What is SmartStart Business Development?

SmartStart Business Development is a woman-founded startup with a simple but ambitious mission: lower the barrier to entry to entrepreneurship for everyone.

Over the years, the SmartStart team has learned that most communities are filled with aspiring entrepreneurs and existing business owners who never connect with traditional support systems. Many are operating side hustles, home-based businesses, maker businesses, service businesses, and early-stage Main Street businesses. These small but mighty enterprises are categorized as microbusinesses.

Microbusinesses make up the overwhelming majority of businesses in the United States, yet they are often overlooked by economic development strategies, entrepreneurial programs, and support resources designed for larger startups and growth-stage companies.

That's where SmartStart comes in.

Through the SmartStart Navigator, we help communities identify their local microbusinesses entrepreneurs, provide practical business education, connect people to local resources, and create a stronger pipeline of businesses ready to grow, expand, and contribute to their local economies.

We believe entrepreneurship shouldn't be reserved for those who already know where to go, who to ask, or how the system works. Every entrepreneur deserves a clear path forward.

We're excited about what's ahead and grateful to the communities, organizations, and entrepreneurs who are helping us build a future where entrepreneurship is more accessible, more connected, and more successful for everyone.

Connect with the SmartStart team to learn more about how we can help grow the microbusinesses in your community.