Jason Anderson discusses SBDC with entrepreneur class
On October 24th Jason Anderson from the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) stopped by Dominique Hallaby’s class to speak with the students about how valuable of a resource the SBDC is to entrepreneurs. Mr. Anderson has experience with many different areas of business including both the corporate communications department as well as the legal side of business. For a while he even provided legal and business counsel to small business owners and individuals in Texas. Through his experiences he has realized how many people are unaware of the SBDC and the fact that every state, with the exception of two, has an SBDC to provide these services to their entrepreneurs.
All of the services that the SBDC offers are free. So there isn’t any direct financial cost to the business owner. One of the services provided is business consulting, which helps with the formation and analysis of many business reports. These reports include but are not limited to cash flow analysis, ratio comparison and financial analysis. Capital formation is another amazing offering. Although they cannot directly provide any loan services, they can help entrepreneurs by working with the loan offices to get the request approved. Currently Georgia’s SBDC has a total capital formation of $762,546,764. Other services include 1 on 1 business counseling, continuing education classes and licensing. From loans to licensing the SBDC is there to help any small business.
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