About Us

The South-West Texas Border Small Business Development Center (SBDC) provides consulting and technical assistance to the small business community. Our goal is simple - to help small businesses start and grow. The SBDC program supports the growth and development of the South Texas economy by assisting in job creation, economic diversification, and business expansion.

SBDC ORGANIZATION

Our funding partners:

• U. S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
• The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA)
• Host organizations throughout South and West Texas

Ten field offices are located throughout our 79-county service region, providing business counseling, training, and research services. SBDCs provide management counseling in areas including accounting, financing and loan packaging, capital acquisition, business planning, marketing, human resources, strategic planning, and financial analysis. We also provide specialized assistance in international trade, government procurement, technology commercialization, human resource management, taxes, and workplace safety. Our confidential business consulting services are free of charge to our clients.

SBDC FIELD OFFICE LOCATIONS:

• Alpine - Sul Ross State University SBDC
• Austin -Texas State University SBDC
• Corpus Christi - Del Mar College SBDC
• Eagle Pass - SRSU/Rio Grande College SBDC
• Edinburg - University of Texas Pan American SBDC
• El Paso - El Paso Community College SBDC
• Laredo - Texas A&M International University SBDC
• San Angelo - Angelo State University SBDC
• San Antonio- University of Texas at San Antonio
• SBDC Regional Office
• San Antonio SBDC
• International Trade Center
• Technology Center
• Victoria University of Houston Victoria

MISSION

The mission of the South-West Texas Border Small Business Development Center Region is to promote growth, expansion, innovation, increased productivity, and improved management for small businesses in the South Texas Border Region service area. These goals will be accomplished through activities of counseling, technical assistance, training seminars and workshops, advocacy, research studies, resource information and coordination with the U. S. Small Business Administration and other community business support services. It is expected those activities of the SBDC Region-wide will result in:

• Improved performance of small business clients.
• Enhanced economic growth within the service area.
• Increased success rate for start-up businesses.
• Full participation in program activities by special focus groups:
  
  1. Women-owned businesses
  2. Minority-owned businesses
  3. Rural businesses
  4. Export-active businesses
  5. Veteran-owned businesses.

Each SBDC office should be positioned as the focal point for small business development activities in their respective communities, by acting as leaders in economic development planning and delivery of highly effective counseling and training services.