Small Business Assistance
Purpose
This program, through the Small Business Assistance Office (SBAO), serves as a point of first and continuing contact for individuals and firms with questions about the start-up, operation or expansion of a business in Minnesota.
Customers and Services
The program provides publications, in collaboration with local law firms, on topics such as starting a business, the employer-employee relationship, Internet commerce, securities offerings, franchising, debt financing, and intellectual property protection to individuals and firms. Program staff provide counsel and direction in business structure, competitiveness, regulation, and taxation. Services are available free of cost to Minnesota businesses.
Measures - Reporting period is state fiscal year (SFY), July 1 - June 30
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SFY 2009
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SFY 2010
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SFY 2011
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Number of customers contacting SBAO (total transactions)
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46,404
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44,200
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33,232
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Number of SBAO publications distributed digitally
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126,402
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131,667
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114,009
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Number of SBAO print-publications distributed
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54,200
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48,110
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38,828
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More DEED measures: Uniform Program Accountability Measures
Funding Source and Expenditure (in thousands)
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SFY 2009
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SFY 2010
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SFY 2011
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General Fund
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$483
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$479
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$490
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Statutory Authority
-- Minn. Stat., Chap. 116J.68
Contact Information
Charles Schaffer, Director
Phone: 651.259.7477 or toll-free: 800.310.8323; TTY: 651.296.3900
This information current as of December 2011.