A tentative schedule of upcoming seminars and topics is as follows:

January 21, 2009        Government Procurement        

February 18, 2009       Business Expansion

March 18, 2009           Entrepreneur Success Tips

April 15, 2009             Women in Business or Branding and Imaging

May 20, 2009             Human Resources        

June 17, 2009             Franchising a Business

Seating is limited to 45 individuals, and reservations are required. 
For more information, e-mail sbdc@stpt.usf.edu.

The SBDC added an office location in the USF St. Petersburg College of Business building in January 2007.  “This office will allow students, faculty, staff, and local citizens with entrepreneurial interests the opportunity to access directly and conveniently the broad-based services of the SBDC,” said Geralyn McClure Franklin, dean of the College of Business.

Since opening its doors more than 20 years ago, the USF SBDC has assisted more than 100,000 entrepreneurs in Southwest Florida with their businesses to create/retain an average of 1,000 jobs each year and win government contracts worth over $100 million.

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