Welcome to the Small Business Development Center @ CSI in Twin Falls, Idaho

SBDC MISSION:  The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) is a non-profit organization offering a wealth of free and low-cost information, resources, direct consulting, training, and services to educate and support small business owners, managers, inventors, and potential entrepreneurs in Idaho. 

ABOUT US:
 We provide a wide range of consulting, training, and feasibility analysis programs for start-up and existing businesses in the 8 counties of South-Central Idaho. (Blaine, Camas, Cassia, Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln, Minidoka, and Twin Falls Counties). We serve small business owners/managers, pre, start-up & expanding businesses, inventors and potential entrepreneurs, home-based businesses, manufacturing, retail, wholesale, service, production, value added agriculture business, and E-Commerce and tech based businesses. Click the link for Our Staff.

SBDC CAPABILITIES: Professional staff, higher education faculty, private sector professionals, and students are available to help you with your specialized business needs. If your business needs include these or any number of other consulting, training, or research assistance programs, call 208.732.6450 or email SBDC

Email us at isbdc@csi.edu for more info on our services
or to schedule an appointment

Attention Southern Idaho Entrepreneurs:
We invite you to take our Magic Valley Business Survey & Needs Assessment. 
Click Here to Participate in the Survey

 

SERVICES OFFERED THROUGH THE SBDC:

Click HERE to take advantage of the SBDC's Free One-on-One Business Consulting which includes but is not limited to:

  • Business Planning
  • Marketing Plans
  • Market Research
  • Advertising Plans
  • Cost Analysis
  • Loan Information & Referral
  • Cash Flow Projections
  • Organizational Development
  • Purchase or Sale of Business
  • New Venture Analysis
  • Business Skills Trainings

DOWNLOADABLE FORMS, PODCASTS & FLIERS:

BUSINESS TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES:
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RESEARCH AND GRANT INFORMATION:
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Resource Library & Links
Applied Research 
Grants, Scams and other "Fantasies"!

LOCATION:

College of Southern Idaho Campus Virtual Tour
Small Business Development Center
315 Falls Avenue, P O Box 1238
Evergreen Building Room C77
Twin Falls, Idaho 83303-1238
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Center Phone: 208.732.6450
Fax: 208.733.9316

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LINKS TO OTHER PARTNERS:
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Idaho SBDC Network
Idaho Small Business Development Center Statewide Offices


Association of Small Business
Development Centers



TechHelp


CSI Small Business Incubator


CSI Community Education Center


Region IV Development
Alternative Financing for Business
 in South-Central Idaho


SBDCNET National Information Clearing House (Business Research Site)


nX Level Education Foundation
Business Planning



Boise State University
Center for Professional Development

Applied Leadership Training Partner


Small Business Guide to Government Loans and Grants


Idaho Department of Commerce

LINKS TO OTHER PARTNERS:
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US Small Business Administration
Agencia Federal para el Desarrollo de la Pequeña Empresa

Patriot Express SBA Loan Program
SBA Own Your Future Loan Program for Vets


SBA Small Business Training Network


Idaho Small Business Solutions


Idaho Department of Labor


Idaho Transportation Department DBE
(Disadvantaged Business Enterprise) Program



South Central Idaho Tourism & Recreation Development Association


Access Idaho


Idaho Secretary of State
(Assumed Name, Business Entities & More) 
 

 
AN SBDC CLIENT'S STORY:

Many people realize their dream of owning their own business.
Each person, who reaches for this dream, has a story to tell.
Charles & Christina Thompson,
owners of
Riverwear - Quality Outdoor Apparel share theirs with us ...



      
Charles Thompson, Owner & Son, Jesse               Inside of Store in Stanley         

"The Small Business Development Center at CSI is a wonderful asset for Southern Idaho. The services provided to the community aid in creating new jobs and help direct capital investment in new and existing businesses. The healthy, growing economy in Idaho provides innumerable small businesses opportunities, yet the pitfalls and potential for financial ruin exist alongside. Growth, coupled with ever-changing technology, demands that businesses change their methods of operation or fail.

The SBDC facilitated the growth and development of our business. We've learned to seek out new or different ways to meet the demands of the business world. The easy access to information, training services, and advice the SBDC offers is unavailable anywhere else in this part of Idaho. As a manager, the time available to develop new business methods is limited. The SBDC offers clear, concise opportunities to learn and grow.

The whole Southern Idaho community benefits from the SBDC at CSI. The creation of jobs, development of manpower, enhancement of income, growth of new business ideas, and the reduction of bankruptcies improve the quality of life for all of us here in the Magic Valley. Today's business climate offers unlimited but each opportunity must be approached with an organized, well thought-out plan to be successful." Charles & Christina Thompson, Riverwear Quality Outdoor Apparel in Stanley, ID

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Disclaimer: The Small Business Development Center website provides hypertext links to helpful information on websites developed and maintained by other organizations. The suitability and content of information accessible from the Idaho SBDC website via hypertext links is solely the responsibility of the organizations that maintain their own information and not specifically endorsed by the SBDC.

The Idaho Small Business Development Center helps small businesses determine direction, find solutions, and make an impact.

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