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DC SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER
@ CENTER FOR URBAN PROGRESS

ABOUT US

The DC Small Business Development Center at Center for Urban Progress is part of the DC SBDC Network, which works in partnership with the US Small Business Administration, Local Universities and Community Development Organizations to provide free one-on-one counseling, free management and technical assistance and specialized business training events to small business in all stages of small business development. The Center has skilled business counselors to provide direction to nascent entrepreneurs as they get started in business and guidance to existing businesses as they seek to grow their business and develop and implement strategies.

DC SBDC @ CUP seeks to equip clients with the necessary tools to make the products/services offered by their small businesses relevant in today’s market, for sustained business development, expansion and growth. Services are provided to almost anyone interested in establishing or expanding a small business. We are conveniently located in the District’s Frank Reeves Municipal Center at the corner of 14th & U Streets, Washington D.C. (see contact us for details).

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OUR SERVICES

Services provided are confidential and include business plan development and assessment, market research, strategic planning, feasibility analysis, sales forecasts, loan packaging, record keeping, cash flow assistance, financial statement review and problem solving. Government contracting and procurement assistance (selling to the Government) is also provided to small, minority-owned and/or other disadvantaged enterprises seeking to get certified through various minority business development programs at the Local and Federal Government Levels. The Center’s business counselors provide hands-on assistance with the LSDBE, 8(a), SDB and HubZone Certification processes.

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USEFUL RESOURCES FOR NEW AND EXISTING BUSINESSES

US Small Business Administration
www.sba.gov
 

DC Small Business Development Center Network

www.dcsbdc.org
 
DC Business Resource Center
www.brc.dc.gov
 
Washington, DC Economic Partnership
www.dcmarketingcenter.com
 
Department of Employment Services (DOES)
www.does.dc.gov
 

Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs

www.dcra.dc.gov
 
DC Department of Small and Local Business Development 
www.olbd.dc.gov
 
Department of Contracting and Procurement
www.ocp.dc.gov
 
Dun & Bradstreet
www.dnb.com
 
Business Plans
www.bplans.com
 
Business Statistics
www.bizstats.com

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CONTACT US

DC Small Business Development Center at Center for Urban Progress
2000 14th Street, NW Suite 330 North
Washington, DC 20009
Phone: (202)671-2828
Fax: (202)671-2597


 

Center for Urban Progress o HU Research Building 1, 1840 Seventh Street, NW, 3rd Floor Washington, DC 20001- 3108
Phone (202) 865-8572 o Fax (202) 232-6751 o hucup@howard.edu