NEWS IBIN!!
IBIN The Dallas Government Contracting SBDC and The Dallas Small Business Development
Center Complete Design of the Dallas Business Resource Network
Dallas Pilot Ready to Launch to Over 130,000 Small Businesses in the Dallas Metro
Region
CELEBRATION, Fla., Apr 12, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- IBSG International, Inc., (the
"Company"), (IBIN) is proud to announce today that its subsidiary IBS Group,
Inc., (IBSG) reports that the Dallas Metro Regional Digital Commerce Network
sponsored by the North Texas Government Contracting SBDC and the Dallas Small
Business Development Center has completed the design phase of its implementation
and is ready to launch to the area's estimated 130,000 small and mid-sized (SME)
business community.
Newly named the Dallas Business Resource (DBR) Network, the DBR will provide
web-based tools in the areas of e-commerce, accounting, procurement, mentoring,
and knowledge building. Linked with the area's SBDC offices, subscribers to the
DBR network will also have the ability to communicate directly with small
business counselors to help them grow and sustain their businesses into the 21st
century.
Although no assurances can be given, management anticipates that the Dallas pilot
project is expected to generate a gross, before distributions and expenses, of
$500,000 during the first year of the pilot with a potential gross of $4.2
million over five years.
The goal of the Dallas Government Contracting SBDC is to help Texas business
grow. For the 49-county northeast Texas area, they serve as a liaison between
small business and a variety of business organizations all committed to the same
objective -- building a solid, long-term relationship that will help Texas
companies improve and grow.
Whether it's helping identify new government markets or assisting with preparing
bid documents, the expert technical assistance the Government Contracting SBDC
provides eliminates the red tape and helps clients overcome the challenges they
face as a business owner. The Government Contracting SBDC also provides business
counseling and training services to the small businesses located in the Dallas
Business Incubation Center.
The Dallas Small Business Development Center (SBDC) is one of the largest
management assistance programs serving the business sector in the Dallas area.
The Dallas SBDC conducts research, counsels and trains business people in
managing, financing and operating small businesses, providing comprehensive
information services and access to experts in a variety of fields. Each SBDC
encourages unique local efforts to meet small business needs in its area. SBDCs
also develop and maintain partnerships among community organizations and agencies
-- local, state and federal -- to provide a focal point for broad networks of
public and private resources at the community level.
It is the philosophical approach of the Dallas SBDC to guide and train the client
in the areas of assistance required, rather than doing the work for them. Any
present or prospective business owner is eligible for SBDC management and
technical counseling at no charge.
Alan M. Shafer, Chief Operating Officer of IBSG, remarked: "The Dallas project is
moving along very well and we are pleased by the enthusiasm we are seeing from
the DBR project team. The next phase of the implementation will be to invite
businesses of all sizes from the Dallas Metro area to participate in the project
to help bolster the Dallas SME presence throughout the state and across the
worldwide web."
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