Business Resources
The Louisiana Small Business Development Centers offer a wealth of free resources, including marketing data. Offices are located statewide. The two in the Slidell/St. Tammany Parish area are at Southeastern Louisiana Universtiy and in Metairie, as follows:
LSBDC at Southeastern Louisiana University
1514 Martens Dr.
Hammond, LA
985.549.3831
lsbdc.slu@lsbdc.org
The SLU office offers free consultations at its office in Hammond and at the East St. Tammany Chamber of Commerce in Slidell.
LSBDC-Greater New Orleans Region
3330 N. Causeway Blvd.
Suite 422
Metairie, LA
East St. Tammany Chamber of Commerce
118 West Hall Ave.
Slidell, LA 70461
985.643.5678
Score offers a free and confidential source of small business mentoring and coaching. It is a non-profit association of more than 12000 business experts who volunteer as mentors. In addition to mentoring and coaching, SCORE also provides low cost workshops nationwide. www.score.org.
The Northlake chapter is located at the St. Tammany Parish Public Library in Mandeville. www.scorens.org
Free mentoring services are offered at the East St. Tammany Chamber of Commerce.
Growing Your Business, by Mark LeBlanc. Short, easy read on marketing tips.
Sales is Not a Dirty Word, by TIffanie Z. Lyon, MBA
TV Show: Your Business, 6:30am (CST), Sundays on MSNBC
U.S. Trademark office: uspto.gov
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Be sure to review the Real Estate page on this website for resources.
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