Small Business Center Network (SBCN)
 The Small Business Center Network (SBCN), comprised of 58 Small Business Centers throughout North Carolina, supports the development of new businesses and the growth of existing businesses by being a community based provider of training, counseling, and resource information.
A Small Business Center is located at your nearby community college. To locate a Small Business Center near you, click here.
Mission
The objective of the Small Business Center Network is to increase the success rate and the number of viable small businesses in North Carolina by providing high quality, readily accessible assistance to prospective and existing small business owners and their employees. Each Small Business Center (SBC) will be a community based provider of education and training, counseling, information and referral.
Vision
The vision of the North Carolina Small Business Center Network is to foster and support entrepreneurship, small business training and economic development in local communities.
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Services
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 Confidential Business Counseling
Small Business Centers provide free, confidential counseling services for new and existing businesses. Available on an as-needed basis, this free, confidential service acts as a sounding board for ideas and concerns you may have about your business. Our professional staff will help you find solutions to your challenging business questions. No question is too simple or complicated.
- Business Seminars and Workshops
Small Business Centers offer a wide variety of workshops and courses to help small businesses be successful. Some of the topics include:
- How to Start a Business
- How to Write a Business Plan
- Financing a Business
- Marketing for Success
- Bookkeeping and Taxes
- Specific training can be designed for individual business needs.
- Resource Centers
Each Small Business Center has a library of professional resources waiting to be tapped. Printed materials including books, pamphlets, magazines, trade journals, as well as, a wide variety of tapes and videos are available for your use. Some Centers offer business-related software, teleconferencing and access to the Internet.
Fees
Confidential counseling services and access to resource libraries are free of charge. Some seminars and workshops require a minimal registration fee.
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To locate a SBC near you, click below:
North Carolina Small Business Centers:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A
Alamance Community College
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
B
Beaufort County Community College
Bladen Community College
Blue Ridge Community College
Brunswick Community College
C
Caldwell Community College & Technical Institute
Cape Fear Community College
Carteret Community College
Catawba Valley Community College
Central Carolina Community College
Central Piedmont Community College
Cleveland Community College
Coastal Carolina Community College
College of The Albermarle
Craven Community College
D
Davidson County Community College
Durham Technical Community College
E
Edgecombe Community College
F
Fayetteville Technical Community College
Forsyth Technical Community College
G
Gaston Community College
Guilford Technical Community College
H
Halifax Community College
Haywood Community College
I
Isothermal Community College
J
James Sprunt Community College
Johnston Community College
L
Lenoir Community College
M
Martin Community College
Mayland Community College
McDowell Technical Community College
Mitchell Community College
N
Nash Community College
NC Center for Applied Textile Technology
NC Small Business Center Network
P
Pamlico Community College
Piedmont Community College
Pitt Community College
R
Randolph Community College
Richmond Community College
Roanoke-Chowan Community College
Robeson Community College
Rockingham Community College
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College
S
Sampson Community College
Sandhills Community College
South Piedmont Community College
Southeastern Community College
Southwestern Community College
Stanly Community College
Surry Community College
T
Tri-County Community College
V
Vance-Granville Community College
W
Wake Technical Community College
Wayne Community College
Western Piedmont Community College
Wilkes Community College
Wilson Technical Community College
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