Reversing a six-year downward trend, activity in established small businesses increased last year, according to the 2015 Kauffman Index: Main Street Entrepreneurship, a new report that tracks small business activity and ownership in the United States. Though the number of…
Every day is different for IT executive Keith Ellis. And he’s prepared for that. “One day it’ll be peaches and cream, and the next day it’ll be thunderstorms,” Ellis said. “We don’t live in a perfect world. Whatever comes your…
Carolyn Turner, an International Trade Specialist with the Alabama International Trade Center at the University of Alabama, has been selected as the 2015 Alabama State Star for the Alabama SBDC Network. State Stars are exemplary performers who have made a significant…
Suzanne Darden of the Greater Birmingham SBDC provides some great advice in this Nerdwallet.com article. To contact Suzanne or anyone else at the Alabama SBDC Network's Capital Access team, contact us today! Getting a small-business loan isn’t as simple as…
Key questions to ask your SBDC counselor: Small Business Development Center advisors can offer you experienced advice, unbiased opinions and the invaluable market knowledge that you need to prepare your small-business loan application — all for free. The U.S. Small Business…
The BBJ asks 4 lenders why SBA loans make sense for small businesses. Source: Birmingham Business Journal, 12 July 2015 The Alabama SBDC Network provides no-cost business counseling, and assists existing businesses and start-ups with their capital needs, including conventional…
[message type="info"] [/message] Andrea Price smiled as she greeted a local woman who came to Alabama State University’s Small Business Development Center with an idea for a startup, and not much else. It had been nearly two weeks since the…
The U.S. Small Business Administration estimates more than 382,000 small businesses in Alabama contribute to the economy. One of those businesses is owned by local Dr. Jessica Bullock Sarratt. Sarratt, who has owned Family First Chiropractic on West Main Street…
After counseling more than 165 businesses in the past year and helping them generate roughly $13 million in capital infusion, the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Auburn University was recognized by the Auburn Chamber of Commerce for “Broad Contributions…
The SBDC at Alabama State University hosted its annual Woman 2 Woman Business Conference in Montgomery: WSFA.com Montgomery Alabama news. [one_half][/one_half] [one_half_last][/one_half_last]