Small Business and Technology Development Center

Mary Beth Brooks, director
240 N. Block Ave., Suite 100, Fayetteville, Arkansas
479-575-5148

Small Business and Technology Development Center website

The Walton College Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center is part of a national network of more than 1,000 small business development centers that provide small business training seminars, as well as free market research and consulting services from three full-time business consultants to startup and existing small businesses. The Arkansas system also provides the services of a free innovation and technology consultant for the state. The Walton College center operates as a regional office of the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center half funded by the United States Small Business Administration and the Walton College located in the Donald W. Reynolds Center for Enterprise Development.

The Arkansas system serves all of Arkansas through the University of Arkansas at Little Rock's lead center and six regional offices located on college campuses throughout the state of Arkansas. Any for-profit small business intending to locate or currently located within the Walton College center's service area may receive free assistance. This center serves the following counties: Benton, Boone, Carroll, Madison, Marion, Newton, Searcy, and Washington.