Small Business Development Center

Prairie View A&M University Small Business Development Center (SBDC) serves existing and start-up business owners and entrepreneurs in Waller and Grimes Counties.  The SBDC provides free consulting services to individuals who need help starting a new business as well as operating or expanding current business.  

Director:                            Rebecca L. Faison

                                          Phone: 936.261.9243      Fax:  936.261.9270

Administrative Assistant:  Patricia Hoffman

                                           Phone:  936.261.9242   Fax:  936.261.9270

Services available to clients through the SBDC include:

• Business plan preparation assistance
• Loan packaging
• Market research
• Obtaining Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) certification
• Training workshops for QuickBooks, web site development and other business applications.

The Prairie View A&M University SBDC is a business consulting and training center of the University of Houston Small Business Development Center Network.  The UH SBDC Network serves 32 counties in Southeast Texas.  The SBDC is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration.

SBDC programs are nondiscriminatory and available to individuals with disabilities.