
Business Development Center
State Office
Southeastern State University, Durant, OK 74701
Toll Free: (800) 522-6154
E-mail: OSBDC@OSBDC.org
URL: http://www.oklahomasmallbusiness.org/
"The
mission of the Oklahoma Small Business Development Center is to provide
high quality one-to-one business counseling, economic development
assistance, and training to small businesses and prospective small
businesses."
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Oklahoma State
University
Glen Muske, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Home-Based and Micro Business Specialist
Design, Housing and Merchandising
104 Human Environmental Sciences, Room 336, Stillwater, OK 74078
Phone: 405.744.9931
Email: muske@okstate.edu
URL: http://fcs.okstate.edu/microbiz
"Provides
resources for starting a micro or home-based business in Oklahoma."
Oklahoma Technology
Commercialization Center
840 Research Parkway, Suite 250, Oklahoma City, OK 73104
Phone: (405) 235-2305 or (800) 337-OTCC (Toll Free)
Fax: (405) 235-2252
E-mail: Tom_Walker@otcc.org
URL: http://www.otcc.org
"To
create wealth for the citizens of Oklahoma and enhance the state's
image as an attractive and successful venue in which to start and grow
businesses based on advanced technology."
Rural Enterprises,
Inc.
PO Box 1335, Durant, OK 74702
Phone: (405) 924-5094
Fax: (405) 920-2745
URL: http://www.ruralenterprises.com/
"REI's
incubator program offers start-up and expanding businesses a place to
begin, grow, and mature into profitable concerns. Benefits include tax
incentives, reduced rent, access to financing, equipment, and
consistent business assistance.
Service Area: Statewide."
Small
Business Development Resources for Oklahoma Disability Resource Guide
URL: http://www.okrehab.org/indexmanual.html
Tulsa Economic Development
Corporation
907 South Detroit Avenue, Suite 1001, Tulsa, OK 74120
Phone: (918) 585-8332
Fax: (918) 585-2473
URL: http://www.tulsaedc.com/
Service
Area: Adair, Canadian, Cherokee, Cleveland, Craig, Creek, Delaware,
Haskell, Hayes, Hughes, Kay, Latimer, Leflore, Lincoln, Logan,
McIntosh, Muskogee, Noble, Nowata, Okfuskee, Oklahoma, Okmulgee, Osage,
Ottawa, Pawnee, Payne, Pittsburg, Pottawatomie, Rogers, Seminole,
Sequoyah, Wagoner, Washington, and Wayne counties including the city of
Tulsa.
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