Small Business Development Center
The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at the University of South Carolina Aiken offers a variety of services and management training courses that are tailored to meet the needs of small and medium-sized businesses.
SBDC Consultants provide managerial assistance to those wishing to start or expand an enterprise and to businesses experiencing difficulties. SBDC Consultants are available to give one-on-one consultation, to analyze business operations, assist in developing business plans, and provide marketing information at no cost
SERVICES
The USC Aiken SBDC offers a variety of services to both small and medium sized businesses. Below are just some of the services that our office can offer. Please contact us to see what we can do for you.
- Advertising and Marketing
- Bookkeeping and Excel Financial Management
- Business Plans
- Veteran Services
- Financial Planning/Loan Packaging
- Importing/Exporting
- Procurement Matching Service
- Small Business Tax and Licensing Information
- Starting/Expanding a Small Business
- Technology Transfer
- Total Quality Management (TQM)
- Workshops
RESOURCES
DID YOU KNOW: Certain laws require the government to buy from small businesses?
Many purchases under $25,000 are made from small companies? Major contractors to the government must subcontract to small and minority businesses?
The Procurement Technical Assistance Program (PTAP) is a marketing tool to help businesses sell to all areas (local, state, and federal) of government. PTAP services include counseling, government agency matching, contract development, and computer matching services.
OTHER RESOURCES
- DOD Procurement Offices
- National Institute of Standards and Testing
- Patent Depository Library
- South Carolina Universities Research and Education
- Foundation (SCUREF)
- Small Business Administration
- Southeastern Manufacturing Technology Center
- STAC-NASA Technology Databases
- State Development Board
- State/University Libraries and Bureaus of Research
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