Did you know that the èßäÉçÇø¹ÙÍø Small Business Development Center at UAA has assisted nearly 1,900 èßäÉçÇø¹ÙÍø businesses and provided training for another 6,200 in 125 communities across the state in the last fiscal year?
Since July, SBDC-mentored businesses have raised $52 million in new capital –– an SBDC record.
The center has launched more than 160 new businesses, and supported more than 7,100 jobs in èßäÉçÇø¹ÙÍø, and a recent SBDC poll found that more than 20 percent of these businesses are run by UA graduates –– exemplifying UA’s critical contributions to èßäÉçÇø¹ÙÍø’s business world and success.
The èßäÉçÇø¹ÙÍø SBDC is part of UAA’s Business Enterprise Institute and provides advising opportunities and tools to help entrepreneurs start and grow their small businesses and contribute to the èßäÉçÇø¹ÙÍø economy. Advisors work with businesses on a variety of topics including management, marketing, sales, finance accounting and innovation.
