Like Your Business Like Your Business Partner…Partner…

Only Better!Only Better!

Michael BowersMichael Bowers

District Center Manager for Ohio SBDC at Columbus State since 2002

SBDC State Star for Ohio in 2007

Founder, Lead author at www.Ideas2Deals.com

Striving to accelerate the growth of entrepreneurship and small business innovation. #RunNerds Marathoner. What's worth doing is worth doing for 26.2!

An experienced & award winning team providing no-cost, one-on-one business management advice

with four centers to serve you at one location:

Core SBDCManufacturing & Technology SBDC

International Trade Assistance CenterLatino SBDC

The Ohio SBDC at Columbus StateThe Ohio SBDC at Columbus State

Where is the Ohio SBDC at Where is the Ohio SBDC at Columbus StateColumbus State

In 2011, we: Advised 936 Small BusinessesConducted classes for over 1,800 attendeesFacilitated $5,863,7245 in loans / investment capitalAssisted in the creation or retention of 653 jobs

In 2008 the Center was named one of the top 10 SBDC’s out of over 900 SBDC’s in the country

An experienced and award An experienced and award winning teamwinning team

Core Business AssistanceCore Business Assistance

Business Start-Up~ BizStartNow, a three week intensive program covering the specifics of business start-up and operation.

Topic Specific Small Group Advising ~ Topic specific content delivered to small groups of business owners to help them quickly address their most pressing needs.

One-On-One Business Advising ~ SBDC Certified Business Advisors work one-on-one with the business owner to address the specific issues that will take the business to the next level.

Developing export strategies Preparing your product or service for export International legal considerations Shipping your product; pricing, quotation and

terms Methods of payment and Financing Export

transactions Business travel abroad Selling overseas.

SBDC International Trade AssistanceSBDC International Trade Assistance

Continuous Improvement & Modernization ~ Process improvements, workforce assessments & training, lean operations…

Inventions & Prototyping ~ Product design, modeling, prototyping, market assessment, Intellectual property, R&D grants…

Partnering & Commercialization ~ Licensing technologies, capital access, mfg partners, marketing channels, fulfillment strategies…

SBDC Manufacturing AssistanceSBDC Manufacturing Assistance

Provide you with access to over 70 topic specific seminars and workshops covering pertinent topics for businesses at all stages from start-up to growth and existing.

Educational OpportunitiesEducational Opportunities

Access to networking opportunities to Access to networking opportunities to support business growthsupport business growth

Access To On-Line ResourcesAccess To On-Line Resources

www.sbdccolumbus.com/

www.ideas2deals.com/

http://twitter.com/Ohio_SBDChttp://twitter.com/Ohio_SBDC

www.facebook.com/SBDC.Columbus

www.youtube.com/ohiosbdc

Ohio Growth SummitOhio Growth Summit

OhioGrowthSummit.comOhioGrowthSummit.com

How Can we Work Together?How Can we Work Together?

What do you see as the most pressing needs for small businesses?

How can you help us address these needs?

How can you help direct small business owners to our SBDC for assistance?

Contact me at…Contact me at…

E-mail mbowers3@cscc.eduOhio SBDC http://www.sbdccolumbus.com/I2D Blog http://www.ideas2deals.com/Twitter @MichaelBowers and @Ohio_SBDCFacebook https://www.facebook.com/michael.bowers

https://www.facebook.com/SBDC.Columbushttps://www.facebook.com/Ideas2Deals

Google + http://gplus.to/MichaelBowersPinterest http://pinterest.com/michaelbowers/LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/in/mbowers030

The Ohio SBDC at Columbus State

p. 614-287-5294

www.SBDCColumbus.com

For Information on SBDC ActivitiesFor Information on SBDC Activities