Serving 11 counties in West Georgia, the UGA SBDC in Columbus provides for-profit small businesses with no-cost, one-on-one consulting, hands-on market research and expert-led business training programs to help local business owners grow and succeed! If you are a business owner that believes:
- You as a business owner have something more to learn
- That working on your busine
ss instead of just in your business is a path to facilitate business
growth and greater personal satisfaction
- You can grow and develop through the association with other business owners sharing innovative ideas
- The growth and strength of your company is directly tied to your ability to grow yourself
- That having a coach outside your business can be a positive thing
- Innovative ideas that challenge you to think creatively about your business and yourself strengthen
your ability to lead your company to the next level
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The University of Georgia SBDC of Columbus serves an eleven county area in west-central Georgia, to include the
following counties:
- Muscogee
- Harris
- Troup
- Meriwether
- Pike
- Upson
- Talbot
- Taylor
- Schley
- Marion
- Chattahoochee
For answers to your management questions, contact our business consultants for professional individualized consultation. Our consultants can help:
• Develop and update business plans
• Identify sources of capital
• Set up record-keeping systems and analyze financial records
• Identify foreign markets for products or services
• Conduct specialized research geared to specific needs of the business-owner
• Create marketing strategies and advertising campaigns
• Explore suitable ways to conform to government regulations
• Increase opportunities to sell to federal, state, and local governments
• Analyze statistical and demographic data
