We provide business counseling, technical assistance, classroom training, and loan application packaging. Our well-trained business counselors will work with you to develop an individual plan, taking advantage of our flexible services and referrals to many other opportunities. We can help with entrepreneurial readiness assessment, business feasibility assessment, networking, accounting, record keeping and research. If you already have a business we offer 'second phase' counseling whether that is referral to more specialized resources or in-depth counseling on business topics. By course end, participants have all the information needed to produce a business plan suitable to accompany a financing application.
Shorter seminars vary in topic and frequency from region to region.
Please contact your regional MBDP for further information. Loan Packaging Loan applications inevitably require formal business plans, so MBDP counseling frequently begins with creation of the plan. This evaluation allows MBDP to make the best recommendations to the client regarding next steps and continued training. Job Start , a program of the Vermont Economic Development Authority, is an ideal funding option for individuals who have exhausted conventional sources of credit that may be available, such as banks or credit unions, and who lack the personal assets to undertake their self-employment project. Each region has a Market Research Center with research resources including computer, Internet access and scanner.