Small Business Blog

It’s the morning of Sunday, March 15. For Maura Shenker and her colleagues at Temple University’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC), it’s the end of what’s been… a week. “Normally, in a month, we get about 140 folks reaching out for different reasons. In just over a week though, we had more than 300 and […]

In recognition of Black History Month, we interviewed one of our incubator tenants, Stephan Reeves of Montage Diversity, which offers, among other services, diversity and inclusion consulting. Q: Can you tell us about the mission of Montage Diversity and its work with MBEs? A: As stated in our core values, one of the components that […]

Did you know that the average American internet user visits up to 138 different websites each day? For small business owners, a website can act as the around the clock representative of your sales, marketing and customer service efforts. In an increasingly digital world, websites have become more important than ever. But trends in web […]

November 19th 2019 – Students, SBDC staff, and guests gathered to celebrate the successful completion of the 10-week entrepreneurial success workshop series (ESWS). The evening began with mingling amongst the attendees while enjoying refreshments. Afterwards, each student delivered their business pitch to a panel of judges for fresh feedback. Judges from this series included Israel […]

“Temple Small Business Development Center and Warrior Rising Launch “Small Business Special Forces Incubator““ Ambler, PA, Fall 2019 – A print maker, a health and wellness coach, a cardboard manufacturer sit in a classroom among other classmates with two major things in common; all are veterans and all are entrepreneurs ready to grow their business. […]

Karl Kraus has some general advice for entrepreneurs just starting out on their road to creating a new business. “Define what you are offering, who your market is and what value your business offers to the customer,” said Kraus, Senior Business Specialist and Manager of Temple’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at the Ambler Campus. “Draw up […]

‘City Announces Recipients of StartupPHL Venture Grants’ Originally published here by the Department of Commerce, July 25, 2019 The Philadelphia Department of Commerce and its StartupPHL initiative announced the recipients of the StartupPHL Venture Program, which aims to support startup companies run by entrepreneurs from socially or economically disadvantaged backgrounds. The StartupPHL Venture Program provides […]

June 18th 2019- Students, SBDC staff, and guests gathered to celebrate the successful completion of the 10-week entrepreneurial success workshop series (ESWS). The evening began with a reception and mingling amongst the attendees. Afterwards, each student delivered their business pitch to the panel of judges for feedback. The judges represented different lending institutions; Coston Cobbs […]

On May 18, The Temple Small Business Development (SBDC) Construction Management Series graduates, families, teachers, and staff gathered to celebrate the conclusion of the nine month series. The students spent nearly every Saturday in a classroom learning and developing skills practiced by industry professionals. Some topics included: blue-print reading, OSHA regulations, quantity take-off & cost […]

AMBLER, Pa. (KYW Newsradio) — A new center opening up at the Temple University Ambler campus is looking to provide business training for new companies, and it’s free for veterans. It’s called the Outreach Center, and it is an incubator for new businesses created by veterans. Maura Shenker, director of the Small Business Development Center, […]

On April 25, small business owners, real estate professionals, city officials, and members of the community convened for the “Building Communities: 2019 Construction Mixer.” This joint event between Temple Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and The Enterprise Center (TEC) celebrated 31 years of the SBDC Construction Management Certificate, a 9 month program, and three years […]

Originally posted by Temple News On an average day, Trina Worrell Benjamin handles invoices, returns calls and emails, directs a team of nearly a dozen employees and manages a client roster that has included big names like Rite Aid and Toys“R”Us. She admits her first steps into entrepreneurship were not easy. But with the help […]

March 20th is National SBDC Day. The 1,000 SBDCs across the county took the day as a way to highlight the important assistance that SBDCs provide to small businesses. Businesses who work with SBDCs see 4x sales growth compared to the National Average. The Temple SBDC celebrated with a week’s worth of programming. On 3/18, […]

Originally posted by Temple News Every business, large and small, has to start from the ground up—a novel approach, a new idea, a niche left unfulfilled. Temple University is giving entrepreneurs—military veterans in particular—a new place and an essential partner to help their business concepts become reality. On March 20 at 3 p.m., Temple’s Small […]

On February 19th, Temple’s SBDC hosted another successful Temple Business Roundtable (TBR) at the new IEI building on Temple Main Campus. Four expert panelists were brought together to discuss government procurement, focusing n “the why” and “the how”. Each panelist provided the up-and-coming entrepreneur attendees with insight and helpful tips regarding government procurement and general […]