The National Entrepreneur Center

• $125,000,000 in loans facilitated
• 70,000 business coached and trained
• 700 new business start-ups
• ONE LOCATION

The National Entrepreneur Center provides a single location where small businesses can access a variety of business resources, technology, research tools and more than 8 resident support organizations who can provide:

• Free One-on-One Business Coaching
• Low-cost Seminars
• Powerful Networking Events
• Access to Business Building Tools and Resources
• Certification assistance for Minority Owned Businesses
• Connections to Procurement Opportunities
• Publicity Opportunities

This one-of-a-kind resource is available to any small business and is continually evolving to serve the needs of our dynamic and diverse small business community.

Founding

The Entrepreneur Center was founded in 2003 through the vision and direction of Mayor Richard T. Crotty of Orange County Florida, and the cooperative efforts of Mr. Al Weiss, President of The Walt Disney World Company, and Dr. John Hitt, President of The University of Central Florida. Originally named the Disney / SBA National Entrepreneur Center, then the Disney Entrepreneur Center and now operating as the National Entrepreneur Center, our center is a unique, public/private partnership dedicated to the education, support, and development of our small business community and is funded entirely through sponsorship support. Since inception, the center’s service provider organizations have trained, counseled, and assisted the small business community in record numbers. These resident organizations, and the businesses they serve, have received international attention, national recognition and provided significant economic impact.

We invite you to connect with The National Entrepreneur Center to take advantage of the professional support and unique business-building resources available to you. Look around our website, sign up for our newsletter, or just check out all the on-line resources, we are glad you have found us and look forward to serving your business! Click here to enter a request!

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