Are you interested in…

• Increasing Sales?
• Reducing Costs?
• Improving Cash Flow?
• Winning Government Contracts?
• Obtaining Financing?
• Improving Managerial Skills?
• Starting a New Business?
• Buying an Existing Business?
• Writing a Business Plan?

If the answer is “yes” to any of the above, the Florida SBDC of the Heartland can help you create a strategy to strengthen and grow your business.

The Florida SBDC of the Heartland provides no-cost confidential consulting as well as business training seminars to current and potential entrepreneurs. No-cost individual consulting is by appointment, and there is a nominal charge for training workshops. Consultations may be held at our office on the SFSC Highlands Campus in Building T or on-site at your location. Services available for local businesses and entrepreneurs include consulting in the following areas:

The Florida SBDC of the Heartland features a two-hour seminar each month on the “Steps to Starting a Small Business.”

If you are ready to jump-start your business, want to attend business seminars, or seek one-on-one consulting simply call…

Bill McKown, MBA, CME at 863-784-7422 or email to: bmckown@usf.edu

…and get started TODAY! Bill is a professionally certified business consultant at the Florida SBDC of the Heartland, a satellite office of Florida SBDC at University of South Florida Muma College of Business, www.SBDCTampaBay.com/highlands. The Florida SBDC at USF is a member of the Florida SBDC Network, a statewide service network funding in part through cooperative agreements with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), Defense Logistics Agency, State of Florida and other private and public partners; hosted by the University of West Florida; and nationally accredited by the Association of SBDCs.

State Designated as Florida’s Principal Provider of Business Assistance [§ 288.001 Fla. Stat.]