SBA, Dell launch video series to help small businesses grow

Published/Last Modified on Friday, Dec 18, 2009 - 02:19:09 am CST

Capital Journal staff

WASHINGTON — Highlighting the experiences of successful entrepreneurs, the U.S. Small Business Administration and Dell launched an online video series offering tools and strategies to help small business owners rebound from the economic recession and put themselves in a position to expand and create jobs.

“Strategies for Growth: Advice for Expanding Your Business” includes real-world insight, solutions and advice from small business owners who have succeeded, in good and bad economic times.

Additionally, the series draws on the expertise of counselors, policy makers and others for accessing resources and tools available to small business owners.

“Some of the best advice a small-business owner can get is from other small-business owners who have been in their shoes,” said SBA administrator Karen Mills. “They’ve dealt with the day-to-day challenges and found ways that worked for them to meet those challenges, pursue their life’s dream and grow their business. This video series brings those real-life experiences together, along with information on other valuable resources and opportunities, in a way that will help other small-business owners chart their own path to success.”

The Strategies for Growth partnership with Dell was announced at a National Press Club luncheon where Mills discussed the outlook for small businesses and the economy in the coming year, including the Administration’s efforts to boost the small-business sector and to drive economic recovery through public-private partnerships.

Joining Mills for the announcement was Dell’s vice president of government affairs Becca Gould.

“For Dell, partnering with groups like the SBA to share solutions for success is a significant way we support small businesses,” Gould said “By featuring entrepreneurs winning in today’s marketplace, this video series goes beyond advice to provide solutions for businesses looking to grow. Like Warren Brown, founder of Cake Love, others can learn from how technology helped his company maximize potential with online sales and adapt to the changing business environment.”

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