Disney Entrepreneur Center (DEC)

If you visit the DEC office in Orlando, you'll find a facility with the tools to help you start your business. You may want to get familiar with the office layout and the specific office support services we provide to make your trip as productive as possible.

Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission

The Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission (EDC) is an organization that helps business. We are dedicated to meeting the needs of today's industries and creating a competitive economic climate where businesses can thrive. To meet this goal, the EDC provides key services and support, which range from relocation and expansion expertise to export counsel to long-term planning with our community partners.

Orange County Library System

The Orange County Library System serves the residents of the Orange County Library District, with headquarters in downtown Orlando, "The City Beautiful." The District's diverse population of nearly 1,000,000 is served by the Main library and as of mid-January 14 Branches. The pages here will give you a taste of the many innovative services we offer. We have recently successfully completed the fourth year of our strategic plan that maps out the Library's direction for the future. We believe in experimentation and we constantly strive to find new ways to serve your lifelong learning aspirations.

For some time now the library has had Wi-Fi access to the Internet at all 15 locations for all of our cardholders. All facilities are 802.11b compatible. Register your laptop number with us either online or in person and you can be cruising the information highway.

SCORE

The SCORE Association, headquartered in Washington, D.C., is a nonprofit association dedicated to entrepreneurial education and the formation, growth and success of small businesses nationwide. Our public service mission is to provide face-to-face and email business counseling to help small businesses evaluate plans, stabilize, grow, innovate and succeed.

SCORE is composed of 10,500 volunteer business mentors, both working and retired, who counsel businesses from 389 chapter offices throughout the country. SCORE volunteers hail from every facet of the business community. Some have worked at large corporations such as Kodak, Xerox and Boeing. Some have served in our military or worked for the local or federal government. Others have spent years cultivating their own small business.
Last year, SCORE helped expand small business opportunities by providing more than 440,000 services to Americans throughout the country.

U.S. Small Business Administration

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) was created in 1953 as an independent agency of the federal government to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free competitive enterprise and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of our nation. We recognize that small business is critical to our economic recovery and strength, to building America's future, and to helping the United States compete in today's global marketplace. Although SBA has grown and evolved in the years since it was established in 1953, the bottom line mission remains the same. The SBA helps Americans start, build and grow businesses. Through an extensive network of field offices and partnerships with public and private organizations, SBA delivers its services to people throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, the U. S. Virgin Islands and Guam.

UCF Orange County Venture Lab

The UCF Orange County Venture Lab housed in the College of Business Administration (COBA), is a partnership between Orange County, the COBA and the Office of Research and Commercialization. The Venture Lab assists UCF faculty and students in exploring commercialization of their research results. Assistance is provided with market research, business planning, funding and company formation. Resulting companies may qualify to apply to the Incubator program. Education programs are offered as well.