NJSBDC Helps New Jersey
Small Businesses Grow
Get NO-COST, 1-on-1 consultation from NJSBDC's business experts who work with you until you have fulfilled your business goals. NJSBDC will assign business experts that will focus on key elements of your company and help you grow.
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What We Offer
The NJSBDC will be the leading statewide organization in delivering business advisory services and training to established and new small to mid-sized businesses, and high-impact, growth-oriented businesses.
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Counseling
Whether you’re expanding your business or starting a new venture, NJSBDC consultants can provide your small business with personalized guidance on a variety of diverse matters. We have the ability to equip your establishment with the resources and tools necessary in order to get you to the next level. We offer comprehensive solutions and services for new and existing businesses, as well as strategies for accelerating your growth. Explore our counseling options below, and choose which path is a best fit for you.
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Events
Reading articles and watching videos are a great way to learn the basics of business. But to move beyond this, it’s important to get the right training. With NJSBDC, you have the ability to attend workshops, seminars, webinars, and networking events. In this workshops, we will cover everything from marketing and social media to financing and making business plans. Our workshops and events are the best place to increase your knowledge while networking at the same time.
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Resources & Data
The Tool Kit can be used as a resource tool for any stage of your business life cycle. These seminars and training courses are offered directly from the SBA.gov website and are designed to help you grow your business and succeed. This tool kit consists of resources for both new businesses as well as existing businesses.
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Request counseling and we'll match you with an NJSBDC business consultant specific to your business needs.
Grow Your Business
Your dedicated NJSBDC business consultant will work with you to help grow your business to the next level!
Stats
Counseled 15,798 clients
(on-on-one)
Delivered 59,033 total
counseling hours
14,095 of all clients were
established businesses
1,049 clients of NJSBDC
started a new business
Sponsored 2,198 training
sessions statewide
38,219 training
seminar attendees
4,255 total jobs
supported
Facilitated $318,596,295
in total financing (loans & equity) for its clients
Clients generated more
than $6.5 billion in sales
revenues
Summarized impact of the program (October 1, 2019 – December 21, 2021)
What Our Clients & Partners Say
Upcoming Events
Revitalize and Grow - Business Builder Rebate Grant Programs
January 08, 2025Empower Your Business in 2025! Explore Two Key Grant Opportunities: "Revitalize and Grow" ...
Register →Entrepreneur Certificate Program - Cohort #1
January 11, 2025(5 Courses Required) Starting a new business or growing an existing one is a demanding and tough job...
Register →Get Up & Go
January 11, 2025Get Up & Go! Learn the preliminary steps needed to position yourself to open your own business. ...
Register →Developing Successful Grant Proposals to Support Small Business Success
January 14, 2025Description: In this session we will focus on how you can evaluate which grant programs make the mos...
Register →How To Register Your Business
January 18, 2025Are you ready to take the first step toward making your business dreams a reality? We'd like you to ...
Register →Mercer County - Connect & Grow
January 22, 2025The Mercer County Economic Development Department, in collaboration with the Small Business Developm...
Register →NJThrivesVEE Stakeholders' Conference - Stakeholder Engagement
January 24, 2025BY INVITATION ONLY Conference Theme: EXPLORING INNOVATON, DIGITAL ACCESS , INCLUSION & SUSTAINAB...
Register →A Business Plan
January 25, 2025Even the most skeptical banker can be persuaded positively with a convincing business plan. Comprehe...
Register →Access to Capital with the SBA Webinar
February 04, 2025The small business owner will learn about the SBA's business loan programs, no-cost business managem...
Register →Foodpreneur: Recipe For Success Webinar
February 05, 2025This webinar is tailored to new food entrepreneurs who have a great food, beverage or consumer idea ...
Register →Food Truck Academy
February 05, 2025Webinar Descriptions: . Food Truck Academy: Introduces the basics of starting and managing a food t...
Register →Growing Biz with Federal Opportunities
February 06, 2025This all-day training course will provide growth-focused small businesses with an in-depth understan...
Register →eCommerce Planning Pt1: The Basics
February 08, 2025Learn more about starting and growing an e-commerce business, understanding the marketplaces and pla...
Register →First Step to Entrepreneurship Q&A
February 08, 2025First-Step to Entrepreneurship Q & A is the NJSBDC at Rutgers-Newark interactive webinar for all...
Register →eCommerce Planning Pt.2: Grow Beyond Startup Webinar
February 08, 2025Learn more about starting and growing an e-commerce business, understanding the marketplaces and pla...
Register →Financial Literacy & Bankability
February 10, 2025Welcome to the Financial Literacy & Bankability Series! This online event is designed to help yo...
Register →Get Up & Go!
February 15, 2025Get Up & Go! Learn the preliminary steps needed to position yourself to open your own business. ...
Register →Q & A with the IRS
February 20, 2025. Online Accounts and Payment Options . Use online account to securely access the latest information...
Register →How To Register Your Business
February 22, 2025Are you ready to take the first step toward making your business dreams a reality? We'd like you to ...
Register →Financial Literacy & Bankability
March 10, 2025Welcome to the Financial Literacy & Bankability Series! This online event is designed to help yo...
Register →Cybersecurity for Small Businesses Webinar
March 11, 2025This webinar is designed to provide business owners and their management teams with Cyber Security a...
Register →Understanding Personal Credit & Scores Webinar
March 11, 2025Most people fund their first business with their personal credit not knowing the risk it involves. J...
Register →Small Business Guide to Intellectual Property Webinar
March 12, 2025If you have an idea, product or service that you really believe in, you want to protect it. The Inte...
Register →Export Resources with US Department of Commerce
March 13, 2025Whether you are new to exporting or expanding to new markets, the U.S. Commercial Service (CS), part...
Register →Leveraging Global Resources to Grow Your Business Webinar
March 13, 2025Although the American market is considered to be large, it is not large enough to sustain the growth...
Register →Get Up & Go!
March 15, 2025Get Up & Go! Learn the preliminary steps needed to position yourself to open your own business. ...
Register →Winning Public Federal Contracts
Monday, March 17This all-day training course will provide growth-focused small businesses with an in-depth understan...
Register →Digital Marketing with ChatGPT
March 21, 2025DESCRIPTION The launch of ChatGPT has received a lot of attention and raised questions and concerns ...
Register →How To Register Your Business
March 29, 2025Are you ready to take the first step toward making your business dreams a reality? We'd like you to ...
Register →Manufacturing
April 01, 2025Manufacturing Webinar Description: Manufacturing is the process of transforming raw materials into f...
Register →Social Media Principles for Business: Facebook/Instagram
April 02, 2025In this webinar we will walk through the steps of digital marketing plan creation. As part of this ...
Register →Microloans & Alternative Lending Option Webinar
April 03, 2025Finding the right sources for capital in the current economic situation has been a constant challeng...
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