Best Southwest
Small Business Development Center

The Business "Know How" You Need! From people you can trust.

Thinking about starting or buying a business?

Your success is our business!

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We will help you organize, run, nurture and grow your small business with:

• One-on-one free counseling
• Cost-effective quality workshops and seminars
• State-of-the art resource library
• Extensive referral base

We can assist you with:

• Start-Up - Learn about the tools you need to get going
• Planning - Draw up a blueprint to business success
• Financing - Chart a roadmap to capital and alternative money sources
• Marketing - Create a fit between your product or service and your market

Benefits:

Benefits of utilizing our one-stop business resources includes:

• One-on-one Free counseling!
• Cost-effective, quality workshops, and seminars! Designed for small businesses.
• State-of-the art resource and information library.

Extensive referral network including:

• Private Sector Consultants
• Five North Texas Specialty Small Business Development Centers to meet specialized needs.

Business Matters:

Since beginning operation in 1989, The Best Southwest SBDC has:

• Provided over 9,000 hours of counseling for over 3,000 clients.
• Provided over 5,000 hours of training for 2,100 attendees.
• Helped small businesses create over 180 new jobs and retain another 500 jobs.
• Assisted entrepreneurs and business owners in obtaining over $1,500,000.00 in various types of financing.

Our Staff has the proven experience, knowledge and expertise to provide effective solutions to small businesses.

The center's publications include U.S. Small Business Administration pamphlets on starting, running and growing a business; and a state-of-the art business resource library that provides workbooks, magazines, video and audio tapes that address small business needs.