Resources
SPARK Small Business Center resources are free and provide a wide variety of professional services and information to entrepreneurs, business start-ups, and existing businesses seeking insight in particular areas of business.
UTSA International Trade Center – texastrade.org
The UTSA SBDC International Trade Center is the largest and most successful trade assistance organization in the state of Texas. They are a specialty Small Business Development Center, and part of the Texas South-West SBDC Network housed and part of the UTSA Institute for Economic Development. All their services are free, customized, and 100% confidential. They help small and medium-size companies become globally competitive by providing: One-on-one trade advising, market research, and innovative training.
Contact: (210) 458-2470
The UTSA SBDC International Trade Center is the largest and most successful trade assistance organization in the state of Texas. They are a specialty Small Business Development Center, and part of the Texas South-West SBDC Network housed and part of the UTSA Institute for Economic Development. All their services are free, customized, and 100% confidential. They help small and medium-size companies become globally competitive by providing: One-on-one trade advising, market research, and innovative training.
Contact: (210) 458-2470
UTSA SBDC Center for Government Contracting – cgc.txsbdc.org
The UTSA SBDC Center for Government Contracting is a specialty center of the Texas South-West SBDC Network at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). The Center provides services through the following programs: Employer Services, Emergency Preparedness, Government Contracting, and Cybersecurity. These programs assist small business owners with a focus on the needs of veteran entrepreneurs, women-owned small businesses, employers, small to medium manufacturers, and cybersecurity compliance. The service area includes 79 counties of the Texas South-West SBDC Regional Network.
Contact: (210) 458-2458
The UTSA SBDC Center for Government Contracting is a specialty center of the Texas South-West SBDC Network at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). The Center provides services through the following programs: Employer Services, Emergency Preparedness, Government Contracting, and Cybersecurity. These programs assist small business owners with a focus on the needs of veteran entrepreneurs, women-owned small businesses, employers, small to medium manufacturers, and cybersecurity compliance. The service area includes 79 counties of the Texas South-West SBDC Regional Network.
Contact: (210) 458-2458
UTSA APEX Accelerator – apexaccelerator.iedtexas.org
The UTSA Apex Accelerator is a specialty center of the UTSA Institute for Economic Development (IED) assisting small and large businesses with no cost advising, training, and networking with local, state, federal and DOD agencies in support of large-scale expansion. The UTSA Apex Accelerator is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the Department of Defense (DoD). UTSA Apex Accelerator services are available in the following 42 surrounding counties: Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Comal, Concho, Crockett, Dewitt, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays, Irion, Karnes, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, Lampasas, La Salle, Llano, Mason, McCullough, Medina, Menard, Mills, Real, San Saba, Schleicher, Sutton, Travis, Uvalde, Val Verde Williamson, Wilson, and Zavala.
Contact: (210) 458-3353 or [email protected]
The UTSA Apex Accelerator is a specialty center of the UTSA Institute for Economic Development (IED) assisting small and large businesses with no cost advising, training, and networking with local, state, federal and DOD agencies in support of large-scale expansion. The UTSA Apex Accelerator is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the Department of Defense (DoD). UTSA Apex Accelerator services are available in the following 42 surrounding counties: Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Comal, Concho, Crockett, Dewitt, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays, Irion, Karnes, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, Lampasas, La Salle, Llano, Mason, McCullough, Medina, Menard, Mills, Real, San Saba, Schleicher, Sutton, Travis, Uvalde, Val Verde Williamson, Wilson, and Zavala.
Contact: (210) 458-3353 or [email protected]
UTSA SBDC Technology Commercialization Center – tcc.txsbdc.org
They provide no-cost, confidential, professional, advisory services, programming and resources to entrepreneurs, innovators and business ventures all across Texas to assist with the ideation and market commercialization of advanced science and technology based innovations.
Contact: (210) 458-2731 or [email protected]
They provide no-cost, confidential, professional, advisory services, programming and resources to entrepreneurs, innovators and business ventures all across Texas to assist with the ideation and market commercialization of advanced science and technology based innovations.
Contact: (210) 458-2731 or [email protected]
UTSA SBDC Center for Community and Business Research – ccbr.iedtexas.org
The Center for Community and Business Research serves the needs of economic development agencies, workforce development boards, businesses, associations, city, state and federal governments and other community stakeholders in search of information to make better decisions. The team comprises skilled economists, statisticians, researchers, faculty, and interns from varying academic departments including, but not limited to, the colleges of Architecture, Business, Public Policy, and Sciences. We develop, conduct and report on research projects that are designed to shed light on how organizations, communities, or the economy work.
Our capabilities and deliverables include:
Contact: (210) 458-2472 or [email protected]
The Center for Community and Business Research serves the needs of economic development agencies, workforce development boards, businesses, associations, city, state and federal governments and other community stakeholders in search of information to make better decisions. The team comprises skilled economists, statisticians, researchers, faculty, and interns from varying academic departments including, but not limited to, the colleges of Architecture, Business, Public Policy, and Sciences. We develop, conduct and report on research projects that are designed to shed light on how organizations, communities, or the economy work.
Our capabilities and deliverables include:
- Economic impact analyses
- Feasibility studies
- Surveys of business and community organizations
- Secondary data analysis
- Report writing and presentation
Contact: (210) 458-2472 or [email protected]
UTSA SBDC Center for Government Contracting – cgc.txsbdc.org
The UTSA SBDC Center for Government Contracting is a specialty center of the Texas South-West SBDC Network at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). The Center provides services through the following programs: Employer Services, Emergency Preparedness, Government Contracting, and Cybersecurity. These programs assist small business owners with a focus on the needs of veteran entrepreneurs, women-owned small businesses, employers, small to medium manufacturers, and cybersecurity compliance. The service area includes 79 counties of the Texas South-West SBDC Regional Network.
Contact: (210) 458-2458
The UTSA SBDC Center for Government Contracting is a specialty center of the Texas South-West SBDC Network at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). The Center provides services through the following programs: Employer Services, Emergency Preparedness, Government Contracting, and Cybersecurity. These programs assist small business owners with a focus on the needs of veteran entrepreneurs, women-owned small businesses, employers, small to medium manufacturers, and cybersecurity compliance. The service area includes 79 counties of the Texas South-West SBDC Regional Network.
Contact: (210) 458-2458
Southwest Trade Adjustment Assistance Center – swtaac.org
If your company is experiencing a decline in sales and a decline in employment levels due to the adverse effects of foreign competition, you might qualify for assistance in marketing, manufacturing, engineering, finance, employee training, information management or new product development from SWTAAC. SWTAAC provides management and technical assistance to U.S. manufacturing and service firms that qualify for trade adjustment assistance under the Trade Act of 1974. The Southwest TAAC is one of eleven nationally operated centers responsible for the administration of the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms program. TAA for Firms is administered and funded by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration. The Southwest TAAC is administered by the University of Texas at San Antonio and is responsible for the delivery of services to firms in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma & Texas.
Contact: [email protected]
If your company is experiencing a decline in sales and a decline in employment levels due to the adverse effects of foreign competition, you might qualify for assistance in marketing, manufacturing, engineering, finance, employee training, information management or new product development from SWTAAC. SWTAAC provides management and technical assistance to U.S. manufacturing and service firms that qualify for trade adjustment assistance under the Trade Act of 1974. The Southwest TAAC is one of eleven nationally operated centers responsible for the administration of the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms program. TAA for Firms is administered and funded by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration. The Southwest TAAC is administered by the University of Texas at San Antonio and is responsible for the delivery of services to firms in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma & Texas.
Contact: [email protected]
