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SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
@ CENTER FOR URBAN PROGRESS
ABOUT
US
The Small Business Development Division is part of the Howard University Center for Urban Progress (CUP). In partnership with DC agencies, local universities and community development organizations, CUP’s Small Business Development Division, provides free one-on-one counseling, management advice, business planning, and technical assistance to small businesses in all stages of development. The Center has skilled business counselors to provide direction to nascent entrepreneurs as they get started in business and guidance to existing businesses as they seek to grow their businesses and develop and implement growth strategies.
The Small Business Development Division at CUP seeks to equip clients with the tools necessary to make the products/services offered by their businesses relevant in today’s market and to set the stage for sustained business development, expansion and growth. Services are provided to entrepreneurs in the Washington Metropolitan Area interested in establishing or expanding a small business. We are conveniently located in the District’s Frank Reeves Municipal Center at the corner of 14th & U Streets, Washington D.C. (see contact us for details).
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OUR
SERVICES
Services provided are confidential and include business plan development and assessment, market research, strategic planning, feasibility analysis, sales forecasts, loan packaging, record keeping, cash flow assistance, financial statement review and problem solving. Government contracting and procurement assistance (selling to the Government) is also provided to small, minority-owned and/or other disadvantaged enterprises seeking certification through various minority business development programs at the local and federal government levels. The Center’s business counselors provide hands-on assistance with the CBE, 8(a), SDB and HubZone Certification processes.
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USEFUL
RESOURCES FOR NEW AND EXISTING BUSINESSES
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CONTACT
US
Saheed Akinkuolie
Program Director
Small Business Development Division
Howard University Center for Urban Progress
2000 14th Street NW, Ste. 330
Washington, DC 20009
Phone: (202) 865-8573
Fax: (202) 232-6751
sakinkuolie@howard.edu
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