Recently I received two letters from small business owners concerning loan packages done by Nebraska Business Development Center (NBDC) consultants. Of Ingrid Battershell, our consultant in Scottsblu

Small businesses in southeast Nebraska can find help in getting government contracts through a new office of the Nebraska Business Development Center (NBDC) in Auburn. The new office is being funded

Nebraska Business Development Center (NBDC) consultants couldnt help but notice the economic contraction of the last half of 2008. In 2007 NBDC had 269 small business loans approved for $41.2 millio

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is rolling out changes to its small business loan guarantee program after the announcement on St. Patrick's Day by President Obama. Among changes are an i

In 2008, the year just completed, NBDC consultants packaged loans that resulted in a little over $28 million in investment in Nebraska small businesses. That was a significant drop from 2007 NBDC pac

In calendar 2008, Nebraska Business Development Center (NBDC) procurement technical assistance clients obtained more than $150 million in government contracts. This is a huge number, especially when

The Nebraska Business Development Center (NBDC) Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) outreach program provides general outreach and specific assistan

Nebraska Business Development Center (NBDC) State Director Robert Bernier announced that Jason Tuller has been selected as the 2008 State Star.

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Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) and Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (PTACs) often get asked for assistance by not-for-profit organizations. It is not surprising. These organizati

The Nebraska Business Development Center helped boost Nebraskas economy by more than $378 million in 2007, according to Bob Bernier, state director of NBDC and assistant dean of the UNO College of B

One way of bringing primary jobs to an economy is to recruit businesses to locate in that economy. Another way is to bring business sales to businesses already in the economy. This second way is the

It was back in '98 that Jerome L. Murray died. I never met him. I don't know if his friends called him Jerry. Yet, I knew him well. I knew him because he was an inventor ' the kind of old fashione