U of A Small Business Center Helps Northwest Arkansas Businesses Thrive in 2022

The Arkansas Small Enterprise and Know-how Improvement Heart on the U of A, a unit of the U of A Division of Financial Improvement, wrapped up 2022 with a banner yr of latest purchasers, new enterprise begins and capital acquisition.

With buyer satisfaction scores of over 94%, the Heart’s eight-person workforce supplied 2,031 guide hours for 905 new purchasers and their respective initiatives. ASBTDC, UAF consultants additionally assisted purchasers in acquiring $17.5 million in capital and positioned 48 new enterprise begins for achievement within the thriving NWA small enterprise group.

“We’re a small, however mighty, workforce, and I couldn’t be prouder of our accomplishments this yr and our affect in 2022,” stated Mary Beth Brooks, director of the middle. “We sit up for 2023 with new purchasers, new concepts and new alternatives for financial affect within the small enterprise group,” Brooks added.

Serving present and potential enterprise homeowners in six counties, the workforce on the U of A Small Enterprise and Know-how Improvement Heart gives steerage and experience in beginning and rising a small enterprise, finance, advertising and marketing, innovation and expertise commercialization. All companies are supplied without charge to the consumer.

The middle provides month-to-month in-person and digital workshops designed to offer purchasers the data and talent wanted to achieve success. Info and registration for occasions will be discovered right here, and the upcoming schedule contains:​

• Midday Tuesday, Jan. 31 – Sensible Rules of Advertising and marketing Messaging
• Midday Wednesday, Feb. 8 – Onboarding Workers for Success
• Midday Wednesday, Feb. 15 – Optimizing Your Google Enterprise Profile
• Midday Thursday, Feb. 23 – Monetary Foundations: Bookkeeping & Accounting Introduction

Comply with these hyperlinks to join a session, the middle’s publication, to discover consumer tales and make the most of ASBTDC sources for small companies, startups and goals massive or small.

Places of work:
240 N. Block Ave., Suite 100, Fayetteville 72701, and 700 SE fifth St., Suite 130, Bentonville 72712 
Contact: SBDC@uark.edu or 479-575-5148.