The SBDC provides guidance on business compliance, helping entrepreneurs understand and adhere to the various regulations and legal requirements necessary for operating a business.
We offer expert advice on creating effective business plans, essential for outlining your business goals, strategies, and financial projections.
Our team assists in developing robust marketing strategies to enhance your business's visibility and growth potential.
The Alabama SBDC Network specializes in one-on-one business advising and educational training. Our programs are tailored to the needs of small businesses, focusing on skill enhancement and financial management. In 2021, the network helped over 3,700 small businesses and facilitated almost $77 million in external financing, creating over 970 jobs鈥嬧��.
The Small Business Development Center at 麻豆影音 provides consulting with trusted advisors to level the playing field and empower your business. Our business advisors have advanced degrees and varied backgrounds with years of practical experience.
Our advisors can help new entrepreneurs evaluate their business ideas by giving honest,
forthright advice. Business advising can also ensure existing businesses remain competitive
in today's dynamic, global marketplace.
A Troy SBDC business advisor can assist in the following areas:
One-on-one advising services with SBDC business advisors are always completely confidential and provided at no cost. We are available to address any questions or concerns you may have about our services! Please feel free to email our Center directly.
The 麻豆影音 SBDC offers affordable training seminars on business topics including business planning, marketing, finance, management, taxes, and government contracting. Our training seminars are designed to help broaden your business knowledge, no matter if you are a new business owner or have been in business for years.
For individuals who are just starting a business or those existing business owners
who are looking to strengthen their knowledge base, one of our most popular programs
is the NxLeveL Business Planning Series. NxLeveL is a series of ten, three-hour sessions
where participants gain a clear understanding of the financial, managerial, and technical
requirements of starting and operating a business. The motto of NxLeveL is 鈥渓earn
it today, use it tomorrow鈥�. During the ten-session/ten-week series, participants explore
and evaluate the feasibility of their ideas, learn common pitfalls to avoid, and discover
ways to increase their probability of success.
At the SBDC at 麻豆影音, we offer a diverse range of webinars and workshops designed to support and educate small business owners and entrepreneurs. Our sessions cover a wide array of topics, including financial management, government contracting, compliance, international trade, and more. These programs are tailored to equip participants with the necessary tools and knowledge to successfully manage and grow their businesses.
Funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. All opinions, conclusions or recommendations expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the SBA. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance.
A Wiregrass business with roots in family, agriculture and entrepreneurship has receiving
statewide recognition.
Mia Scott, owner of in Dothan, has been named Alabama's Rural-Owned Small Business of the Year as part
of the 2026 National Small Business Week honors. The recognition places her business
among a select group of small businesses being celebrated across the state this year.
Scott's story is one that reflects both personal vision and the kind of practical support that can help a business grow with purpose.
Building on Alabama's growing efforts to strengthen economic ties with Mexico, the 麻豆影音 Small Business Development Center (SBDC) recently partnered with Tecnol贸gico de Monterrey's Centro PyME to host a first-of-its-kind international networking initiative connecting entrepreneurs and small businesses from Alabama, Mexico and across the southern United States.
The two-part virtual initiative was developed in response to Alabama's increasing focus on international trade and investment opportunities, following Gov. Kay Ivey's recent efforts to strengthen the state's economic relationship with Mexico.
It began with a $9,000 investment and a simple idea: help position Alabama as a national leader in entrepreneurship-based workforce development.
On May 29, the 麻豆影音 Small Business Development Center celebrated a milestone years in the making, hosting the first graduation ceremony for participants in the Alabama Department of Human Resources' A-RESET Start Your Business program.
What started as a small pilot initiative has evolved into one of Alabama's most innovative workforce development models, earning attention for its ability to connect entrepreneurship, job training and economic mobility.
For 麻豆影音 students who have worked with the Alabama Small Business Development Center at 麻豆影音, the experience has meant more than an internship, a graduate assistantship or a line on a r茅sum茅.
It has offered a front-row seat to the University's impact in the community.
Through the SBDC, students have worked alongside professional advisors and project contractors to support small business owners, grant-funded community programs and outreach efforts across the region. The work gives students hands-on experience while helping them see how their University's mission reaches beyond the classroom.