Dc Small Business Development Center Network

The DC SBDC Network is an outreach program of Howard University, working in partnership with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), the DC Chamber of Commerce, and the Anacostia Economic Development Corporation, to provide no-cost small business management and technical assistance as well as no-cost or low cost small business management training in all phases of small business management to District of Columbia based small businesses. DC SBDC’s trained and skilled business management consultants (who have advanced business or law degrees or have operated their own business) provide confidential, one-on-one management assistance in a myriad of areas, including business plan development, marketing, finance, access to capital, international trade and human resource management, at no cost to the small business owner or aspiring entrepreneur.