Resources
Resources for Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses
Explore tools, templates, and local support designed to help entrepreneurs and small business owners plan, launch, and grow their ventures. These resources connect you to practical guidance, educational opportunities, and regional organizations that support business development in Flint and Genesee County.
Business Model Canvas Generator
Practice sheets and tips for filling out the Business Model Canvas.
Business Plan Template
Entrepreneurs, use this Business Plan Template for planning your business venture.
Flint & Genesee Group
Flint & Genesee Group offers economic development assistance – marketing, site selection, incentives, attraction and retention. Innovation and anchor initiatives development.
Flint Food Works Culinary Incubator
A new commercial kitchen incubator is available at the Flint Farmers’ Market for food entrepreneurs.
Food Entrepreneur Series
This webinar series, presented by Flint Food Works and the Office of Economic Development and Community Engagement, provides new and existing food businesses with the necessary tools and knowledge to be successful. Each standalone webinar examines a different part of the product development process. The series is offered at no cost thanks to sponsorship by MEDC and 100K Ideas.
- Workshop 1 – Business Start Up & Licensing
- Workshop 2 – Marketing Your Brand and Products
- Workshop 3 – Labeling, Packaging, & Distribution
- Workshop 4 – Working with a Co-packer
Food Export Midwest
Food Export Midwest offers services to help grow exports of value-added food and agricultural products.
Genesee County Economic Development Corporation
Genesee County Economic Development Corporation focuses on economic development, gap funding and IDRB.
Inventor’s Council of Mid-Michigan
Inventor’s Council of Mid-Michigan non-profit assists inventors in bringing new products to market.
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
Residential and commercial development grows with assistance from Local Initiatives Support Corporation.
MapFlint
MapFlint is a community-wide online mapping project, accessible and open to the public, which features a broad variety of data from numerous public sources. Interactive maps show population, education, and income information that is useful when looking to target customers or locating a business in Genesee County.
Metro Community Development
Community lending is available through Metro Community Development, a microlender.
Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs
Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs is the entity through which you form corporations, limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships, and limited partnerships.
Michigan Small Business Development Center
Counseling, training, market research, technology commercialization assistance, and free or low-cost workshops, open to the public can be found at the Michigan Small Business Development Center.
MI Start Smart
You can view information on entrepreneurial service providers, incubators, funding and resources in each county at no charge by visiting UM-Flint’s Office of Economic Development and Community Engagement’s Mi Start Smart website.
Mott Community College Regional Tech Center FabLab
The FabLab offers advanced manufacturing and technology assistance related to design and manufacturing issues, fast prototyping facilities and assistance.
Oak Business Center
Oak Business Center offers space for rent; multi-use facility for office, retail, commercial and light industrial.
Small Business Association Learning Center
SBA offers a variety of programs and support services to help you navigate the issues you face with initial applications, and resources to help you open for business.
Veteran’s Business Resource Center
Vet Biz Central Assistance offers veterans counseling, training, mentoring, and advocacy.