Announcements

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Newberry SBDC Office Now Open

The Small Business Development center is proud to announce that as of February 2009, the Newberry Small Business Development Center is now open! Please see the press release for more details and contact information.

VA Education Benefits Available for Entrepreneurship Training

Veterans may now use their VA education benefits for entrepreneurship training in South Carolina.  The South Carolina Small Business Development Centers (SC SBDCs) have been designated as “qualified providers” of non-degree, non-credit entrepreneurship training by the US Department of Veterans Affairs.  Following this designation, the State Approving Agency of the SC Commission on Higher Education was able to approve the individual courses offered.  According to Dr. Karen Woodfaulk, Director of the State Approving Agency, South Carolina is among the first states in the nation to approve these benefits for our veterans.

Check with your local Small Business Development Center for VA approved courses.

SCBOS is Open for Business

To make it easier to start a business in South Carolina,  an online system has been created to provide you with the capability and the information you need to register your business and apply for business licenses and permits.  Initially, only businesses needing to register with the Department of Revenue or desiring to register or reserve a business name with the office of the Secretary of State will be able to access services.  Soon to be added will be the Employment Security Commission, the Department of Health and Envrionmental Control and the Department of Labor, License and Regulation.  To visit the SCBOS website, click here .

SCBOS vision: A "one-stop"gateway for business and professional registration & licensing, for services offered by federal, state and local government within South Carolina.

FastTrac Entreprenuerial Training Program

FastTracSC, with over 20 programs in 8 cities around the state, announces Entreprenuerial Training Programs in Greenville, Columbia, Charleston and Florence.  Join the network of hundreds of other South Carolina Entreprenuers and get your business off the ground or take your existing business to new levels. 

The FastTrac Entreprenuerial Training courses, FastTrac NewVenture, geared towards the budding entreprenuer, and FastTrac GrowthVenture, geared towards entreprenuers with existing businesses who want to take it to new levels, will be led by experienced facilitators in conjunction with mentor workshop leaders who are enbtreprenuers with extensive company building, bootstrapping, and fund-raising experience.  Both courses are comprehensive business training programs and address the needs of entreprenuers refining and writing their business plans and seeking to grow sustainable high-compact companies.  They combine one-on-one coaching, peer learning, guest speakers from the entreprenueriual, corporate, angel, venture capital, legal and financial opportunities and comprehensive tools to help entreprenuers produce solid business plans and strategies.  For more information please visit http://www.fasttracsc.org  or call 843-805-3042.