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Small Business Development Center

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COVID-19 Impact: The PCC SBDC and Global Trade Center is Open for Business

We’re providing 1:1 business advising via Zoom, and all upcoming training will be provided online. To get in touch, please email sbdc@pcc.edu or call 971-722-5080. We are here to be of service to you and your business!

Updated 10/08/2020 4:55pm

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Build a Profitable and Rewarding Small Business

The Oregon Small Business Development Center at Portland Community College is adjusting to the unprecedented economic challenge created by the Coronavirus pandemic and COIVD-19. PCC SBDC is now offering all no-cost advising and programming remotely. Our center has helped thousands of business owners in the Portland, OR metro region over the last 35+ years. We combine one-on-one business advising with training programs taught by business experts, giving small business clients the resources they need to grow. We’ve celebrated many successes with clients at all stages of business development. We encourage you to attend our no-cost Intro to SBDC orientation to discover educational opportunities and to create a plan for action to guide your business journey.

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Explore PCC SBDC Programming:

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Start and Grow Your Business

Start your business on the right track, from refining your entrepreneurial idea to stabilizing your business for growth. Courses now offered online.

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Managing Your Business

Keep your business growing through adversity by making the right decisions. Maintain your competitive edge through innovation. Courses now offered online.

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Getting Your Recipe to Market

Turn your recipe into a commercial-ready food product.

Global Trade Center

Grow your business through exporting and importing. Courses now offered online.

Import/Export Trade Advising

Our team has decades of experience supporting small business professionals who seek to become importers/exporters.

PCC SBDC COVID-19 Adversity Response

The PCC SBDC and Global Trade Center is open for business! Discover remote resources for small business.

SBDC Course Schedule

From the SBDC Blog

Client Success Story: Grummel Engineering: Wed, 28 Oct 2020; Eric Pfau came to the PCC Small Business Development Center to learn how the business might improve based upon best practices of other businesses of similar size and experience. Then COVID-19 pandemic hit and Grummel Engineering, like so many other small businesses, had to change the way they worked with clients and with each other. Eric's goal is for the business to come out of the pandemic stronger than going in. This is the story of how Eric and Grummel Engineering is adapting to their "new normal" as they prepare for long term growth.
Client Success Story: Zeitzwolfe Accounting: Tue, 29 Sep 2020; Heather Zeitzwolfe participated in both the SBDC Business Design Series and Small Business Builders programs while starting her accounting business. Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit, forcing her to rethink her business model. Thanks to the assistance she got from these programs and the Advisers at the PCC SBDC, Heather has been able to continue moving towards her dream of being an entrepreneur. This is her story.
GDM Client Success Story: Mon, 31 Aug 2020; Jaime Johnston has found herself is a challenging situation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She was just getting ready to start her GDM beard oil business when things began to shut down. Her start up marketing plan was supposed to have her travel around the state to small retailers, but the Governor's "stay at home" orders made that plan impossible. With the help of the Portland Community College Small Business Development Center she was able to adjust her plans and start her business on a solid foundation. GDM officially launched sales in the middle of August 2020. This is their story.; View more ...

Oregon Small Business Development Centers are funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration, and by the Oregon Business Development Department.