The SBA Eastern Pennsylvania District Office Resource Guide
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EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA EDITION 2020 Small Business resource guide GROW YOUR BUSINESS IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA 1 2 CONTENTS Eastern Pennsylvania Edition 2020 Local Business Funding Assistance Programs 8 National Success Story 26 National Success Story Jerado and Joyce Reynolds Jennifer and Jeff Herbert’s know their local landscape for meadery has expanded into a entrepreneurship support. multimillion dollar enterprise thanks to SBA assistance. 11 Local SBA Resource Partners 29 SBA Lenders 13 Your Advocates 33 Need Financing? 14 How to Start a Business 34 Go Global with International Trade 20 Entrepreneurial Opportunities 36 R&D Opportunities for High Growth Startups 21 Opportunities for Veterans 38 National Success Story 22 Write Your Business Plan Cheeseburger Baby owner Stephanie Vitori persevered 24 Local Success Story through a financial storm and a When Strategic Consulting natural disaster. Partners, a management consulting firm, wanted to 42 Surety Bonds expand into the government sector, Monica Ann Gould turned to the SBA. Contracting 44 National Success Story Jennifer Rahn steers the course for Admiral Engineering, succeeding as a small business subcontractor. 48 SBA Certification Programs 49 Woman-Owned Small Business certification ON THE COVER Philadelphia skyline, photo by David Mark from Pixabay; Amor sign infront of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, photo by Nikki Bowman; Monica Ann Gould, president of Strategic Consulting Partners, and Alex MacDonald, section chief of Trails, Greenways and Statewide Planning at the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources office in Harrisburg, PA, photo courtesy the SBA 3 4 5 PUBLISHED BY New South Media, Inc. 304.413.0104 | newsouthmedia.com PUBLISHER Nikki Bowman, [email protected] DESIGNER Hayley Richard, [email protected] ASSOCIATE EDITORS Pam Kasey, [email protected] Jess Walker, [email protected] OPERATIONS MANAGER Holly Leleux-Thubron, [email protected] ADVERTISING SALES DIRECTOR Heather Mills, [email protected] ADVERTISING SALES Meggan Hoyman, Kelley McGinnis, Bryson Taylor [email protected] Copyright: New South Media, Inc. Reproduction in part or whole is strictly prohib- ited without the express written permission of the publisher. © 2019 NEW SOUTH MEDIA, INC., ALL RIGHTS RESERVED The U.S. Small Business Administration’s Office of Marketing & Customer Service directs the publication of the Small Business Resource Guide under SBA Contract #SBAHQ- 17-C-0018. SBA publication summer 2019 national edition #mcs-0089. WRITER/EDITOR Becky Bosshart (202) 205-6677 [email protected] DIRECTOR OF MARKETING Paula Panissidi Tavares [email protected] The SBA’s participation in this publication is not an endorsement of the views, opinions, products or services of the contractor or any advertiser or other participant appearing here. All SBA programs and services are extended to the public on a nondis- criminatory basis. Directory listings do not constitute or imply an endorsement by the SBA of any opinions, products, or services of any private individual or entity. Printed in the United States of America. While every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that the information con- tained here is accurate as of the date of publication, the information is subject to change without notice. The contractor that publishes this guide, the federal govern- ment, or agents thereof shall not be held liable for any damages arising from the use of or reliance on the information contained in this publication. 6 SBA Eastern Pennsylvania District Office 660 American Ave., suite 301 Harrisburg Office Wilkes-Barre Office King of Prussia, PA 19406 1 Penn Center 7 N. Wilkes-Barre Blvd., suite 401-4M (610) 382-3062 2601 N. Third St., suite 503 (570) 826-6204 Fax (610) 382-1928 (717) 782-3840 sba.gov/pa @SBA_EasternPA District Director Lender Relations & District Director Letter Steven Dixel Economic Development elcome to the 2020 edition of the U.S. Small Business (610) 382-3073 Specialists Administration’s Eastern Pennsylvania Small Business [email protected] Wilma Bonilla Oliver Resource Guide. This guide introduces you to the business (610) 382-3067 Wresources available throughout the 40 eastern counties of Pennsylvania, Deputy District Director [email protected] an area full of opportunity for those with an entrepreneurial spirit and a Michael Kane James Verbeck willingness to build a brighter economic future for themselves and their (610) 382-3071 (610) 382-3081 community. Pennsylvania’s one million small businesses employ 2.5 [email protected] [email protected] million people–nearly 47% of the state’s private workforce. Harrisburg Branch Manager The SBA helps make the American dream of small business ownership Shannon Degiglio Solomon Wheeler a reality. The SBA is the only federal agency dedicated to helping small (610) 382-3082 (717) 782-3840 businesses start, grow, expand, or recover after a disaster. The SBA Eastern [email protected] [email protected] Pennsylvania District Office works with an extensive network of resource Sonia Smith and lending partners to help small business owners and entrepreneurs Lead Lender (610) 382-3085 at every stage of development. We help entrepreneurs take their small Relations Specialist [email protected] business from concept to expansion by attracting more customers in Donald Jefferson Kimberly Stout new markets, such as exporting and government contracting. We want to (610) 382-3079 (610) 382-3080 help you grow by hiring more employees, purchasing new equipment and [email protected] [email protected] building or renovating facilities. If you are nearing retirement or changing ownership, we can help you prepare a successful exit strategy. Across Lead Business Business Opportunity eastern Pennsylvania in the last year, we empowered entrepreneurs to: Opportunity Specialist Specialist • Access $655 million in SBA-guaranteed loans through our network Jennifer Tilden George Tapia of lenders, certified development companies, and microlenders. (610) 382-3083 (610) 382-3086 Over 1,900 eastern Pennsylvania small businesses used SBA-backed [email protected] [email protected] financing to hire thousands of new employees, buy needed equipment, and build or renovate facilities. Lead Economic • Find an ally with our local SBA Resource Partners, including our 10 Development Specialist & SCORE chapters, 12 Small Business Development Centers, and two Public Information Officer Women’s Business Centers. Powered by the SBA, our resource partners Robert Goza provide expert technical assistance and training for small businesses at (610) 382-3084 every stage of a business’s life cycle. [email protected] • Secure nearly $17 billion in federal contracts. These Pennsylvania District Support Assistant small businesses learned how to better compete in the public sector Jane Aquila by attending our government contracting workshops and seminars. (610) 382-3063 Stay up-to-date on SBA events near you and [email protected] get valuable eastern Pennsylvania business information by following us on Twitter Administrative Officer @SBA_EasternPA. Register for email updates at Amy Logan sba.gov/updates and visit us at sba.gov/pa. (610) 382-3075 [email protected] Sincerely, Steven R. Dixel District Director 7 LOCAL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE How We Did It Made toJoyce and Jerado Last Reynolds used SBA support to succeed. Written by Micaela Morrissette COURTESY OF SHANA SURECK PHOTOGRAPHY SURECK SHANA OF COURTESY 8 LOCAL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE eynolds Welding & Fabrication has grown steadily, building a loyal customer base, since Tips for Jerado Reynolds founded the company in 2005. Success R“At first the company was just Jerado,” recalls his wife and co-owner, Joyce 5 Find a great business mentor. Reynolds. “Then it was him and me part To find your local SBA office and time.” During the day she worked as a resource partners in your area, visit nurse and spent her evenings doing all sba.gov/localresources. the company’s paperwork. The Reynolds sank everything they earned into the business—money, time, and energy. She Have a healthy view remembers with pride helping Jerado of competition. weld a stair railing at a local school. Her COURTESY OF SHANA SURECK PHOTOGRAPHY SURECK SHANA OF COURTESY We’re not always competing. son later attended that same school, We’re a competitor, but if a similar and she watched her child and others SBA Resource Partner, where “from day business has extra work, they’ll send using the rail, benefiting from the one it was, Eureka! Everyone wanted it to us and vice versa. That’s the hard work the couple did together. It to see us win.” Women entrepreneurs relationship to have. was then Joyce decided as much as she receive essential business counseling and loved her day job, she wanted to devote training from this national network of herself full time to the family business community-based centers. Most helpful Record everything you do. in Windsor, Connecticut. She wanted was the detailed personal attention Navigating business relationships to work side-by-side with her husband, available through free one-on-one in this age means keeping an email fully focused on administration and record of everything you do. Leave a business counseling. Joyce also learned business growth. As they both hoped, clear paper trail. about workshops offered by providers like word of mouth spread; clients made the Metropolitan District, a Connecticut referrals.