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WIDENER UNIVERSITY

SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER

No-Cost, Confidential Small Business Consulting

Serving Delaware and Philadelphia Counties

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BECOME A WIDENER SBDC CLIENT

The Widener SBDC provides one-on-one consulting services and educational programming to entrepreneurs looking to start, grow, or innovate their small business. The Widener SBDC consultants work with entrepreneurs in free and confidential engagements to help them with a range of business needs including business plan support, capital/financial management, technology needs like starting a website, and much more.

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Anytime, Anywhere.

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Widener SBDC Consulting Services

Starting your small business is difficult, especially if you don’t have the experience. That’s why we offer our small business experts to you at no-cost. Each one of our consultants specialize in a key business area that your small business may have problems with.

Become the next success story:

Slide Everest Medical Group 4 Phases
300,000 sqft Expansion
40,000 Patients Per Year
Minority-Owned Small Business of 2022

Read Everest Medical's Full Story 893 The Widener SBDC's Impact in 2021: Clients Served Capital Formation Businesses Started $17,406,850 49
Slide Silvia's Bakery Woman Owned
2,000+ Products
2 New Locations
Minority-Owned Small Business of 2020
Read Silvia's Full Story
Slide Mole Poblano Restaurant Immigrant Owned
$30,000 Grant Obtained
1 New Catering Business
12 Jobs Saved During Pandemic
Read Mole Poblano's Full Story
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We’ve done the work! Now let us personalize it to meet your business needs. Our productized services produce customized reports to help your business start, grow, and prosper.

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Widener SBDC Training Events

The Widener Small Business Development Center provides access to training events for all clients who need assistance in helping their business’ start, grow, prosper, or innovate. We create our training events with entrepreneurs in mind, so we make all our training available on-demand to watch 24/7.

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Driving Traffic to Your Website

2024-10-08T09:14:29-04:0010/17/2024| To get people to come to your website you must pro-actively market it. Learn ways to promote your small business site. By the end of this webinar, you will have a better understanding of website traffic and its different types, core marketing strategies that drive website traffic, and how the use of machine learning and website technology can impact your traffic. Presented by Cary Baskin, a SCORE Chester & Delaware Counties volunteer and owner of the Marketing Department in Malvern, PA.|

How to Start & Operate a Small Business

2024-10-08T09:15:45-04:0010/23/2024| If you are in the early stages of starting a small business, or if you have started up your business and realized you missed a few things - you have come to the right place. Join retired attorney Frank Farmer in a discussion of the ‘nuts and bolts” issues that should be considered when starting and operating a small business. Frank will discuss topics including the need and usefulness of developing a business plan; selecting a business organizational structure; fictitious name registration; licensing; hiring employees vs. independent contractors; obtaining tax identification numbers and other related topics.|

Navigating Artificial Intelligence: Perplexity.ai, Claude 3, and More

2024-10-08T09:33:30-04:0010/23/2024| AI is not one-size-fits-all. Discover a range of AI tools like Perplexity.ai and Claude 3, and learn how to choose the right ones to address your specific needs and challenges.|

Small Business Insurance Panel

2024-10-08T09:17:14-04:0010/24/2024| During this session, our focus will be on protecting your small business in today's ever-evolving business landscape. We will explore the purpose of insurance for small businesses, familiarize you with key insurance terms, discuss different types of insurance companies, explain the insurance process, and delve into the topic of insuring business owners and employees. Additionally, we will touch on the importance of specialty insurance. We will also showcase real-life examples of how business insurance applies to various industries. Please bring any questions you may have about your specific insurance needs, as we will provide expert guidance tailored to your circumstances.|

Navigating Artificial Intelligence: Winning Government Contracts by Using AI

2024-10-08T09:23:21-04:0010/30/2024| This session will use case studies to show how smaller enterprises can use generative AI to compete for and win government & large enterprise opportunities. We’ll also examine different ways that tools like ChatGPT can assist with the sales process and actual service delivery.|

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