By visiting this site, you are getting ready to take your first steps to making that business dream a reality.
Step 1
Not in Business? Kickstart your business life with our seminar.
Entreprenuers are an impatient lot! But you don't have to wait long to get started.
Every week we have seminars to help get you up to speed and to help you get ready to work with us most effectively. The seminars are held on Thursday evenings at various places throughout the metro to make it as convenient as possible. Nuts and Bolts of Going Into Business You have new bosses now, and they are government rules and regulations, and some structure and organization needs to consider. We go all the way from legal structure, tax id, sales tax, employees, insurance needs, merchant accounts all the way to bar codes and trademarks. $20 material fee. How To Get Money For Your Business Pretty much what the title says. We go over how getting a business loan is different from any other lending you’ve ever done; what a lender needs to see; and how to put together a business plan. $20 material fee.
Step 2
Individual Consultation
The seminars deal with items that are common to every start up business so that we have more individualized consultation time available to work on specific needs and issues for your business.
Because of the seminars, you’ll be more prepared, and your consultant will likely ask you to bring your “best effort” business plan draft, some personal financial information, and so forth.
Step 3
Write a Business Plan
This is not as bad as you think!!!! You will not be writing a huge book. Whatever you do, DO NOT buy business planning software. Really, save your money! We can make this a lot easier than you think. We’d recommend the How To Get Money seminar, where we go over the commercial lending process as well as how to get started on that plan. Even if you don’t need money today, it’s not a bad idea to know about commercial lending for the future.
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About Us
This site is for the University of Central Oklahoma office of the Oklahoma Small Business Development Center network. We are located in downtown Oklahoma City, the center of our territory. We are a p...
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Business 101
There is just a lot to learn when you are starting a business. Often we hear a person say something like – “I know what kind of business I want, but I have no clue of what to do next to m...
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Already in Business?
Call us. Let's sit down and talk. We provide individualized consultation for the established business owner. If you are seeking information on services, it's because you have a ne...
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Loan Guidance
Getting a business loan is unlike any other type of borrowing you’ve done. It is easier to get a $200,000 home loan than a $20,000 business loan and will take you longer than you think. ...
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If you have a business, or want to have a business in the central Oklahoma area, you’ve found the right place! If you’re not in business yet, click on Start A New Business to see how we can help. Don’t despair if you live elsewhere in Oklahoma. For other Oklahoma Small Business Development Locations, click here . If you live in another state, click here to find the office nearest you.
Start a New Business
The term we hear our new business clients use for how they feel when they begin this process is – overwhelming.
There’s a lot to learn about the business of being in business. Everyone has advice, and there is so much to be found on the internet, in books and blogs, that it’s hard to sort through it.
We help hold your hand through this process. We’ve helped truly thousands of people in over 20 years get started. We’ll walk with you as well.
Grow an Existing Business
If you are a current business owner, congratulations! We’re not telling you anything you don’t know in that it’s hard work to stay in business and be profitable.
Our goal in working with established business is to help them be better managed, more profitable and to respond to changes in the market.
You may face issues that are different as a five year old business than when it was new, or now that it’s a 10 person company rather than just you. There are many factors in keeping a company going and growing over time.
Call us, or sign up as a client, and we'll be contacting you as to how we can help make your business better.
Terry Enos - Bicycle Alley
A New Business in Automobile Alley Wheel on in to Bicycle Alley for your needs. Named as The Best New Business by the Oklahoma Gazette readers, Terry and his crew can fill your recreational and serious needs in bikes and accessories.
Scriptfolio, LLC
Bradley Wynne loves movies! From Star Wars to the moment he witessed Indiana Jones whip across local movie screens in his quest for the lost ark, he's been hooked. He has been able to translate that love for movies to be part of making them, and now, finding a product that began to address an issue common to those on any set.
He has been working with the OSBDC in making this product go from dream to reality. While his product started out specifically for the film trade, there are many applications and now new product offshoots for others!
The best and fastest way to get started is to attend one of our two seminars to get basic information, and then you are much more ready to work with us one-on-one for what is unique and special in your business. The seminars have a nominal fee.
Seminars are every week, with a few exceptions. Check out the seminar page for information on the Nuts and Bolts of Going Into Business, and How To Get Money For Your Business.
OSBDC is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration
The OSBDC with UCO is affiliated withthe University of Central Oklahoma and the College of Business Administration.
