MO SBDC Success and Impact
Success
Missouri Small Business Development Center counselors and specialists
assist thousands of businesses each year. Learn more about our services
and those we've helped find the path to success in the Featured
Entrepreneur section, where profiles of successful entrepreneurs
are explored.
Impact
Clients assisted by the SBDC...
- generate sales and jobs that return more tax revenues than the
cost of the SBDC program;
- value SBDC assistance highly; and
- raise millions of dollars in new capital.
Missouri Economic Impact FY 2007 |
Sales Increase
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$90 million |
Jobs Created/Retained
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1,290 |
Tax Revenues Generated
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$5.4 million (state)
$4.3 million (federal) |
Financing Obtained
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$71 million |
Via its statewide network of SBDC centers, in fiscal year 2007 the
MO SBDC system served:
- 2,386 clients in 12,771 hours of counseling
- 14,981 attendees at SBDC-sponsored training events, for a total of
1,067 sessions totaling 9,732 hours
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