Small Enterprise Economic Development

The SEED Program is a character based loan fund developed in a partnership between SEFCU and the University at Albany's Small Business Development Center, School of Business and School of Social Welfare. The program provides character based loans up to $35,000 for start-up and expanding businesses in the Capital Region of NY.

Road To Innovative Structured Entrepreneurship

This eight-session program is designed to assist entrepreneurs with developing their business idea/concept and transforming it into a written business plan with financial projections. This is combined with essential business skill development taught by professional business advisors and guest speakers.

Strategy | Organization | Aspiration | Resilience

This year-long business leadership program is aimed at those small business owners and entrepreneurs that are looking to take their business to the next level. The program beings with 4 weeks of leadership development training that transitions into facilitated roundtables for the following 11 months.

Food Entrepreneur Educational Development

This 8-week soup-to-nuts educational programs is aimed at food entrepreneurs interested in starting or expanding a food products business.

Online Training Across the State

There are a number of FREE online training options available across the State through other NY SBDC offices. Go to our statewide website to see what's available.

Pre-Recorded Content

The UAlbany SBDC has a number of pre-recorded content that you can view at your leisure. Topics include e-commerce, social media, MWBE, Futurescaping, and much more.