Business Advising

The  Massachusetts Small Business Development Center Network's Southeast Regional Office provides free and confidential business advice to small businesses in southeastern Massachusetts. Services are delivered statewide through a network of eight counseling centers based on geographic region. Click here to view the cities and towns covered by the Southeast Regional Office. Areas of assistance include, but are not limited to:

     > Start-up Business
     > Business Plan Development
     > Financial Plan Development
     > Marketing and Sales Strategies
     > Cash Flow Analysis
     > Organizational and Personnel Issues
     > Government Procurement Assistance
     > International Trade Assistance

Please complete our Request for Counseling and bring the completed form with you to your first counseling appointment. You may type directly on the Request for Counseling from your computer.

Training

    > Seminars (sales, marketing, business planning financing, etc.)
    > Workshops (entrepreneurial, customer service, etc.)
    > Courses (internet, research, etc.)
    > Conferences (women in business, focus groups)

For a listing of statewide MSBDC seminars, visit www.msbdc.org/training.

Capital Formation Services

    > State- or federally-assisted programs
    > Quasi-public financing
    > Angel and venture capital
    > Private financing
    > SBA loan guarantee programs
    > Financial institutions

Procurement Technical Assistance

The Procurement Technical Assistance Center can guide you through the government procurement process and provide you with information on how to become more competitive in the government marketplace. A procurement specialist is housed at the SBDC office in Fall River.

Visit the Procurement Technical Assistance Center's website at www.msbdc.org/ptac.

International Trade Assistance

The Massachusetts Export Center offers a wide range of targeted, customized services to Massachusetts businesses at any stage in the export process. These services include: export counseling and technical assistance, international market research and assessment, international business development assistance, export training programs and export publications. An international trade business advisor is housed in New Bedford.

Visit the Massachusetts Export Center's website at www.mass.gov/export.

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