A national celebration and proclamation of the success and impact the SBDC programs have on economic development! Did you know that the Vermont Small Business Development Center (VtSBDC) is part of a nationwide network of Small Business Development Centers? For the first time ever, we are all teaming up to celebrate #SBDCday on March 22, 2017. America’s SBDC is the largest technical assistance program for small businesses in the country with nearly 1,000 centers providing no-cost advising and low-cost educational workshops for entrepreneurs and business owners.
Nationally, a new job is created every 5 minutes by an SBDC client. The average SBDC client business experiences sales growth 4 times greater than the national average and $100,000 in new capital is secured every 11.4 minutes.
VtSBDC plays a critical role in the health of Vermont’s small businesses and creates a positive return on stakeholder investment. Clients of VtSBDC who are starting a new business have a greater chance for survival. Clients of existing businesses add more employees, have higher sales and are more profitable. These facts are proven each year by an independent study conducted by a national economist. During the past 12 months, VtSBDC provided advising to 617 Vermonters who started 66 new businesses, created & saved 618 jobs and secured over $26,000,000 in new capital.
We invite you to be a part of this inaugural #SBDCDay campaign! Share the story of how VtSBDC has made a difference to you or your business – like us on Facebook facebook.com/vtsbdc or follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/@VtSBDC802 or visit our national SBDC site http://americassbdc.org/SBDCDay.
Our motto is: You may be in business FOR yourself – but you don’t have to be in business BY yourself. Clients of VtSBDC have access to regional and national resources, industry market research and tools. Utilizing the services of VtSBDC can be an educational and transformative experience. Many have called it “one of their best business strategies”. Features and success stories of VtSBDC clients can be found at http://www.vtsbdc.org/about/client-profiles.
To get more information about upcoming workshops or to find the advisor near you, visit www.vtsbdc.org.
VtSBDC is excited to announce that 2017 is our 25th year as a program of the Vermont State Colleges, hosted by Vermont Technical College. Thank you for being a part of the past 25 years! We look forward to many more years together.
VtSBDC is funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration and the State of Vermont’s Agency of Commerce and Community Development and is nationally accredited by the Association of Small Business Development Centers. The support given by the U.S. Small Business Administration through its funding does not constitute an expressed or implied endorsement of any of the co-sponsors’ or participants’ opinions, products or services.