About Us

The Navarro College Small Business Development Center is part of the nationwide SBDC system linking resources from federal, state and local governments to colleges, universities and the private sector. The SBDC is a partnership program with the U.S. Small Business Administration and Navarro College. Providing Consulting and training services to four counties that include Ellis, Freestone, Limestone and Navarro, the center is designed to provide small businesses with the practical assistance needed to start, grow and prosper.

Consulting
The SBDC offers free one-on-one consulting to both startup and existing businesses for loans and financing, financial statement analysis, marketing, accounting and recordkeeping, sales, advertising, business planning and management. Opportunities for business growth, government contracting, exporting, market expansion and new emerging technologies can be explored.

Training
Providing instruction on both general and specific business topics, the SBDC offers free and low cost seminars, conferences and workshops addressing the needs of small businesses. Courses range from introductory topics for those planning to start a business to more advanced seminars aimed at the experienced small business owner.

Business and Market Research
The SBDC has access to a wide range of information through resources such as the SBDCNet, Small Business Administration (SBA), and online subscription databases that include: 

IBISWorld industry reports are used for understanding market size, competitors, drafting business plans, pitch books, benchmarking, forecasting, business valuations, litigation suport, due diligence and more.  

DemographicsNow is a comprehensive yet easy -to-use tool that provides highly sought after demographic data that allows prospective entrereneurs, long-time business owners and students building marketing plans to collect, analyze and quickly act upon that data. 

ReferenceUSA provides the most accurate data available on 15.5 million U.S. and Canadian Businesses, 217 Million U.S. and Canadian residents and 18 million global companies.

Profitcents is a web-based tool that takes financial data and quickly converts it into plain language reports complete with industry comparisons, ratio analysis, trend analysis and even expectations.

Bizminer produces the most granular industry statistical reports in the market. We offer industry financial analysis benchmarks for over 5,000 lines of business and industry mrket trends on thousands more. Our market analysis reports are available at the national and local levels down to the zip code. Business owners access our reports to help create business plans, for use in loan applications or to find new business markets and opportunities.

Risk Management Association (RMA) Annual Statement Studies® is the only source of comparative data that comes directly from financial statements of the small and medium-size business customers of RMA's member institutions.  

Morningstar 10K Wizard streamlines public company research by providing navigation tools for its global filings database. Users can choose to search by keyword or pre-formated searches that jumpstart the search process for hot topics and industry specific issues.

Through these and other resources and at no cost to you, the SBDC can help locate hard-to-find information vital to your business success.