“I would not have been able to do it without the SBDC’s help. They provided me with an outline for my business plan, helped me edit that business plan, register my LLC and my business with the state of Idaho.” Sentiments offers pregnant mothers the opportunity to see their babies via ultrasound. These services include
COVID TURNAROUND BRINGS BRIGHT FUTURE A&E Engineering, Inc., located in Pocatello, Idaho, is a full-service civil engineering firm. Their team of professional engineers, land surveyors, designers and drafting professionals serves clients throughout the Intermountain West. In 2020 the COVID pandemic was hard on A&E, as it was on many small businesses. While they did have
“The SBDC is one of the best uses of tax dollars that we have in our country. I encourage businesses to take responsibility and research your resources!” Connor Vanderholm began working in the hotel industry as soon as he finished his business degree at BYUI in 2016. His BYUI mentor helped him discover he wanted
Georgette became an SBDC client after taking a Financial Literacy class offered through the Shoshone Bannock Tribes. Claudia Allen, SBDC Business Consultant, taught the class. Georgette comes from a long line of Native American crafters and participates in Native American Pow-Wows all over the region. She knew how difficult it was for her to obtain
Jose Herrera and Elias Ragel came in to see the Southeast Idaho Small Business Development Center (SBDC) in December 2019 because they wanted to start selling their homemade salsa commercially. Business Consultant, Claudia Allen, met with them since she is fluent in Spanish, and they are not English speakers. Both men work at Amy’s Kitchen
“I’m glad the SBDC was there to help me start, and their information on finding and hiring employees will be very helpful.” Dustin Gaylor came to the Southeast Idaho Small Business Development Center in 2018. He had been working for an auto dealership installing window tinting and wanted to open his own business doing the
