Take Your Business to the Next Level
Want to grow your company? Scale up your young business with the ASBTDC’s Smart Growth Accelerator.
Smart Growth focuses on business planning, marketing, financial management, and financing for growth/expansion.
The multi-week, fully virtual program assists established businesses with completing and implementing a Strategic Growth Plan. Participants receive structured support and guidance through group sessions and one-on-one consulting.
Sessions will be held online (via Zoom) from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. to allow for a working lunch. Participation in all sessions is required.
To provide the best learning experience, the accelerator cohort size is limited. If selected, companies will pay an $80 registration fee to accept a place in the accelerator.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for the accelerator, a business must:
1. Have been established for at least one year and fewer than five years.
2. Have employees (at least one employee besides the CEO).
3. Be located in Arkansas.
4. Be organized as a for-profit small business.
Get Ready to Grow
The Smart Growth Accelerator was open to small businesses statewide in 2023, after a successful pilot in Northeast Arkansas.
Dates for June 2023 cohort:
Application Deadline – May 1
Cohort Announced – May 10
Session Dates – June 7, 14, 21, and 28
For more information, contact Dmitri Scott at dscott@ualr.edu or (501) 804-4530.