Southwest Technology Center

Business & Industry Services

Contact us:

 

Phone:580-477-2250

Fax: 580-477-0139

E-mail:

dthompson@swtc.org or

lrose@swtc.org

The BIT

July 2008

Take a closer look!  It’s your future! For information about classes, workshops and seminars check our website.  A full catalog, schedules, staff, fees and services offered are among the many helpful items offered on our site.  http://www.swtc.org

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Oklahoma CareerTech is dedicated to helping Oklahomans succeed in the workplace, education and life.  With a statewide network of 29 technology centers Oklahoma CareerTech operates in 56 campuses across the state.  Find out about each of these centers and their individual offerings.  www.okcareertech.org

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The Altus Chamber of Commerce through it’s membership has demonstrated a commitment to improving all facets of the community. Check their website for information on local businesses, community data and a wide range of information on numerous events around the area.  http://www.altuschamber.com

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The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is an independent agency of the federal government to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business. They offer numerous services to new and existing businesses.  http://www.sba.gov

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The SBA’s Small Business Training Network  offers an array of online business training and counseling tools to assist entrepreneurs with business start-up, from developing marketing strategies to effective employee management.  It also provides valuable information
for existing small business owners.  The training network is an easy-to
-use tool that provides 24-hour access to business courses via the Internet. 

http://www.sba.gov/services/training

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Business seeking government markets for their products and services can search for opportunities solicited by the contracting community.  www.fedbizopps.com; www.ccr.gov

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The Oklahoma Alliance for manufacturing Excellence, Inc. (The Alliance) is a not-for-profit organization providing a variety of support to Oklahoma industry. A network of Manufacturing Extension Agents and Applications Engineers, The Alliance provides hands-on-resources for improving productivity, increasing sales, and reducing costs   www.okalliance.com

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Federal tax laws are often complicated and numerous, but this site will help the business owner walk through the maize of requirements, providing free information, forms and help.  ##http://irs.gov/businesses/small

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Free information on how to start up a new business, how to effectively run an existing business, locate franchises, etc can be found on this website.  www.entrepreneur.com

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Concerned with intellectual property or patents?  This website is a good resource for patent searching, research and development, and market research.  You can obtain free patent searching and PDF downloading.

http://www.freepatentsonline.com

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These websites offer a multitude of  free information for businesses, owners and the workforce.

http://www.workforcehrjobs.com

http://www.workforce.com

http://www.worksupport.com

http://www.workforceok.org

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Do you ever wish you had a calculator at hand? This site offers a variety of numerous types of calculators that are free for the using—and you don’t even have to clutter your desktop or desk drawers!   http://www.drcalculator.com

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