Helpful Business Links

The BRIC is a partnership of Carson City Library, Office of Business Development, Building, Engineering, Planning, and Business Licensing and is located at 108 E. Proctor Street.

The MISSION of Entrepreneurship Nevada is to develop entrepreneurial talent and foster entrepreneurial success.

NCET is an independent award-winning 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that helps Nevadans start and grow successful businesses through educational programs and by connecting them to the resources they need to succeed.

Nevada Industry Excellence (formerly MAP) assists businesses in the manufacturing, construction and mining industries to become the premier industry leaders in the Nevada market. Nevada Industry Excellence's expertise, access to grants, and established relationships provides invaluable support and the competitive edge that Nevada industries need to be successful.

NSBCD is a statewide business assistance outreach program of the University of Nevada, Reno, College of Business. The purpose of NSBCD is to guide and assist entrepreneurs in starting and growing their businesses in today's dynamic market.

SCORE “Counselors to America’s Small Business” is a nonprofit association dedicated to educating entrepreneurs and the formation, growth and success of small business nationwide. SCORE is a resource partner of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).

The Office is committed to providing businesses with answers to their questions to keep them headed in the right direction when starting or expanding their operation. Our team is comprised of experts who represent every facet of government ranging from vacant land and tax collection to hanging a business license.

EDAWN is a private/public partnership committed to recruiting and expanding quality companies that have a positive economic impact on the quality of life in the Greater Reno-Sparks-Tahoe region.

Not only is Henderson Nevada's second largest city "a place to call home" - as the city's slogan states - it has also become a premier place in the Southwest to do business.

GOED promotes a robust, diversified and prosperous economy in Nevada, stimulating business expansion and retention, encouraging entrepreneurial enterprise, attracting new business and facilitating community development.

NREDC promotes increased economic growth in Nevada by forming a new private capital equity investment fund, that will pool qualified immigrant investors and leverage existing financial resources to launch profitable commercial enterprises and achieve increased regional export sales, productivity, job creation, and domestic capital investment into rural and targeted employment areas consistent with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Regional Center precept.

The Office seeks to promote private- and public-sector partnerships in order to support economic and workforce development, to attract industry-sponsored research, and to protect and develop intellectual property.

C4CUBE consists of two dynamic customer driven companies (Center for Unique Business Enterprises (CUBE) & C4CUBE Venture Accelerator (C4CUBE)) focused at creating jobs, increasing fundable deal flows, and building those new companies into sustainable business entities.

Downtown Project is a group of passionate people committed to helping to transform Downtown Las Vegas into the most community-focused large city in the world. The Project has allocated $350 million to aid in the revitalization of Downtown Las Vegas, are investing $200 million in real estate, $50 million in small businesses, $50 million in education, and $50 million in tech startups through the VegasTech Fund.

NIREC is an independent private 501(c)3 nonprofit actively involved in igniting innovation, driving commercialization and fueling acceleration as an innovation intermediary in Nevada. The organization has worked to transform promising clean energy technologies into job-creating businesses and gestated local success stories, such as energy efficiency firm Load IQ.