SBDC Online Learning
The University of Pittsburgh Small Business Development Center offers several electronic tutorial and education materials to help you establish your business. We hope you will find these resources to be useful. Please contact us to discuss any questions you might encounter while exploring these programs.
SmallBizU
SmallBizU is for those individuals seeking thought-leadership. Designed specially for entrepreneurs and small businesses, this online university seeks to instill a formal business intelligence — the capacity to solve problems, meet challenges, and create valued products. SmallBizU presents a varyiety of online business courses on topics ranging from money to management to marketing. Each course employs hundreds of animated slides and takes several hours to complete.
Topics include:
- Finding Money to Start a Business
- Finding and Attracting Investors
- Creating Financial Projections
- Strategic Planning and Execution
- Hiring and Managing Employees
- Creating Buzz" Small Budget Marketing
- Positioning
- Pricing Strategy and Tactics
And many more!
PitchThenPlan
Struggling to write your business plan? PitchThenPlan, a unique online business planning tool, will help you quickly translate business ideas into business plans. Frame your idea, address critical questions, and emerge with a solid plan for establishing your business or taking it to the next level.
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