Niagara SBDC: Serving Niagara, Orleans, Livingston, Erie, and Genesee Counties

We think New York is great for small business -- and so do our clients.

Make an appointment for counseling:
Call (716)434-3815 or use our online form

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Since our start in 1984, the expert advisors of the Lockport SBDC have worked directly with 13,748 businesses, helping them to invest $386,929,890 in the area's economy, who have created or saved 9,089 jobs.

Some of our regional specialties include the International Trade Resource Center, which provides one-on-one counseling services, electronic database linkages, coordination with federal and state agencies, and a series of seminars designed to assist small businesses in expanding their markets internationally. The mission of our Reid Entrepreneurial Institute - 'Educating entrepreneurs for success' - is accomplished through hands-on, in-depth training specific to each small business.

If you or your business reside in New York, the SBDC can maneuver you around the obstacles to success.  Among other things, we help our clients:

  • understand the importance of a business plan
  • discover sources of funding
  • prepare for e-commerce
  • identify avenues for exporting goods & services
  • develop marketing plans
  • assess an invention’s viability
  • comply with licensing & regulations

And thanks to our partners in the public and private sectors, our services are free of charge.


Contacting the Niagara SBDC:

Address:
50 Main Street

Lockport, NY 14094

Directions to the center

Director: Lynn Oswald

Phone : (716)434-3815

Fax : (716)433-5155

Email Address:
sbdc@niagaracc.suny.edu

Hrs. of Operation:
8:30am-4:30pm

Outreach Offices:

Geneseo Outreach
1 College Circle
South Hall Room 111
Geneseo, NY 14454-1401
Phone : (585)245-5429
Fax : (585)245-5430

Hrs. of Operation:
8:00am-4:00pm

Directions to this outreach center


NCCC/ITRC/SBDC
50 Main Street
Lockport, NY 14094
8:30am-4:30pm
Phone: (716)434-3815
Fax: (716)433-5155

 

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