Northland Pioneer College's SBDC has individual guidance, educational programs and resources that help both prospective entrepreneurs and existing business owners be successful.
All services are provided at no-cost and your information is held in the strictest confidence. Our award-winning business consultants are an objective resource, focused only on your best interests. We can help you start, grow, sustain or even sell a small business. No matter where you are in the business cycle, we can customize a program based on your specific needs.
Top 5 Benefits of Working With Us
1. Objective Feedback and Advice from small business experts focused on YOUR best interests.
- NPC's SBDC staff have nothing to sell or promote
- Our goal is to give you accurate, timely and objective feedback
2. Save Time and Errors – clarifying confusion, solve problems, and get questions answered!
- Don’t waste time or risk costly errors by acting on issues you don’t understand
- We're like a concierge service, contact us whenever you encounter questions or problems of any type, and we will work to point you in the right direction
- When needed, we can help link you to other experts or organizations that are best equipped for your circumstances
3. We're Connected to critical resources, highly qualified professionals, and business organizations.
- Our award-winning staff members each have over 15 years of experience in small business issues
- We are very familiar with the issues businesses in northeastern Arizona face
- NPC's SBDC helps businesses make connections to organizations and other businesses that might be helpful for networking or business development
- We can help you with government contracting and Veteran opportunities
4. Financial Insights – our experts can help you optimize your cash management and/or prepare stronger loan or line of credit applications
- All businesses can benefit from working with our business analyst who will examine your cash flow and provide guidance and feedback that can improve your profitability.
- The SBDC has many years of banking experience and can guide you in presenting your strongest case to loan officers.
- We may even be able to help you find additional funding sources you're not aware of.
5. FREE, Confidential and No Obligation
- We are here to help you! We've helped many local businesses succeed.
How Do I Get Started?
Review the services offered under each business stage listed below and select the plan that fits your situation the best. Then, click the blue button below or give us a call to schedule an appointment with a business advisor.
START Your Business
- Self Assessment
- BMC
- Financial Projections
- Loan Packaging
- Licensing
- Permits
- Accounting
- Operations
- Marketing
- Social Technology
- Building Your Brand
- Growth Wheel
GROW Your Business
- SWOT Analysis
- Industry Trend Data
- What-if Projections
- Loan Packaging
- Employee Engagement
- Key Partnerships
- KPI's
- Operational Excellence
- Marketing
- Building Brand
- Business Continuity
- Growth Wheel
SUSTAIN Your Business
- SWOT Analysis
- Well Business Check-up
- Financial Assessment
- Loan Packaging
- Employee Engagement
- Key Partnerships
- KPI's
- Operational Excellence
- Marketing
- Building Brand
- Business Continuity
- Growth Wheel
SELL Your Business
- SWOT Analysis
- Reasons to Sell
- Ready to Sell
- Financial Value
- Find a Buyer
- Taxes vs Loans
- Legal Issues
- Financial Plan
- Owner Carry
- Real Estate
- Estate Planning
- Growth Wheel
