LibGuides: Financial Resources: Starting a business

Goverment Assitance for Small Business Owners

U.S. Small Business Association
Federal government agency helps Americans start, build and grow businesses. The SBA provides loans, counseling, and other services to small business owners.

Arkansas SBA District Office
The Arkansas District office has locations in Little Rock and Fayetteville and offers a variety of resources to support small business owners in Arkansas.

Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center
The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center is a university-based economic development program that assists entrepreneurs, both new and seasoned. We help with every aspect of business creation, management, and operation.
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Through our seven offices around the state, ASBTDC works with all types of for-profit businesses, from home-based to high-tech. You can receive one-to-one confidential consulting and cutting-edge market research at no charge, or expand your expertise by participating in our affordable training.
Northwest Arkansas SBTDC Office
he University of Arkansas Sam M. Walton College of Business Small Business and Technology Development Center operates as a regional office of the ASBTDC and is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration through a partnership with the University of Arkansas at Little Rock College of Business and the Sam M. Walton College of Business. All ASBTDC programs are extended to the public on a non-discriminatory basis.
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Attend our workshops to learn how to use social media to promote your business, create a website, obtain funding or how to start a business in Arkansas.

We provide seminars regarding contracts and collections, bookkeeping software or establishing legal entities and more. Our services are affordable and nearby.