Small Business Development Center

Small Business Development Center (ASUSBDC)

Girish Purohit, Director
Small Business Development Center
1000 ASU Drive #90
Alcorn State, MS 39096-7500
601-877-3901 or 601-877-6450
Fax 601-877-3900
gpurohit@lorman.alcorn.edu
The Alcorn State University Small Business Development Center (ASUSBDC) is a business development program of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) office. The center serves as a resource of the SBA by providing comprehensive small business assistance to further the economic development of an area.

The ASUSBDC program is designed to provide quality assistance to small businesses in order to promote growth, expansion, innovation, increased productivity and management improvement.
The mission of ASUSBDC is:

To further economic development through the provision of management and technical assistance to small businesses located in the center's service delivery area which is Southwest Mississippi.

To enhance the goal of Alcorn State University's School of Business in the area of community outreach as it relates to entrepreneurship.

The major goals of the program are:

To help small businesses in the center's service delivery area increase their knowledge of business.
To advise potential small business persons regarding the feasibility of business prior to investing capital.
To serve as a resource base for the identification of federal, state, local and private resources to aid small businesses.
To strengthen the small business community in the center's service delivery area.

Services provided by the program are:

One-on-One Counseling
Business Training and Education
Start-up Assistance
Market Research
Information
Procurement Assistance
Technology Transfer
Small Business Advocacy

Any small business (as defined by SBA) qualifies for the services provided by the ASUSBDC. Our resources include professional staff and faculty, city and county agencies, state and federal agencies, banks and lending institutions, private businesses and various trade associations, and SCORE-ACE-DECD-SBA.
SBDC workshop topics include:
Women in Business
Home-based Business
How to Start Your Own Business
Business Plan Basics and Loan Proposals
Accounting and Finance
Understanding Financial Statements
How to Advertise for Profits
So You Want to be in Business
Financial Reports for Small Businesses
 
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