SBA, Dell Launch New Educational Video Series to Help Small Businesses Grow, Create Jobs

WASHINGTON – Highlighting the experiences of successful entrepreneurs, the U.S. Small Business Administration and Dell today launched an online video series offering tools and strategies to help small business owners rebound from the economic recession and put themselves in a position to expand and create jobs.

Strategies for Growth: Advice for Expanding Your Business includes real-world insight, solutions and advice from small business owners who’ve succeeded, in good and bad economic times. Additionally, the series draws on the expertise of counselors, policy makers and others for accessing resources and tools available to small business owners.

The Strategies for Growth video series highlights key topics that engage small business owners in issues critical to small business growth. These areas include Planning for Growth, Government Contracting, Team Building, Marketing, Technology, Exporting Opportunities, and Disaster Recovery. Also featured is a Profiles of Success segment that spotlights two successful entrepreneurs.

The Strategies for Growth video series features a range of growing small businesses from across the country, including a design firm, a vegetarian restaurant and bakery, and a green construction company. They are:

1. Grace Dittmar, Trusted Mission Solutions of McLean, Va.
2. Warren Brown, CakeLove of Washington, D.C.
3. Don Matzkin and Anthony Bracali, Friday Architects of Philadelphia, Pa.
4. Juan and Luis Yépez, Mainstream Global of Lawrence, Mass.
5. Ann-Marie Harrington, Embolden of Pawtucket, R.I.
6. Laurie Benson, Inacom of Madison, Wis.
7. Bryan Vulcan, FourFront Design of Rapid City, S.D.
8. Avinash Rachmale, Lakeshore Engineering of Detroit, Mich.
9. Jenna Sellmeyer and Jennifer Fogg, ASSET Group of Oklahoma City, Okla.
10. Jesus & Luisa Mendoza, Mr. Natural of Austin, Texas
11. Andrew Kruse, Southwest Windpower of Flagstaff, Ariz.
12. Mary Tappouni, Breaking Ground Construction of Jacksonville, Fla.

Strategies for Growth is available on the SBA’s Web site at www.sba.gov/StrategiesForSuccess and at the SBA’s YouTube channel at www.YouTube.com/sba. Each topic is indexed by subject and includes additional resources for entrepreneurs.

SBA Release Number: 09-82