LOCAL
LOCAL I'M
LOCAL I'M EXCITED TO TELL YOU ABOUT A VALUABLE FREE RESOURCE
FOR ENTREPRENEURS IN
IDAHO.
IT'S CALLED THE SMALL
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
CENTER. I KEEP HEARING
ABOUT IT FROM THE
BUSINESSES WE PROFILE
HERE EACH WEEK - SO IF
YOU'VE EVER THOUGHT
YOU'D LIKE TO START A
BUSINESS OR HAVE A
BUSINESS THAT COULD
USE SOME HELP - LISTEN
UP.
GABE BENTZ 2:40 "WE
ORIGINALLY DISCOVERED
THE INCUBATOR THREE
YEARS AGO. FOUND IT ON
CRAIG'S LIST." 2:46
GABE BENTZ OWNS SLANT
3D, 4:23 "IT'S A HUGE
HELP." 4:25
A NEW AND GROWING
IDAHO BUSINESS, ONE OF
ONLY TWO 3D PRINTING
FARMS IN THE ENTIRE
COUNTRY. HERE AT THE
NAMPA IDAHO SMALL
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
CENTER INCUBATOR HE
HAS HIS OWN BUSINESS
CONSULTANT AT NO COST
, AND LOW COST RENT.
4:26 " . IT ALLOWS YOU A
FLEXIBILITY AND A SET OF
RESOURCES THAT
OTHERWISE ARE VERY
EXPENSIVE TO FIND AND
CREATE AND ADJUST
WITH." 4:30
PERHAPS THE BEST KEPT
SECRET IN IDAHO,
ACCORDING TO BENTZ
AND OTHER
ENTREPRENEURS WHO
HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE
OF ALL SBDC HAS TO
OFFER.
STEVEN MILLER 24:11
"SOMEBODY WHO'S
STARTING THEIR BUSINESS
OR LOOKING TO GROW
THEIR BUSINESS, THEY
NEED HELP. NOBODY'S
SUPERMAN, SO THAT'S
WHAT WE'RE THERE FOR."
24:20
DAVID MCCAULEY 15:24 "
WE TYPICALLY WORK WITH
BUSINESSES THROUGH
THE LIFE CYCLE OF THE
BUSINESS. 15:27
DAVID MCCAULEY IS AN
SBDC CONSULTANT.
20:20 "WE HAVE PEOPLE
WHO ARE JUST
BEGINNING AND PEOPLE
WHO ARE ON THE BACK
CYCLE." HE USES HIS
EXTENSIVE
EXTENSIVE BUSINESS BACKGROUND TO GIVE CLIENTS LIKE BENTZ
INVALUABLE PERSPECTIVE
AND PRACTICAL HELP.
15:46 "WE HAVE EXPERTISE
AND THEN WE HAVE AN
ENTIRE NETWORK
THROUGHOUT THE STATE
AT THE SBDC." 15:50
GABE 3:52 "VERY RECENTLY
WE'VE BEEN LOOKING TO
HIRE SOME FOLKS AND
DAVID'S BEEN A RESOURCE
IN WHO TO TALK TO,
DIFFERENT RESOURCES
AROUND THE
COMMUNITY TO FIND
GOOD ENGINEERS,
DESIGNERS, GOOD SALES
FOLKS." 4:01
STEVEN 27:17 "THE
CONSULTANTS THAT WE
HAVE ARE FANTASTIC AND
WE'RE FOND OF SAYING
WELL I PROBABLY KNOW
THE ANSWER BUT IF I
DON'T I BET I KNOW
SOMEONE WHO DOES."
27:25
DAVID 18:11 "SOMETIMES
WE'RE PART THERAPIST
WHERE IT'S LIKE I JUST
NEED A MOMENT TO
VENT, SOMETIMES IT'S
BUSINESS WE TALK ABOUT
FINANCING, I NEED A
BOOKKEEPER AND
SOMETIMES IT'S JUST I
GOT THIS REALLY COOL
IDEA CAN YOU TALK ME
OUT OF IT OR TALK ME
INTO IT." 18:28
STEVEN 24:40 "WE HAVE
DATA
DATA THAT
DATA THAT WE'VE COLLECTED THAT SHOWS A SIGNIFICANT
DIFFERENCE IN BUSINESS
RESULTS BETWEEN
BUSINESSES IN IDAHO
WHO HAVE NOT
CONTACTED US AND
SOUGHT OUR HELP
COMPARED TO CLIENTS
THAT HAVE COME TO SEE
US. IT IS STATISTICALLY
PROVEN THAT IF PEOPLE
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER
THEIR CHANCES FOR
SUCCESS ARE MUCH
MUCH HIGHER." 25:02
GABE 5:10 "SOMEBODY
WHOSE
WHOSE OUTSIDE THE CIRCLE IS ALWAYS GREAT JUST TO SAY THERE'S A
REALITY HERE THAT
YOU'RE JUST MISSING
BECAUSE YOU'RE SO
FOCUSED ON THAT LITTLE
POINT." 5:17
DAVID 17:24 "IT'S NEVER
DULL, IT'S SUPER FUN
MEETING PEOPLE WHO
ARE SO EXCITED AND
ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT A
THING
THING AND
THING AND THEN HELPING THEM TURN THAT PASSION INTO A
BUSINESS AND
SOMETHING THEY CAN DO
AS THEIR JOB FOR THE
REST OF THEIR LIVES AND
THAT'S FUN." 17:36
THE
THE SBDC
THE SBDC GETS IT'S FUNDING FROM THE U.S. SMALL BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION, THE
STATE OF IDAHO AND BSU
AND ALL OF THE STATE'S
COLLEGES AND
UNIVERSITIES.
THERE'S THE INCUBATOR
IN NAMPA AND ALSO ONE
IN THE HEART OF
DOWNTOWN BOISE.
DOWNTOWN BOISE.
COMING
COMING UP
COMING UP ON MARCH 12TH, SBDC IS OFFERING IT'S BUSINESS BASE CAMP,
A TWO HOUR WORKSHOP
AIMED AT DISCOVERING
THE FEASIBILITY OF YOUR
BUSINESS IDEA. IT'S FREE
AND WILL BE HELD AT THE
BOISE
BOISE LOCATION. WE'VE GOT A HOTLINK TO MORE DETAILS.