RESOURCES: HELPING YOUR BUSINESS THROUGH THE RECESSION

"Business is booming at the Small Business Development Center [and other counseling organizations]," says Scott Bellows of the USC Small Business Development Center in Columbia. "These are difficult times for many small businesses and readers like you may be looking for solutions. If you fall into this camp and are taking a proactive approach, you’re on the right track. This is no time to be complacent."

This recession may be the perfect storm, but you have allies to help you and your business weather the worst and come out stronger than ever.

They include:
 
1. SBA's resource partners, organizations that provide free and confidential small business counseling. Wherever you're located in South Carolina, there's at least one near you.

• SCORE, Counselors to America's Small Business
• Small Business Development Center
• South Carolina Women's Business Center

For more information on the SBA's resource partners, check out the
Counseling and Training Resources page.

2. Other agencies and nonprofit organizations

• S.C. Department of Consumer Affairs
• IRS Small Business and Self-Employed Center
• U.S. Export Assistance Center

3. Additional SBA information and online courses

• SBA online courses and tools
  (Includes tools for surviving a down economy)
• Helping Main Street USA
• New Stimulus Bill