Counseling by faculty and staff is available on a fee basis. The program involves college students, supervised by faculty, obtaining information from a business, analyzing that information, and presenting their recommendations to the business owner. This program provides college students with hands-on business experience and gives the business valuable information that will help their business expand and become more efficient. In the past, the SBI program was federally funded and administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration. The Center conducts local training seminars on a variety of topics to better educate and inform the small business owner or potential owner on how to be more productive, efficient, and profitable in their business endeavors.
Seminars promote the overall economic development of the areas served.
The Center is available to coordinate training events and conferences for organizations such as Chambers of Commerce and other business organizations. Each year the Center sponsors a training conference addressing a critical issue of concern to small business owners. Speakers from all over the United States with expertise on the specified topic conduct training sessions. Small business owners, educators, and government officials are brought together in these consortiums to advance the current status of small business. The Center strives to provide high school students with exposure to the joys and pitfalls of entrepreneurship that is often neglected at the secondary level of education.