COMMUNITY PARTNERS & RESOURCES

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or contact the Del Mar College Foundation at 361.698.1317.

COMMUNITY PARTNERS 

Coastal Bend Business Innovation Center

The Innovation Center serves as a catalyst for innovative ideas by providing business advice for the entrepreneurial process and supporting the creation of sustainable, successful Coastal Bend businesses at every level of development. 

Corpus Christi B Corporation (Type B)

The Del Mar College SBDC is in partnership with and funded by the Corpus Christi B Corporation (Type B). The purpose of Type B Incentive Fund is to provide economic development, specifically the promotion and development of new and expanded business enterprise to the full extent allowed by Texas law.

Corpus Christi Regional Economic Development Corporation (REDC)

The Corpus Christi Regional Economic Development Corporation is a non-profit organization responsible for creating, managing and supervising programs and activities that promote, assist, and enhance economic development throughout the Coastal Bend region.

SCORE Corpus Christi

SCORE Corpus Christi and their volunteer business mentors are dedicated to providing the best possible service to help small business owners achieve their goals. Their volunteers are successful real-world business professionals who volunteer thousands of hours to help existing and startup businesses succeed.

Veteran Business Outreach Center (VBOC)

The Veterans Business Outreach Center (VBOC) program is designed to provide entrepreneurial development services such as business training, counseling, and resource partner referrals to service members, veterans, National Guard & Reserve members, and military spouses interested in starting or growing a small business.

Workforce Solutions of the Coastal Bend

Workforce Solutions of the Coastal Bend supports an employer-driven, integrated system that consolidates employment, job training, and work-related services.

SMALL BUSINESS RESOURCES

STARTING A BUSINESS

• America’s Debt Help Organization
• Steps to starting a business in Texas
• Demographics by ZIP Code
• Request to meet with a business consultant
• Small Business Administration
• IRS (Federal Taxes)
• Texas Comptroller's Office
• The Texas Business Advisor
• Secretary of State (Incorporating)
• Small Business Advocacy of the Governor’s Office
• Patent & Trademark
• Copyrights
• Copyright Basics
• Score
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce

RUNNING A BUSINESS

• FinCEN & Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) Reporting
• Marketing Research
• Local Demographic Information
• United States Postal Service (Small Business Services)
• Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)
• Create a Drug-free Workplace Policy
• Preparing Your Business for an Emergency

GROWING A BUSINESS

• 2013 Procurement Opportunities Guide
• Attend FREE online training workshops
• Government Contracting
• How to Win Government Contracts
• Demographics by ZIP Code
• Exporting
• Work Opportunity Tax Credit WOTC
• Texas Workforce Commission
• Business Insurance, an informative guide to Small Business

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

• Coastal Bend Texas-Chapter American Red Cross
• Texas Division of Emergency Management
• Texas Emergency Management Website-courses and trainings
• FEMA “Plan Ahead”-Hurricane Preparedness
• SBA’s Emergency Preparedness