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BizWest asked Lisa Hudson, executive director of the East Colorado Small Business Development Center and the University of Northern Colorado Biz Hub, to respond to a series of questions about the work of the SBDC.
BizWest: How does the Small Business Development Center model differ from other incubators and accelerators?
Lisa Hudson: The East Colorado SBDC offers three services: 1. free confidential consulting, 2. low-cost training, 3. access to resources. This is different because we are a national nonprofit organization that provides consulting at no charge to the smallbusiness owner. The East CO SBDC is unique in the way that I manage the UNC BizHub as well as the SBDC. The UNC BizHub Collaborative is a virtual incubator and the model is unique because we don't offer space, but are able to offer high-level services to small businesses across the state. The UNC BizHub is membership-based and is $1,500 per year but the small-business owner can receive the following services:
1.Industry Mentorship Program
2. Higher Education Connections & Resources
3. GrowthWheel Training Industry Research Mining & Analysis
4. Business Plan Writing Service
5. Cloud Business Planning Tool: LivePlan
6. Unlimited Access to Industry Research & Trend Reports
7. Local Marketing Research...