Southeastern Louisiana University

Small Business Development Center

Welcome!

Since 1984, the Southeastern Louisiana Small Business Development Center (SBDC) has provided the tools and resources necessary to help businesses grow and compete in an increasingly challenging global economy. We offer FREE business consulting and affordable training seminars designed to help you attract customers, improve operations, increase sales, and successfully access capital.  Our interactions may be brief or long-term, but our ultimate objective is to improve Louisiana's economy through job creation and increased tax revenues and with an eye on the Louisiana Governors Vision 2020 Plan.  Our center is funded by the US Small Business Administration, Louisiana Economic Development and Southeastern Louisiana University.  

Since 2002, Our center has: 

• Assisted 125 start-ups or expansions with capital (average one every 2 weeks).
• Helped secure over $8.3 million in loans and equity capital raised
• Obtained funding for 78% of our projects
• Created or retained 434 jobs
• Trained over 2000 businesses and staff throughout the Northshore. 

Resource Partners:

1. U.S. Small Business Administration
2. Louisiana Economic Development 
3. Louisiana Small Business Development Center Network 
4. Southeastern Department of Economic & Business Development 
5. Southeastern College of Business & Technology 
6. Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE)
7. Parish Economic Development Organizations 
8. Area Chambers of Commerce
9. U.S.D.A. Rural Development 
10. Louisiana Department of Labor 
11. Louisiana Procurement Technical Assistance Center
12. Manufacturing Extention Partnership of Louisiana
13. And more!

The LSBDC Program is partially funded by the U. S. Small Business Administration, Louisiana Economic Development, and Southeastern Louisiana University.  The support given by the SBA through such funding does not constitute an expressed or implied endorsement of the cosponsors or participants’ opinion, products, or services.  All SBDC programs are non-discriminatory and open to the public.