Ohio Small Business Development Center - Akron

08/19/2026

08/12/2026

Show some love for the Springfield SBDC!!!

06/18/2026

Join us Thursday, June 25th for our second crossover webinar with SCORE Akron & Canton! This will be very similar seminar to Business Basics 2 that we offer, but this will be a webinar and earlier in the day! The webinar will be from 11am to 1pm. You can register at one of the links in our bio (on IG) or at the link below.

https://www.score.org/oh/akron-canton/business-education/executing-a-business-idea-or-how-to-start-a-business-score-sbdc-06-25-2026/

06/11/2026

Join us Thursday, June 18th for our first crossover webinar with SCORE Akron & Canton! This will be very similar seminar to Business Basics 1 that we offer, but this will be a webinar and earlier in the day! The webinar will be from 11am to 1pm. You can register at one of the links in our bio (on IG) or at the link below.

https://www.score.org/oh/akron-canton/business-education/vetting-a-business-idea-score-sbdc-06-18-2026/

04/22/2026

On behalf of our SBDC in Akron, Ohio, we wish to honor Sarah for all the work she does for our SBDC Team! Thanks so much Sarah for managing our office and keeping our spirits high!! One of our Advisors could not be here to celebrate, but is included in our celebration!! We appreciate YOU!!! Mary Ann, Jim, and Eric!!

04/08/2026

04/08/2026

On Friday, March 27th, some of our team got the chance to visit some manufacturing companies in the Akron Area! They visited Anzer USA, Hartville Potato Chips, Additive Engineering Solutions, and Momentous Mold & Machine. We were joined by SBA Terry Bolden, Clark Bihag, Tom Sangrik, Andrew Coffield, also by Sherri Sheilds from Greater Akron Chamber and Mark Hansel from SCORE.

Thank you to the businesses and our partners!

04/02/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday for How to Write a Business Plan. We had a great turn out! We were joined by Tom Sangrik from and Ella Matthews from Huntington. Tom shared how the SBA plays a role in getting a startup loan and Ella share the banking side of things! 📍📊

03/31/2026

Join us tomorrow for How to Write a Business Plan! The seminar is offered at no cost but does require pre-registration. If you would like to register email [email protected] or visit our website akronsbdc.org under our event tab to register.