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July 24, 2008
LSBDC to offer free one-on-one business counseling to rural parishes
Entrepreneurs or small business owners in northeast Louisiana’s rural parishes will receive a valuable boost, thanks to a new initiative of the Louisiana Small Business Development Center at ÃÛ½ÛÖ±²¥.
Monthly counseling and consulting is now available in each parish in the ÃÛ½ÛÖ±²¥ service area once a month, thanks to traveling LSBDC at ÃÛ½ÛÖ±²¥ representatives.
Those who want to start their own business, expand a small business or learn to manage an existing business better can turn to the Louisiana Small Business Development Center at ÃÛ½ÛÖ±²¥. The center can assist through low-cost continuing education, free one-on-one counseling and consulting, and free specialized managerial and technical assistance.
These services include, but are not limited to:
- business planning for start up or expansion
- marketing/promotion/advertising planning and implementation
- financial planning and analysis
- loan proposals for start up or expansion
- referral to sources of funds for small businesses
- human resources management, accounting and record keeping
- inventory control, purchasing management, international trade, government procurement, and almost any other area of small business planning and management.
For assistance or information, call the LSBDC, located at ÃÛ½ÛÖ±²¥'s College of Business Administration at (318)342-1224.
The ÃÛ½ÛÖ±²¥ SBDC is a program sponsored by the Louisiana Department of Economic Development and the U.S. Small Business Administration.
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