2007 Arizona SBDC Small Business Success Awards winners George & Colleen Rocha pictured with SBDC Director, Mike Fox and EAC President, Mark Bryce

The Arizona SBDC Network was proud to honor 14 statewide small businesses at the 2007 Success Awards Event. Held on February 21st at the Heard Museum in Phoenix. Over 200 guests were in attendance to congratulate these businesses for their entrepreneurial success and hence their significant contribution to the economic vitality of our state.

Each Success Award winner was nominated by their respective SBDC Business Counselor. The winners represented a wide range of industries from retail to service to manufacturing. A number of matrices were used to determine which businesses would become Success Award winners. These included economic impact factors such as job creation/retention and sales increases. In fact, among their many achievements are a combined total of 273 jobs created/retained and $25,643,687 in revenue generated.

Gila Valley Appliance Repair, LLC owned by George and Colleen Rocha of Pima, was recognized for its outstanding growth as well as its commitment to its employees and customers. The business is currently in the process of building and moving into a new location on 5th Avenue in Safford.

SmallBizU and the Arizona SBDC Network Partner to Offer Comprehensive, On-Line Classes Designed Specifically for Small Businesses

 

SmallBizU is…

SmallBizU is the first eLearning University created especially for small businesses and entrepreneurs. Currently, it is the largest collection of entrepreneurial training resources available on the internet. It delivers a no-frills, utilitarian curriculum that provides small businesses with real-world tools and information. Inside, you’ll find 20 core classes encompassing over 3,500 animated slides and 350 tools and resources contained in a comprehensive knowledgebase.

What’s the Objective of SmallBizU?

• SmallBizU seeks to teach entrepreneurs the 3Ms:

o Money,

o Marketing, and

o Management.

It achieves this objective through the delivery of 20 core courses that teach the “language of business” and important trade-skills. At a cost of only $30 per class, these classes are a great way to make you the best entrepreneur you can be!

Both the Arizona SBDC Network and SmallBizU are proud to be able to offer this superior small business educational opportunity to our clients. For more information, please visit www.smallbizu.org.

A Word to Arizona Small Businesses

"We are looking forward to this partnership with the Arizona SBDC Network. We believe that SmallBizU will be a great educational resource that will help the Arizona SBDC's in their efforts to nurture successful small businesses in the state."

Amber FischvogtProgram Director, SmallBizU

Heard on the Street....What People are Saying About SmallBizU

"SmallBizU provides one of the most comprehensive products I've ever seen in solving entrepreneurial problems. I wish this product had been available ten years ago. I encourage all entrepreneurs to use it."

  - Andrejs Kregers, CEO, 2MI Group, Inc.

"We used the Financials Forecasting Model at SmallBizU to help us develop ProForma Income Statements, Balance Sheets, etc. We were dreading how we were going to develop them in time to meet a deadline. SmallBizU literally came to the rescue and we were able to produce ProForma statements for our revenue model in just a few hours. Wow and thank you is all I can say."

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