New Mexico Small Business Assistance Expert Office Hours
2024-11-19 09:00 - 12:00, 2024-12-03 09:00 - 12:00, 2024-12-17 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Denver) | Santa Fe Business Incubator, 3900 Paseo del Sol, Santa Fe, NM, 87507, United States
Boost Your Business: Solve Your Technical Challenges With Our Top Scientists
Transform your business with our technical solutions by joining our 1:1 monthly drop-in office hours. Maximize your business potential through the New Mexico Small Business Assistance Program at ZERO cost and unlock up to $40k in research hours and technical assistance from either Los Alamos National Laboratory or Sandia National Laboratory. If you have any questions or would like to schedule a one-on-one during the office hours to discuss how NMSBA can help your business.

Santa Fe Business 101: Navigate Starting a Business in Santa Fe
2024-11-19 11:30 - 13:00 | Santa Fe Public Library Southside, 6599 Jaguar Drive, Santa Fe, NM, 87507
You are invited to Santa Fe Business 101, a workshop focused on helping aspiring business owners navigate doing business in the city. OED and other City team members will lead a presentation pointing participants to resources and helpful contacts related to starting a business. Topics will include business licensing, permitting, and explaining how the OED can help connect them to business planning and financing leads. Please attend if you are a new business or have questions about starting a business in Santa Fe.

OED Office Hours – Del Norte Credit Union (Cerrillos Branch)
2024-11-25 10:00 - 14:00 | NM
Book a meeting to discuss your business and how OED can be a valuable resource.
DNCU 3286 Cerrillos Road, Santa Fe, NM 87507

Santa Fe OED Southside Office Hours
2024-12-02 10:00 - 14:00 | Santa Fe Business Incubator, 3900 Paseo del Sol, Santa Fe, NM, 87507, United States
Please book a meeting to discuss your business and how OED can be a valuable resource. All are welcome!

Patent.ly Expert Office Hours
2024-12-03 09:00 - 12:00, 2024-12-17 09:00 - 12:00 | Santa Fe Business Incubator, 3900 Paseo del Sol, Santa Fe, NM, 87507, United States
Victor Johnson from Santa Fe IP visits with businesses, aspiring business owners, entrepreneurs and inventors to answer questions about intellectual property protection.

SBA’s Military Community Entrepreneurship Summit
2024-12-03 09:00 - 16:30 | New Mexico Farm & Ranch Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road, Las Cruces, NM, 88011
This full-day summit, with a special emphasis on rural areas and opportunity zones, is designed to provide military entrepreneurs with essential resources and information to successfully launch or grow their businesses.

OED Event: Santa Fe Small Business Finance Fair
2024-12-03 11:00 - 13:00 | Doubletree Hilton, 4048 Cerrillos Road, Santa Fe, NM, 87507
Meet with over two dozen lenders and other financial services providers to learn about financing options for your business or new business idea and connect with programs in Santa Fe who work with small businesses to find and secure needed capital.

OED December Coffee & Collab
2024-12-04 08:30 - 10:00 | The Lodge at Santa Fe, 750 North Saint Francis Drive, Santa Fe, NM, 87501
The City of Santa Fe’s Office of Economic Development (OED)’s Coffee & Collab is a quarterly event intended to bring together key people and organizations working to support our local business community as part of cultivating a thriving and equitable economy.

Right to Start Call with NM Entrepreneurship Supporters
2024-12-04 13:00 - 14:00 | NM
ONLINE. Right to Start Founder and CEO, Victor Hwang, and their COO, Kim Lane host a call to discuss the barriers most in the way of starting and growing new businesses in New Mexico – and how Right to Start can help address them.

NM Angels: Los Alamos Social
2024-12-04 17:00 - 19:30 | NM
Meet other investors, potential investors and entrepreneurs in the Los Alamos area.

Business of Outdoor Recreation & Tourism
2024-12-05 11:00 - 13:00 | Hotel Andaluz, 125 2nd St. NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102, United States
This Albuquerque Business First event explores the economic impact of New Mexico’s outdoor recreation with industry leaders.

AI Hackathon - Ethical AI Data Solutions (Hybrid Event)
2024-12-05 22:00 - 2025-01-08 17:00 | Santa Fe Business Incubator, 3900 Paseo del Sol, Santa Fe, NM, 87507, United States
About the challenge
Are you ready to innovate for the future of our planet? This hackathon invites you to build an Ethical AI-powered Climate Impact Visualization Platform that uses citizen data, advanced AI, and ethical data practices to tackle climate change. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to address bias detection, create explainable AI predictions, and visualize localized climate impacts using real-world data.
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This is your opportunity to innovate, learn, and contribute to a greater cause—creating tools that empower communities with meaningful insights into climate change. You’ll learn about the latest in bias detection, explainable AI, and impactful data visualization techniques, all while building something that could make a real difference.
Ready to Make an Impact?
Get your team together, bring your ideas, and join us at the SFBI Ethical AI Hackathon! Let’s harness technology for good—for our communities, our planet, and our future.

SPACE Incubator Innovation Workshop (Hybrid)
2024-12-06 09:00 - 15:00 | Arrowhead Center, 3655 Research Drive Genesis Building C, Las Cruces, NM, 88003
Explore non-dilutive funding opportunities during NMSU’s SBIR 101 Overview and 1:1 sessions at Arrowhead Center’s state-certified SPACE Incubator, designed to support businesses in Space, Agriculture, Clean Energy, and other key industries in New Mexico.

OED Supported: El Sailon AI conversations
2024-12-10 17:30 - 19:30 | Boxcar, 133 W Water St, Santa Fe, NM, 87501
Community members share their perspectives in this salon-style conversation on opportunities and issues associated with Artificial Intelligence.

OED Supported: Equal Grounds with the Santa Fe Human Rights Alliance
2024-12-11 08:30 - 10:00 | Santa Fe Community Convention Center, 201 W Marcy St, Santa Fe, NM, 87501
The Santa Fe Human Rights Alliance invites LGBTQ+ and Allied businesses! to spice up their morning with coffee, snacks, and a heart-to-heart about community and city businesses. Featuring special guest Debbie Collins with Santa Fe’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC).

OED Santa Fe Outdoor Recreation Meet Up
2024-12-12 08:30 - 10:30 | Genoveva Chavez Community Center, 3221 Rodeo Road, Santa Fe, NM, 87507
The Office of Economic Development and Santa Fe County Economic Development are hosting another meetup of the Santa Fe OR Industry to network with peers and meet agencies and support services available to help your business be more successful.

RIO 2024 Social Media Strategies To Market Your Business Online
2024-12-13 11:00 - 13:30 | UNM Health Sciences Rio Rancho Campus, 2600 College Blvd NE, Rio Rancho, NM, 87144
Part of a training series from UNM and WESST designed to empower small businesses and entrepreneurs. This training is in-person in collaboration with Sandoval Economic Alliance, the Small Business Development Center at CNM, and University of New Mexico Health Sciences Rio Rancho Campus.

Ski Lift Pitch Applications Due
2024-12-15 | NM
Pre-Seed and Seed-invested, NM-based startups are invited to apply. Event runs Feb 3-4 in Taos Ski Valley.

Santa Fe Tech Mix-up with Software Developers & AI Practitioners
2024-12-17 17:45 - 19:30 | NM
Join the Santa Fe Software Developers group for a friendly low-stress meetup to find out about professionals, companies, and opportunities in the region. Whether you are an experienced developer or just starting out, into software, hardware or some other form of tech and innovation, we invite you to join us and connect with like-minded folks in the area. Location TBD.

Abuquerque Software Social & Techqueria NM Holiday Party
2024-12-17 18:00 - 21:00 | Hollow Spirits Distillery, 1324 First Street NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
The Albuquerque Software Social Club and Techqueria NM team up and ask attendees to wear their ugly sweaters and join them for snacks and drinks. Snacks provided by Techqueria.

OED Supported: Teeniors Introduction to Technology and A.I.
2024-12-18 13:00 - 14:30 | Santa Fe Main Library, 145 Washington Ave, Santa Fe, NM, 87501
An introduction and overview of technology and artificial intelligence presented by Teeniors.

Make Santa Fe Holiday Party & Open House
2024-12-21 17:00 - 20:00 | MAKE Santa Fe, 2879 All Trades Road, Santa Fe, NM
The MAKE Holiday Party is an opportunity to meet friendly maker faces, celebrate a year of making, and learn about what next year will bring!

OED Office Hours – Southside
2025-01-06 10:00 - 13:00 | Santa Fe Business Incubator, 3900 Paseo del Sol, Santa Fe, NM, 87507, United States
Meet with a representative from the Office of Economic Development to discuss available resources and more.

UNM Business and Economic Summit
2025-01-14 08:00 - 17:00 | Lobo Rainforest Building, 101 Broadway Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
This year’s summit explores the theme of “New Mexico: A National Leader in Entrepreneurship” with looks at trends and plans, and a keynote from Right to Start Founder/CEO Victor Hwang.

Techqueria NM Meetup
2025-01-22 18:00 - 21:00 | Tractor Brewing, 1800 4th St NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
This event brings legislators and other leaders together to look at the shape of this year’s legislative session and some of the work from the New Mexico Chamber and others to advance NM business.

OED Workforce Development Quarterly Meet-Up
2025-01-24 08:30 - 10:00 | NM
Meet and network with partners and stakeholders, be inspired, and learn how your organization can collaborate in efforts to support workforce opportunities in Santa Fe.
Event Location: 525 Camino De Los Marquez, Santa Fe, NM 87505

NM Chamber: NM Business Day in Santa Fe
2025-01-27 07:00 - 10:00 | La Fonda on the Plaza, 100 E. San Francisco St., Santa Fe, NM, 87501
