Small Business Development & Management Institute

SERVICES OFFERED

 

The SBDMI is a full service assistance center providing professional management consultant service to existing businesses and individuals who want to enter the world of business. Services offered are:

 

  • Business Workshops/Seminars – The SBDMI offers a series of workshops and seminars throughout the year.  These workshops and seminars are on topics that will enhance and bring additional knowledge to the participants.  The topics will enable the participants to take advantage of many business opportunities brought to them at the workshops and seminars.  The workshop and seminars are on such topics as: “Credit Repair”, “Funding Opportunities for Small Businesses”, “Grant Writing” and “Exporting Your Business Product” just to name a few.

 

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Workshops/Seminars

 

  • NxLevel Entrepreneurial Training – NxLevel is a multi-week course for both potential and existing entrepreneurs that offer a practical, condensed series of entrepreneurial technical and training sessions.  The purpose of the courses is to teach entrepreneurs better business planning skills, from business concept development to actual preparation of a comprehensive business plan.  The course enables participants to work through the various stages of business growth and development.  Unlike other training programs, NxLevel addresses the special needs of the entrepreneur by providing a practical, hands-on, common sense approach to developing their small business—whether just starting out or ready to grow.

 

 

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NxLevel Class

 

  • Business Counseling – Individual business counseling is on a scheduled basis at the SBDMI location 5-days per week (except where special provisions have been made for the counselor to do on-site counseling). The Institute provides counseling in the areas of business formation, loan packaging, and business management, marketing, financing, accounting, strategic planning, regulations and taxation. 

  • Business Plan Preparation- Individual counseling sessions with clients that focus on either the initial development or the revising of his/her business plan.  SBDMI staff or consultants will do one-on-one counseling, which include phone counseling or counseling in person.  This counseling is focused on assisting the client with the development of the different components of his/her business plan.

  • Business Loan Applications Preparation – SBDMI offers business loan preparation as a one-on-on-one or a group workshop session in which information is captured on a loan application.  The client’s application will be processed either by the SBDMI or the client can take their completed application to a lending institution of his/her choice.

  • Quick Books Training – The SBDMI offers Quick Books Training courses designed to show the small business owner how to run and use Quick Books in the financial management of their business.  The client will be taught how to set up accounts, how to make journal entries, how to do financial statements and related tax issues in Quick Books.

  • Credit Assessment & Action Plan-  The SBDMI will assist the client in determining what credit issues they may have as it relates to their credit report.  Their credit issues play a major role in the small business owner’s access to capital.  We will work with clients to determine how to proceed to clear up negative entries on their credit report.  Some clients will be referred to a third party consultant to focus on credit repair.