LOUISIANA

New Orleans

Catapult Fund-(Jazz & Heritage Foundation)
A program offering business training and grants for small businesses in the culinary arts. 
https://www.jazzandheritage.org/2025-catapult-fund

Go. Be.
An organization providing business development services to minority- and women-owned businesses throughout a 15-parish region in Southeast Louisiana. Services include administrative support from accounting to access to computers, credit counseling, one-on-one technical assistance, and training classes. Programs also include specific support for food entrepreneurs, artists, low-income or disadvantaged entrepreneurs running small-scale businesses, and female business owners.
https://gobe.org/gobelaunch/

LaunchNOLA
An initiative of Thrive New Orleans that helps underserved urban entrepreneurs with revenues of $0-$50,000 gain the competency, confidence, capital and connections necessary to start and grow their own small businesses through a 14-week Business Academy, mentorship, technical assistance, and by walking with them over two years to provide additional coaching and support.
https://www.launchnola.org/​

Louisiana Small Business Development Center-SBA
An SBA center providing free consulting for Louisiana small businesses, with a focus on helping entrepreneurs find access to capital. The Center also helps with websites, acquiring customers, certifications, as well as disaster preparedness and sustainability planning.
https://www.sba.gov/district/louisiana

Urban League of Louisiana
An organization providing free educational programs, technical assistance, and other support services to female business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs. 
https://urbanleaguela.org​

Baton Rouge

SCORE- Baton Rouge
A nonprofit providing free and confidential business counseling tailored to meet the needs of small business and their personal objectives.
https://batonrougearea.score.org/

Nexus Louisiana
A business incubator providing resources for high-tech start-ups to bring their products and services to market faster and more effectively.
https://nexusla.org/

GeauxBIZ
A one-stop site for launching a new business in the state of Louisiana. 
https://geauxbiz.sos.la.gov/

The Microbusiness Enterprise Corporation of Ascension (MBECA)
An entrepreneurship development center that offers a variety of specialized training and technical assistance programs to individuals interested in starting a business, improving an existing business, or gaining management training to improve their marketability in the workplace.
https://mbeca.org/

LSU Innovation Park
A center helping small businesses and entrepreneurs with strategic planning, raising capital, improving operations and increasing sales. It has a prototyping center, designated LSU student program, and available office and lab space. 
https://www.lsu.edu/innovation/innovation-park/

Shreveport 

​CoHabitat Foundation (CoHab)
A non-profit hub that provides entrepreneurs and businesses the traction they need to achieve success.
https://www.cohab.org/

LSUS Small Business Development Center
Sponsored by the Small Business Administration and the Louisiana Department of Economic Development, this center provides counseling, resources, and continuing education programs. 
https://www.louisianasbdc.org/

Southern University at Shreveport Center for Business and Community Development 
A business incubator providing services that include information on financing and loans, credit, business plan development, completion of articles of incorporation, application for employer identification number (EIN) and the provision of directions on city and parish licensing requirements.
https://www.susla.edu/page/business-and-entrepreneur-development-center​

The ICE Institute-Inner City Entrepreneur Institute
An institute providing technical assistance and referrals for entrepreneurs and small businesses located or wishing to locate within the City of Shreveport.
https://icebizcamp.org/

Greater Shreveport Chamber 
A membership providing marketing, networking, and other resources for businesses in the area. 
https://www.shreveportchamber.org/

Monroe

The University of Louisiana at Monroe Small Business Development Center
The center provides services such as business plan development, manufacturing assistance, financial packaging assistance, contracting assistance and international trade assistance. Special emphasis areas include e-commerce, technology transfer, IRS, EPA and OSHA regulatory compliance, research and development, Defense Economic Transition Assistance, disaster recovery assistance and market research. 
https://www.louisianasbdc.org/lsbdc-at-university-of-louisiana-monroe

The Louisiana Technology Park
An organization providing assistance to entrepreneurs that are investigating or pursuing business enterprises based on useful new technologies or unique applications of technology that have high growth potential and the ability to generate high quality employment opportunities. This can include a business that leases, sells, or licenses proprietary technology, manufactures a technology related product, or devotes a high percentage of financial effort to research and development.  
https://www.latechpark.com/incubator