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The Small Business and Technology Development Center is a business advisory service of The University of North Carolina system that provides management counseling and education services to small and mid-sized businesses in all of North Carolina’s 100 counties. The SBTDC at UNCW provides services in New Hanover, Pender, Onslow, Duplin, Brunswick, and Columbus counties. The center helps established firms, high-growth companies and start-up businesses meet today’s challenges, manage change, and plan for the future.
Services are well defined and are designed to meet clients’ needs:
- Management Counseling – The center helps businesses with financing, marketing, human resources, operations, business planning, and feasibility assessment.
- Management Education Services – The SBTDC also provides targeted, research-based educational products that are focused on change management, strategic performance, and leadership development for management team, employees, and board members.
- In addition, it offers specialized market development assistance in:
- government procurement
- international export financing
- marine trades services
- technology development and commercialization.
For those thinking about starting a business, the SBTDC at UNCW offers a Pre-Venture Orientation (PVO) program on a regular basis. This two-hour class offers an excellent overview of the first steps in starting a business, obtaining financing and business planning. There is no fee to attend the program.
For more information, call the SBTDC at UNCW at (910) 962-3744 or visit our Web site at https://www.sbtdc.org/offices/uncw/.
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