Business Services
The Massachusetts Small Business Development Center Network is comprised of
three collaborate lines of business: business advisory services, government
contracting and international trade assistance.
Business Advising
The MSBDC Boston Regional Office & Minority Business Center
provides free and confidential business assistance to businesses located in the Greater
Boston
area. Areas of assistance include, but are not limited to:
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Start-up Business
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Business Plan Development
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Financial Plan Development
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Marketing and Sales Strategies
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Cash Flow Analysis
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Organizational and Personnel Issues
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Government Procurement Assistance
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International Trade Assistance
If you are interested in learning more about any of our services or wish to schedule an
appointment with a business advisor, please contact our office at 617-287-7750
or you may complete our online Request for
Information form.
Prior to your first appointment with a business advisor, you
may wish to complete our Request for Counseling* (pdf)
and bring the completed form with you to your first appointment. You may
type directly on the Request for Counseling from your computer. To
determine which MSBDC regional office you should contact to receive
services, select the town or city where your business is located by
visiting the following web link:
www.msbdc.org/alphabytown.html.
Click here to read client success stories!
Training and Seminars
The MSBDC Boston Regional Office & Minority Business Center conducts free
seminars and workshops addressing a wide range of concerns for both start-up and existing
businesses. Many of these programs are co-sponsored with local chambers of
commerce, colleges and universities, community development organizations, banks
and trade associations.
Some workshops include:
> Business
Finance and Accounting Basics
> Business
Law and Contracts
> Business
Strategy Basics
> Financiando Su Negocio en Tiempos de
Crisis (Financing Your Business in Times of Crisis)
> Getting
Started in Business
> Sales and
Marketing Basics
For a complete list of trainings offered by the MSBDC Boston Regional Office & Minority Business
Center, please visit
www.sbdc.umb.edu/training.html. To view the statewide MSBDC Network
training calendar of events, please visit
www.msbdc.org/training.
Financial Assistance
The MSBDC Boston Regional Office & Minority Business
Center can help you negotiate the financial challenges faced by start-up and
expanding businesses. We can assist with assembling financial statements,
preparing loan applications, and securing the best financing options for your
business.
Our office does not have funds to lend or invest. We work with banks and other
lending organizations (both conventional and non-conventional sources) to assist
in putting together financial projections, but the actual financing comes from
outside sources, such as:
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State- or federally-assisted programs
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Quasi-public financing
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Angel and venture capital
> Private financing
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SBA loan guarantee programs
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Financial institutions
Procurement Technical Assistance
The Procurement Technical Assistance Center
(PTAC) can guide you through the government procurement process and
provide you with information on how to become more competitive in the
government marketplace. PTAC can an assist
with procurement and EEO officials to find qualified minority vendors who can
fill their contract needs, bid requirements and company goals.
The MSBDC Boston Regional Office & Minority Business Center can connect you
with a procurement specialist or you can visit PTAC’s website at
www.msbdc.org/ptac.
International Trade Assistance
 The Massachusetts Export Center offers a wide range of
targeted, customized services to Massachusetts businesses at any stage in the
export process. These services include: export counseling and technical
assistance, international market research and assessment, international business
development assistance, and a multitude of export training programs and export publications.
International trade advisors are housed in Boston, Holyoke, New Bedford and
Worcester.
The MSBDC Boston Regional Office & Minority Business Center can connect you
with an international trade advisor, or visit the Massachusetts Export Center's
website at www.mass.gov/export.
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This is an official page of the
University of Massachusetts Boston campus.
Produced and maintained by the Massachusetts
Small Business Development Center Network.
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