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JUMP-START YOUR BUSINESS LEARNING WITH OUR SPRING CLASSES

The San Antonio Small Business Development Center (SBDC) announces open registration for its spring 2010 (February - May ) classes. The San Antonio SBDC is one of 10 components of UTSA's Institute for Economic Development. Here's an opportunity to enhance your business knowledge by attending training with other potential and current business owners. The business advisers who lead these classes are happy to assist you with confidential, one-on-one business advising sessions.

What can you learn? Individual classes include Business Startup Essentials, The Business Plan, and Business Plan Financials. For existing or startup businesses, we have classes on How To Start a Restaurant, The Power of E-mail Marketing, Selling on eBay, or the essential Keeping the Books.

In addition, the International Trade Center, another Institute for Economic Development center, offers classes to help businesses with import and export basics. We also offer a Certified Global Business Professional Series and Custom Brokers Exam Boot Camp.

The Contracting Resource Center at the Institute for Economic Development can help your business contract with the government. Also, we're offering classes in Access Capital through the SBA, and Human Resource classes.

Our training calendar and online registration are just a click away. Most of our classes take place at UTSA's Downtown Campus, but please note that several take place at other locations.  Be sure and hit the "+" sign to the left of the class listing to get the full program description.

Note: Starting in February, prepayment for select classes will get you free parking and a $5 discount.* We currently accept prepayment over the phone and in person. Call 210-458-2460 for more details.

IED AWARDED $700,000 TO ASSIST LOCAL, VALLEY AND GULF COAST BUSINESSES

(San Antonio) The University of Texas at San Antonio’s Institute for Economic Development (IED) has been awarded a two-year, $700,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration.

The grant will fund a new Sustainable Business Program that will assist South Texas businesses with comprehensive emergency preparedness and sustainable business development. Targeted areas include Bexar, Nueces, San Patricio, Cameron, Hidalgo and Willacy counties. The major components of the sustainable business model are effective disaster preparedness, efficient business operations and reduced environmental impacts.

“Our goal is to bring small businesses into the emerging green economy and provide technical assistance to ensure their success," said Linda Ramirez, director of the Institute for Economic Development’s Contracting Resource Center.

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