Salt Lake City

The Salt Lake Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Salt Lake Community College is passionate about helping small business owners and entrepreneurs achieve their goals of growth, innovation, increased productivity, management improvement, and success. We have experts on our team who can provide crucial information and support that can make the difference between a business’s success and failure.

Located at Salt Lake Community College’s Miller Campus, the Salt Lake SBDC leads the way in entrepreneurial education, advocacy and business development.

Serving Utah’s largest population with over one million residents and 40,000 businesses, the Salt Lake SBDC works to promote and assist small businesses in all stages of development. From individuals with an established business needing solutions, to individuals wanting to learn more about what it takes to go into business, the SBDC can help.

Jim Herrin

Director

(801) 957-5441

About Jim

In 2012, Jim joined the Utah Small Business Development Center Network as the Assistant State Director. In 2014 he was appointed Director of the Salt Lake Region SBDC and runs the SBDC Network’s Global Trade Center. Additionally, Jim is an adjunct professor of finance at the Hill Air Force Base campus of Webster University, is a federally appointed member of the Utah District Export Council and serves as its treasurer. He also serves as a committee member of the Utah Veteran-Owned Business Partnership and on the small business committee of the Utah Black Chamber of Commerce.

Bryce Hansen

Associate Director

(801) 957-5441

About Bryce

Over the last decade, Bryce has mentored hundreds of entrepreneurs and companies on business planning, strategy, financial analysis, fundraising guidance, product development and commercialization. He successfully launched his own proprietary product, the Ergo Spout®, on Kickstarter in 2018, and led the SBDC’s effort in organizing the Utah Crowdfunding Summit from 2015 to 2019.

HELLO! BULK BYPASSES PACKAGING

For Jamaica Trinnaman, shopping in the bulk department of a grocery store, where you control how much you buy and bypass the purchase of packaging, was something that always made sense to her. What’s more, it planted a seed in her mind that grew.

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