"Ultimately, economic development is accomplished one business at a time, and that is what we are here to do."

- Janet Roderick
ASBDC Executive Director

The Arkansas Small Business Development Center provides free one-to-one professional consulting for business owners and entrepreneurs. Help available to you includes:

• Advice on operating challenges in your existing business

• Review of your business plan and strategies

• Guidance in starting your new business

• Advice on purchases of existing businesses

• Preparation of your loan request

• Financial analysis and budget development

To use these services, call or e-mail your nearest SBDC office to discuss your needs and arrange for an appointment.

Just starting out?

Take advantage of these great online ASBDC resources

• Our On-Line Start-Up Kit is the quickest way for you to take that first step!

• You can get additional specific information from our FREE BizFacts library.

• Use our on-line card catalog to locate materials in the Research Center, the largest business library in the state!

• Attend an "Starting a Business in Arkansas workshop near you and have all your questions answered by an ASBDC business consultant.

• Use our Small Business Toolbox and tools to estimate how much of a loan you can afford, calculate loan payments, project cash flow, and more.

Starting an on-line business?

• Use our E-Commerce Assessment Tool to score and analyze your readiness to engage in Internet commerce.

• Then read our 6 Step Process for E-commerce and start your online business the right way!

• Develop your cyber skills and knowledge in our "First Steps in E-Commerce," "Design Your Own Web Page!" and "Internet Marketing Techniques that Get Results!" seminars.

• Assess your web site using our Web Site Design Checklist.

The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration through a partnership with the University of Arkansas at Little Rock College of Business and other institutions of higher education. All opinions, conclusions, or recommendations expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the SBA. UALR is committed to the policy of providing equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate in employment, admissions, programs, or any other educational functions and services on the basis of sex, age, disability, race, and national origin, color or religion.