search

 
HOME

 Small Business Development Center 

Workforce Home

 

 



The West Virginia SBDC provides consultation, training, financial analysis  and problem-solving services to existing and start-up small businesses within the College's six-county district. Services provided by the Center include assistance with business plans and loan applications and networking with local and state agencies and businesses to access resources which are available to small business. The SBDC office is located on the Wheeling Regional Campus, but the Program Manager and Business Analyst regularly meet with clients in Weirton and New Martinsville and in other communities throughout the Northern Panhandle. For additional information, contact the Office of Small Business Development Center at WVNCC.

Center Manager - dschramm@wvncc.edu 

Business Analyst - epowell@wvncc.edu 

For general questions about starting a business, call the West Virginia Business Answer Line at 1-888-982-7232.

Are you ready to start a business? Take the "Small Business Readiness Assessment" (see link below). This assessment tool is designed to help you better understand your readiness for starting a small business. It will prompt you with questions and assist you in evaluating skills, characteristics and experience -- as they relate to your preparedness for starting a business. 

Readiness Assessment


For further information, you can check out the following websites: 

West Virginia Main Page

WV OnLine Business Registration

WV Small Business Development Center Home Page

U.S. Small Business Administration

WV Secretary of State

 

sbdc logo