Are you interested in...

• Increasing Sales?
• Reducing Costs?
• Improving Cash Flow?
• Winning Government Contracts?
• Obtaining Financing?
• Improving Managerial Skills?
• Starting a New Business?
• Buying an Existing Business?
• Writing a Business Plan?

If the answer is “yes” to any of the above, the University of South Florida’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) of the Heartland can help you create a strategy to strengthen and grow your business.

The USF SBDC of the Heartland hosted locally by South Florida Community College provides free confidential counseling as well as business training seminars to current and potential entrepreneurs. Free individual counseling is by appointment and there is a nominal charge for training workshops. Consultations may be held at our office on the South Florida Community College Highlands campus in building “T” or on-site at your location. Services available for local businesses and entrepreneurs include counseling in the following areas:

The USF SBDC of the Heartland at SFCC features a two-hour seminar each month on the “Steps to Starting a Small Business.” There is also a 12-week business planning and entrepreneurship course each quarter. This expanded business course is part of the Rural Entrepreneurship through Action Learning (REAL) program designed to support entrepreneurship and self-employment in the inland areas of Florida.

If you are ready to jump-start your business, want to attend business seminars, or seeking one-on-one counseling simply call…

Bob Raymond at 863-784-7378	or email to: rraymond@coba.usf.edu
Bill McKown at 863-784-7379	or email to: bmckown@coba.usf.edu

…and get started TODAY! Bob and Bill are certified business analysts at the USF SBDC of the Heartland at SFCC, a satellite office of SBDC at the University of South Florida’s College of Business, www.sbdc.usf.edu. The SBDC network is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration.