Counseling

Counseling is the most requested form of MSBDC assistance.  Business owners and entrepreneurs seek help in improving their prospects for success in today's complex business environment.  The MSBDC helps businesses:

• Establish steps for starting a business
• Develop and update business plans
• Create marketing strategies
• Identify and access sources of capital
• Establish record keeping systems
• Analyze financial records
• Improve managerial skills
• Improve inventory management

No one knows your business better than you, and MSBDC counselors can help you increase your knowledge and sharpen your skills.

Education/Training

Workshops are conducted throughout the state at locations convenient to the small business community.  The topics of these programs are designed to address many aspects of operating and maintaining small business profitability!

Topics may include:

• Starting a small business
• Marketing
• Tax planning
• Record keeping
• Doing business with the government
• Financial management
• ABC's of exporting
• Computer software application courses

Is your company the same as it was three years ago?  Would your company benefit from new and innovative techniques?  The MSBDC can help you attain goals for your business through education and training.

(See map below for our location.  Buildings may be clicked for additional interdepartmental information).

1. Delta State Soccer Field
2. University Field – Softball
3. Travis E. Parker Field – Football
4. Billy Dorgan, Jr. Student Performance Center
5. Chadwick Dickson Intercollegate Athletic Building
6. J.A. “Bud” Thigpen, Jr. Baseball Annex
7. Bryce Griffis Practice Center
8. Dave “Boo” Ferriss Field – Baseball
9. Robert L. Crawford Center & Dave “Boo: Ferriss Museum
10. Darrell Foreman Golf Course
11. Walter Sillers Coliseum
12. Kent Wyatt Hall
13. Hugh Ellis Walker Alumni Foundation House
14. Bologna Performing Arts Center
15. Harkins Residence Hall – Women
16. Lawler Residence Hall – Women
17. Hammett Residence Hall – Women
18. Tatum Residence Hall – Women
19. Cain Residence Hall – Women
20. Fugler Residence Hall – Women
21. William H. Zeigel Music Center
22. Tomas L. Bailey Hall
23. Hamilton-White Child Development Center
24. W.M. Kethley Hal
25. Fielding L. Wright Art Center/Holcombe-Norwood Hall
26. James W. Broom Hall/Kathryn Keener Hall
27. E.R. Jobe Hall
28. James M. Ewing Hall
29. Eleanor Boyd Walters Hall
30. R.L. Caylor Hall
31. School of Nursing
32. Brumby-Castle Residence Hall – Women
33. O.W. Reily Student Health Center
34. Ward Residence Hall – Women
35. H.L. Nowell Student Union
36. Cleveland Residence Hall – Women
37. Charles W. Capps, Jr Archives & Museum
38. Gibson-Gunn Aviation Building
39. Wesley Foundation
40. Baptist Student Center
41. E.B. Hill/Canal Street Student Apartments’
42. Humphreys Street/Cafeteria Student Apartments
43. Young-Mauldin Dining Hall
44. Forest Early Wyatt Gymnasium
45. Aquatics Center
46. Odealier J. Morgan Laundry
47. Lena Roberts Sillers Chapel
48. George B. Walker Natorium
49. Whitfield Gymnasium
50. Roberts-LaForge Library
51. President’s Home
52. Hugh Cam Smith, Jr. Physical Plant
53. New Men’s Residence Hall – Men
54. Logino residence Hall – Men
55. Noel Residence Hall – Men
56. Brewer Residence Hall – Men
57. Clark Residence Hall – Men
58. Bond Residence Hall – Men
59. Carpenter Residence Hall – Men
60. Williams Residence Hall – Men
61. Whittington Residence Hall – Men
62. Administrative Housing
63. Cassity Hall
64. Administrative Housing
65. Administrative Housing