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Small Business Resources

Advisory Board Council (Florida SBDC at UCF)
"The Advisory Board Council is a next-level, business support service, assisting established Central Florida businesses by matching them with experienced business professionals with a diverse range of skills who work together on a “custom-fit” advisory board."

Counseling - Certified Business Analysts will help you develop:
- Business Plans
- Marketing Plans
- Feasibility Studies
- Market Research
- Loan Proposals
- Accounting Systems
- Personnel Plans
- Employee Manuals
- Strategic Plans
Areas of Assistance
- Accounting: asset management, record keeping systems and procedures
- Finance: ratio analysis, breakeven analysis, financial projections and business valuation
- Marketing: pricing, advertising & promotion, marketing planning, market research and exporting
- Operations: production & inventory control, project management, risk management and energy conservation
- New Venture Planning: start-up information, feasibility analysis, business planning and general business consulting
- Technical Assistance: preliminary patent searches, patent, copyright & trademark, and technology transfer & SBIR/STTR
Seminars
- Basic Tools Seminar Series
- Specialty Tools Seminar Series
- Government Contracting Seminar Series
- Strategic Tools Seminar Series