We Want Your Small Business to Thrive
In St. Joseph, there are many ways to help small businesses. In addition to the programming and services offered with a Chamber membership, other entities have other avenues to provide small business support.
Small Business Development Center
The SBDC is an advisory service that transforms small business owners into successful entrepreneurs by building their business skills acumen. SBDC is for new or veteran small business owners. The St. Joseph office can help residents in the following counties: Andrew, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb, Holt, Nodaway, Worth, Gentry and Atchison counties. It can help in a variety of ways, see here for more information.
The St. Joseph SBDC is located at MoWest. For more information on how to set up an appointment to help your small business, see this site.
In what ways can SBDC help my business?
SBDC covers many different aspects of business development. Some of those fields include:
- Strategic Planning
- Marketing Strategies
- Financial Management
- Finding Financing
- Business Management and Improved Efficiency
- Business Start-Up
The Launch Pad
The Launch Pad is a new development in downtown St. Joseph. It’s more than a coworking space. It’s a full ecosystem built to support entrepreneurs with
- Flexible coworking + private offices
- High-speed internet + meeting rooms
- Shared-use tech
- Business coaching
- Networking nights, pitch events and mentorship
Learn more here.
MOBUCKS$
The Missouri State Treasurer’s Office invests in Missouri small business, agriculture and governmental entities. Through the program, the office partners with qualified-lending institutions to provide low-interest loans to help grow and expand economic opportunity across Missouri. By reducing the interest rate on certain loans, the program helps better serve Missouri-based companies. To learn more, see this website.