small business development center

March 21: Washington communities, business owners celebrate SBDC support, impact  

By Hope Belli Tinney, Washington Small Business Development Center SPOKANE, Wash. – March 21 is national Small Business Development Center Day, a day to celebrate the positive economic impact that these centers have on towns, communities and businesses across the nation.

Small business owners visit Japan, Korea, see export opportunities

By Hope Belli Tinney, Washington Small Business Development Center MOSES LAKE, Wash. – Nine Washington small business owners selling snack bars, organic flour, eyewear, processed hay, museum exhibits, glacier water, and heaters fueled by waste oil recently returned from a nine-day, business-to-business trade visit to Korea and Japan with sales and high expectations.

Extension Engaged to feature Small Business Development Center

Extension Engaged, The monthly webcast produced by WSU Extension, will feature a look at the WSU Small Business Development Center’s statewide business assistance activities on Dec. 19. Guests will include John Gardner, WSU Vice President for Economic Development and Extension, and Brett Rogers, Director of the Small Business Development Center. Two SBDC advisors and clients […]

Small Business Development Centers tap associate director

SPOKANE — Dodi K. Rode has been named associate state director of the network of Small Business Development Centers hosted by Washington State University.Rode will take over the duties and responsibilities previously held by Brett Rogers, who transitioned to the SBDC state director position earlier this year.“Dodi brings strong analytical skills and a results-oriented project […]

A role model retires

Carolyn Clark’s career has been marked from the beginning by leadership and risk taking. Graduating from a rural high school where 20 percent of the students went on to college, she headed to an Ivy League school. Then, out of 300 students in her Ph.D. program, she was one of only three women in a […]