SBDC provides bilingual guide to community > GSA Enterprise

The S.C. Small Enterprise Improvement Facilities added Marco Antonio Rios to its community of enterprise consultants. Rios, who grew up in Mexico, assists Hispanic entrepreneurs.

This transfer is the results of a partnership between the S.C. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the S.C. SBDC, with assist from the Commerce Division, to determine a Hispanic Small Enterprise Improvement Middle in Greenville — and, finally, areas all through the state.

The hiring of Rios signifies the S.C. SBDC’s dedication to offering no-fee enterprise consulting, reasonably priced coaching and an array of useful sources to each South Carolinian, in line with a information launch.

“The Hispanic inhabitants and Hispanic-owned small companies are each rising quickly in our state,” Michele Abraham, SBDC state director, mentioned within the information launch. “Hiring Marco Rios will allow the S.C. SBDC and our companions — the S.C. HCC and Commerce — to collectively broaden bilingual outreach and companies to this neighborhood, which contributes tens of millions of {dollars} to the state’s economic system yearly. These initiatives underpin the S.C. SBDC’s mission, imaginative and prescient and dedication to serving all shoppers equitably.”

Himself an entrepreneur, Rios makes a speciality of creating gross sales and advertising methods, customer support, driving enterprise demand, and navigating negotiations, the discharge mentioned. His expertise ranges from human sources and retail to the hospitality and meals and beverage industries. He has a bachelor’s diploma in enterprise administration and grasp’s levels in advertising and administration in addition to worldwide points.