The national Small Business

Development Center (SBDC)

program was legislated

via the Small Business Act of

1976 as a program of the U.S.

Small Business Administration.

Leveraged federal funding

involves cooperative agreements

with institutions of higher

education. State Governments

play a vital role as key partners to

efficiently and effectively leverage

resources which complement the

State’s economic development

efforts.

SBDCs provide small

business owners and aspiring

entrepreneurs with no-cost

professional business advising

and at-cost training on topics

such as developing business

plan, accessing capital, finding

new customers, compliance

with regulations, exporting,

cybersecurity, technology

commercialization and more.

The Texas SBDC Network is

comprised of 4 Lead Offices

strategically located at:

• University of Texas at

San Antonio

• University of Houston

• Texas Tech University

• Dallas County Community

College District

Combined, the 50+ field Centers

they manage in urban and rural

Texas provide hands-on guidance

which leads to greater prosperity

via job creation and small

business growth.

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EMPOWERING BusinessMIRELES PARTY ICESAN ANTONIO, TEXAS

The SBDC provided comprehensive documentation and expertise to assist with the preparation of our business plan, which received numerous compliments.

INDEPENDENCE COFFEEBRENHAM, TEXAS

I credit the SBDC for saving our company from making the wrong decisions. We have become accustomed to using our local SBDC for many of our business needs as Independence Coffee Company continues to grow.

SBDC CLIENT VS. AVERAGE TEXAS BUSINESSReturn on Investment Equals Increased Jobs, Sales, Financing, and Tax Revenues

INDEPENDENT STUDY RESULTS: TEXAS SBDC CLIENTS*

EMPLOYMENT GROWTH16.1%

1.3%

20%

AVERAGETEXAS BUSINESS

SBDCCLIENT

15%

10%

5%

COST PER JOB$1,303.00

$124,303,152

NEW TAXES GENERATED

FEDERAL TOTALSTATE

100M

150M

50M

$85,786,060

$38,517,092

20%16.5%

SALES GROWTH

AVERAGETEXAS BUSINESS

SBDCCLIENT

10%

0.0%

Total Businesses ServedTrainings, Seminars & CoursesTraining ParticipantsConsulting Cases

53,7212,22434,08719,634

2017SERVICE RESULTS 2017ECONOMIC IMPACT RESULTS

Jobs CreatedJobs RetainedNew Financing | InvestmentsNew Sales | Contracts | ExportsNew Tax Revenue Generated

15,1349,690$518 Million$1.0 Billion$124 Million

SMALL BUSINESS IMPACT

RENTECH BOILER SYSTEMSABILENE, TEXAS

The SBDC worked with me back in ’96 to compile the initial financial projection that I took to the bank that got me the start-up funding— and they have been with me through the life of this business.

THE LODGE ASSISTED LIVING & MEMORY CAREMOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS

Without my business advisor at the Northeast SBDC, I could never have achieved my dream. Thanks to my business advisor and the SBDC, Mount Pleasant has a state-of-the-art assisted living facility, which so many seniors call home.

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TO READ MORE ABOUT SBDC CLIENT SUCCESS, VISIT SBDCTEXAS.ORG

According to the 2017 findings of a national independent study by James J. Chrisman, PhD, “SBDC long-term consulting assistance is highly valuable from a public policy perspective because it returns tax revenues to state and federal governments, as well as value and capital to its clients that are greater than the direct cost of providing the

service. For every $1.00 invested in Texas SBDCs, a return of $6.30 is generated.”

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTONTEXAS GULF COAST713.752.8444www.sbdcnetwork.uh.edu

DALLAS COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICTNORTH TEXAS 214.860.5831www.ntsbdc.org

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ABILENE Texas Tech University SBDC @ Abilene325.670.0300

ALPINE Sul Ross State University Minority & SBDC432.837.8694

AMARILLO West Texas A&M University SBDC806.372.5151

ATHENS Trinity Valley SBDC903.675.7403

AUSTIN Texas State SBDC512.716.4800

BAY CITY Coastal Plains SBDC979.244.8466

BAYTOWN Lee College SBDC281.425.6309

BEAUMONT Lamar University SBDC409.880.2367

BRENHAM Blinn College SBDC979.830.4137

BROWNWOOD Tarleton State University SBDC325.646.7299

BRYAN Research Valley SBDC979.260.5222

CORINTH North Central Texas SBDC940.498.6470

CORSICANA Navarro SBDC903.872.8104

CORPUS CHRISTI Del Mar College SBDC361.698.1021

DALLAS Dallas Metropolitan SBDC214.860.5865

DEER PARK San Jacinto College SBDC281.485.5214

DENISON Grayson SBDC903.463.8787

EAGLE PASS SRSU Rio Grande College SBDC830.758.5023

EDINBURGUT Rio Grande Valley SBDC956.665.7535

EL PASO El Paso Community College SBDC915.831.7743

FORT WORTH Tarrant SBDC817.515.2603

GRANBURY Tarleton State University SBDC817.573.7681

HOUSTON University of Houston Bauer College SBDC713.752.8400

HUNTSVILLE Sam Houston State University SBDC936.294.3737

LAKE JACKSON Brazosport College SBDC979.230.3380

LAREDO Texas A&M International University SBDC956.326.2827

LEAGUE CITY Galveston County SBDC409.933.1414

LUBBOCK Texas Tech University SBDC @ Lubbock806.745.1637

LUFKIN Angelina College SBDC936.633.5400

MIDLAND/ODESSA University of Texas Permian Basin SBDC432.552.2455

MOUNT PLEASANT Northeast SBDC903.434.8237

PARIS Paris SBDC903.782.0224

PLANO Collin SBDC972.985.3770

PORT ARTHUR Lamar State College SBDC409.984.6531

PRAIRIE VIEW Prairie View A&M University SBDC936.261.9243

ROSENBERG Fort Bend County SBDC281.499.9787

SAN ANGELO Angelo State University SBDC325.942.2098

SAN ANTONIO University of Texas at San Antonio SBDC210.458.2460

THE WOODLANDS Lone Star College SBDC832.813.6674

TYLER Tyler SBDC903.510.2975

VICTORIA University of Houston-Victoria SBDC361.485.4485

WACO McLennan SBDC254.299.8141

WICHITA FALLS Midwestern State University SBDC940.397.4373

NETWORK LEAD OFFICES

TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITYNORTHWEST TEXAS806.745.3973www.nwtsbdc.org

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO SOUTH-WEST TEXAS BORDER210.458.2450 www.txsbdc.org

FUNDED IN PART THROUGH A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION.