Schoolcraft Business Services
Start, grow, and strengthen your business.
Schoolcraft Business Services provides no-cost, one-on-one counseling to entrepreneurs, startups, growth-stage companies, and small businesses with fewer than 500 employees.
Hours of Operation: Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Serving businesses across Southeast Michigan, our services include:
- Starting a business
- Business plan development
- Market research
- LLC formation
- Access to capital and lender readiness
To request an appointment with Schoolcraft Business Services, please complete the online contact form below. A member of the team will follow up promptly.
Workforce Development
- Employee retention
- Training and development
- Counseling
- Incumbent worker training
- Layoff aversion
- Leadership development
- Coaching and mentoring
- Quality improvement
Research, Analysis, and Planning
- Gap analysis
- Benchmarking
- Business plan preparation
- Readiness assessment
- Market research
- Strategic planning
- Future vision
Growth Opportunities
- Market diversification
- Market expansion
- Marketing strategies
- Sales strategies
- Project management
- Government contracting assistance
- Government registration assistance
- Operational and production efficiency
Financial and Legal Issues
- Capital infusion
- Financial analysis
- Legal structures
- Financial planning
- Succession planning
- Comprehensive referral service
Training Programs
We offer a number of open enrollment (available to the public) seminars catering to the needs of new ventures and established businesses. For corporate training specific to your business, visit Workforce Training Solutions for their list of classes and workshops.
Reservations are required for all Seminars and Workshops.
Contact us for more information.
Looking for the Michigan SBDC?
Schoolcraft College is no longer a satellite office of the Michigan Small Business Development Center (Michigan SBDC).
If you previously received SBDC services through Schoolcraft College or would like to continue working with the Michigan SBDC, you can connect directly with the Michigan SBDC for consulting, training, and other statewide business resources.
Government Contracting Assistance
APEX Accelerators provide free government contracting assistance to companies interested in selling their products and services to federal, state, and local government agencies. As a regional center, the Schoolcraft College APEX Accelerator services companies located in Oakland, Wayne, Monroe, Washtenaw and Livingston counties.
Organizational Development
Increase your organization’s effectiveness, health and profitability. We can assist your company in its efforts to meet its goals through a variety of system-wide assessments, strategic planning assistance, and team building, problem solving and change management initiatives.