IMPACT BY NETWORK

California

San Diego & Imperial

The next thing I know I sat down and they did all my paperwork with me. They did a whole lot. The SBDC is the jumpstart. They're the one that got me going and kicked me in my butt to really get the business open.

Owner of Rabb Slabs BBQ Smoke House in rural Imperial Valley

The next thing I know I sat down and they did all my paperwork with me. They did a whole lot. The SBDC is the jumpstart. They're the one that got me going and kicked me in my butt to really get the business open.

Owner of Rabb Slabs BBQ Smoke House in rural Imperial Valley

The next thing I know I sat down and they did all my paperwork with me. They did a whole lot. The SBDC is the jumpstart. They're the one that got me going and kicked me in my butt to really get the business open.

Owner of Rabb Slabs BBQ Smoke House in rural Imperial Valley

The next thing I know I sat down and they did all my paperwork with me. They did a whole lot. The SBDC is the jumpstart. They're the one that got me going and kicked me in my butt to really get the business open.

Owner of Rabb Slabs BBQ Smoke House in rural Imperial Valley

California

Los Angeles

Narrative Food successfully expands and then pivots in response to Covid

Early in the pandemic, people stuck at home wanted to prepare fresh food, and Jennifer Piette's SBDC advisor helped her rapidly scale her business delivering local produce. But when demand plummeted after the lockdown, the SBDC was there to help again, this time with accessing Covid relief and pivoting to B2B. Now that work-from-home has become the new normal, Narrative Food's founder is helping her corporate customers nurture relationships with their clients and employees remotely. Businesses can order boxes of food curated to communicate a brand message. Along the way, her SBDC advisors have helped with challenges as varied as navigating interstate liquor sales regulations and getting certified as a woman-owned business.

Narrative Food successfully expands and then pivots in response to Covid

Early in the pandemic, people stuck at home wanted to prepare fresh food, and Jennifer Piette's SBDC advisor helped her rapidly scale her business delivering local produce. But when demand plummeted after the lockdown, the SBDC was there to help again, this time with accessing Covid relief and pivoting to B2B. Now that work-from-home has become the new normal, Narrative Food's founder is helping her corporate customers nurture relationships with their clients and employees remotely. Businesses can order boxes of food curated to communicate a brand message. Along the way, her SBDC advisors have helped with challenges as varied as navigating interstate liquor sales regulations and getting certified as a woman-owned business.

Narrative Food successfully expands and then pivots in response to Covid

Early in the pandemic, people stuck at home wanted to prepare fresh food, and Jennifer Piette's SBDC advisor helped her rapidly scale her business delivering local produce. But when demand plummeted after the lockdown, the SBDC was there to help again, this time with accessing Covid relief and pivoting to B2B. Now that work-from-home has become the new normal, Narrative Food's founder is helping her corporate customers nurture relationships with their clients and employees remotely. Businesses can order boxes of food curated to communicate a brand message. Along the way, her SBDC advisors have helped with challenges as varied as navigating interstate liquor sales regulations and getting certified as a woman-owned business.

Narrative Food successfully expands and then pivots in response to Covid

Early in the pandemic, people stuck at home wanted to prepare fresh food, and Jennifer Piette's SBDC advisor helped her rapidly scale her business delivering local produce. But when demand plummeted after the lockdown, the SBDC was there to help again, this time with accessing Covid relief and pivoting to B2B. Now that work-from-home has become the new normal, Narrative Food's founder is helping her corporate customers nurture relationships with their clients and employees remotely. Businesses can order boxes of food curated to communicate a brand message. Along the way, her SBDC advisors have helped with challenges as varied as navigating interstate liquor sales regulations and getting certified as a woman-owned business.

California

Northern

Rural Small Businesses are Dreaming Big

Siskiyou County entrepreneurs are dreaming big in their rural communities. Last year the SBDC supported 150 businesses, helped facilitate $9.5MM in capital infusion, and created 102 new jobs. From fine dining to local tourism, the SBDC is helping rural America to realize the dream of business ownership.

Rural Small Businesses are Dreaming Big

Siskiyou County entrepreneurs are dreaming big in their rural communities. Last year the SBDC supported 150 businesses, helped facilitate $9.5MM in capital infusion, and created 102 new jobs. From fine dining to local tourism, the SBDC is helping rural America to realize the dream of business ownership.

Rural Small Businesses are Dreaming Big

Siskiyou County entrepreneurs are dreaming big in their rural communities. Last year the SBDC supported 150 businesses, helped facilitate $9.5MM in capital infusion, and created 102 new jobs. From fine dining to local tourism, the SBDC is helping rural America to realize the dream of business ownership.

Rural Small Businesses are Dreaming Big

Siskiyou County entrepreneurs are dreaming big in their rural communities. Last year the SBDC supported 150 businesses, helped facilitate $9.5MM in capital infusion, and created 102 new jobs. From fine dining to local tourism, the SBDC is helping rural America to realize the dream of business ownership.

Colorado

The East Colorado SBDC helped me flesh out the idea for my business. They offered templates, advice, recommendations, and connections to others that were imperative to me forming a real business plan and getting my business license.

Owner, High Plains Dice and Games

The East Colorado SBDC helped me flesh out the idea for my business. They offered templates, advice, recommendations, and connections to others that were imperative to me forming a real business plan and getting my business license.

Owner, High Plains Dice and Games

The East Colorado SBDC helped me flesh out the idea for my business. They offered templates, advice, recommendations, and connections to others that were imperative to me forming a real business plan and getting my business license.

Owner, High Plains Dice and Games

The East Colorado SBDC helped me flesh out the idea for my business. They offered templates, advice, recommendations, and connections to others that were imperative to me forming a real business plan and getting my business license.

Owner, High Plains Dice and Games

Connecticut

Helping Rural Towns Create Sustainable Communities

Michael D'Amato and John Guszkowski co-founded Tyche Planning & Policy Group to help rural and small communities develop plans and processes focused on the bottom line of sustainability. Tyche provides in-house consulting assistance on an on-call, project, or staff-replacement basis. Tyche's mission is to “create great communities for all” by providing assistance to towns on a schedule and budget that works for them and offering an expert team of land use and policy professionals. Advisor Tammy Eldredge helped Michael and John launch their business, creating 4 full-time and 1 part-time jobs. In addition, Tyche benefited from the Verge Consulting Program at UConn where graduate students helped them in the development of a strategic plan.

Helping Rural Towns Create Sustainable Communities

Michael D'Amato and John Guszkowski co-founded Tyche Planning & Policy Group to help rural and small communities develop plans and processes focused on the bottom line of sustainability. Tyche provides in-house consulting assistance on an on-call, project, or staff-replacement basis. Tyche's mission is to “create great communities for all” by providing assistance to towns on a schedule and budget that works for them and offering an expert team of land use and policy professionals. Advisor Tammy Eldredge helped Michael and John launch their business, creating 4 full-time and 1 part-time jobs. In addition, Tyche benefited from the Verge Consulting Program at UConn where graduate students helped them in the development of a strategic plan.

Helping Rural Towns Create Sustainable Communities

Michael D'Amato and John Guszkowski co-founded Tyche Planning & Policy Group to help rural and small communities develop plans and processes focused on the bottom line of sustainability. Tyche provides in-house consulting assistance on an on-call, project, or staff-replacement basis. Tyche's mission is to “create great communities for all” by providing assistance to towns on a schedule and budget that works for them and offering an expert team of land use and policy professionals. Advisor Tammy Eldredge helped Michael and John launch their business, creating 4 full-time and 1 part-time jobs. In addition, Tyche benefited from the Verge Consulting Program at UConn where graduate students helped them in the development of a strategic plan.

Helping Rural Towns Create Sustainable Communities

Michael D'Amato and John Guszkowski co-founded Tyche Planning & Policy Group to help rural and small communities develop plans and processes focused on the bottom line of sustainability. Tyche provides in-house consulting assistance on an on-call, project, or staff-replacement basis. Tyche's mission is to “create great communities for all” by providing assistance to towns on a schedule and budget that works for them and offering an expert team of land use and policy professionals. Advisor Tammy Eldredge helped Michael and John launch their business, creating 4 full-time and 1 part-time jobs. In addition, Tyche benefited from the Verge Consulting Program at UConn where graduate students helped them in the development of a strategic plan.