ASBTDC to Offer Free Assistance to Small Business Owners in July
June 17, 2024
JONESBORO – The Arkansas Small Business Technology Development Center at Arkansas State University will offer several opportunities for small business owners to learn about growing their businesses in July.
ASBTDC provides one-on-one confidential coaching to business owners and entrepreneurs. Key areas of assistance include business planning, financial analysis, market research, loan packages, growth and expansion, marketing, and profitability.
Business owners will have the opportunity to participate in consulting sessions and meet with ASBTDC business consultants. Spaces for consulting sessions are limited.
The event will be held as follows:
— On Tuesday, July 2, ASBTDC Business Consultant Rheanna Branscum will host a consulting session from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Cherokee Village’s Spring River Innovation Hub, located at 7 East Cherokee Village Mall.
— On Tuesday, July 9, from 9 to 10:30 a.m., there will be an online coffee chat with ASBTDC business consultant Robert Bahn and Clint Vogus, business administration instructor and author of “The Right Recipe for Entrepreneurial Success.”
— On Thursday, July 11, ASBTDC Director Laura Miller will host a consulting session at the Newport Area Chamber of Commerce Tech Depot, 209 Hazel St., from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
— On Tuesday, July 16, Miller will host a consulting session at the Generating Innovative Network, 200-212 North Pruett St. in Paragould.
— On Thursday, July 25, Miller will host a consulting session in Room 103 of the Corporate and Community Education/Adult Education Complex at Black River Technical College (1410 Highway 304 East) in Pocahontas.
The sessions are free, but registration is required: to register, call 870-972-3517 or visit asbtdc.org/asbtdc-events .
The event was made possible at no cost by mission co-sponsors FNBC Bank, First Community Bank, Northeast Arkansas Regional Intermodal Authority, East Arkansas Planning & Development District, First Security Bank and Simmons Bank.
