What is the SBDC? Take a look.

Since 2007 our Small Business Development Centers across South Carolina have helped more than 20,000 entrepreneurs start their own business or help entrepreneurs who already have an existing one.   Take a look at this interview of Michelle Abraham, our state director, and learn more on what the SBDC is and what we can do to help you. 

Winning Proposal Tips

Putting together a proposal can be a daunting, stressful and exasperating process. But the process doesn’t stop when you’ve finished writing the proposal, you have to present it and sell your idea to others. This task doesn’t always has positive results.

Check these tips and increase your chances to have a winner proposal.

Be Creative! Here are some tips..

Are you seeking creativity, innovation or an idea to boost your business? Check these tips out. You may discover that the trigger for that next big idea has been sitting there just waiting for you to notice it. Maybe these tips will help you put your creativity in practice.

Click here to check out the tips!

Happy Monday!

Thanks to Sweet Fire Counseling for starting us out with a little motivation and inspiration this week :-)


This is the beginning of a new day. You have been given this day to use as you will. You can waste it or use it for good. What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it. When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever; in its place is something that you have left behind... let it be something good. :) ~Author Unknown  

Are you looking into opening a small business any time soon, but you don't know how things work? In 2011 an Intuit survey came up with the following picture.


Take a look at it and see if this is something you are willing to get into. If you are and you need help, contact us. We are here to help!

Get Ready for a Business Workshop That Will Raise the Bar for All Future Workshops You Attend!

National speaker Patrick Henry, certified Buy-Gitomer speaker, shows how you and your organization can gain traction, through fundamental succes......s strategies, in order to increase sales, grow customer loyalty, and achieve peak performance. And isn't that what you want to do with your business?


And by the way ..... he's one fun guy! Oh .... and bonus ..... because we have a wonderful business supporter here at Winthrop University, this workshop won't cost our SC business owners a penny to attend! FREE, chock full of sales and marketing information, and entertaining besides .... what more could you ask? Click on this link to read more and register (required as there are only 200 seats to hold all the business owners in SC who want to attend - first come -- first served.)

Click here to sign up TODAY!

Today is YOUR day! Your mountain is waiting. So...get on your way! - Dr. Seuss