ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT

Exico provides a package of entrepreneurial development services to assist entrepreneurs to launch and grow new ventures. Our services include market research, market feasibility studies, business planning, procurement and business development support and financial packaging.

Exico has a multidisciplinary staff of seasoned MBAs, CPAs, attorneys, manufacturing and industrial engineers, IT specialists and other subject matter experts to provide top notch management and technical assistance to nurture and grow these new ventures during the critical early stages of their existence.

Exico provides critical management infrastructure to these early stage ventures as well as assistance in gaining market access, which provides them with the lifeblood for future growth and prosperity.

Our suite of entrepreneurial development services is detailed at the end of this section. If you are thinking about establishing a new venture and growing your existing business contact us by phone at 1-800-TLEXICO or online at www.exicoinc.com

Exico develops and operates economic development programs for public agencies targeted at the creation and expansion of small businesses. Illustrative of this segment of our practice are the following engagements:

• Minority Business Development Center

Exico operated the Pittsburgh Minority Business Development Center under a contract with the Minority Business Development Agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Under that contract, Exico assisted in the creation and support of over eighty (80) small minority owned businesses annually. We assisted them to acquire over fifteen million dollars ($15 million) in financing and over forty million dollars ($40 million) in contracts.

• Small Business Development Program

Exico developed and operated a small business development program under a contract with Allegheny County. We provided a comprehensive package of management services to over fifty (50) small construction companies annually. The technical assistance provided included construction management training, contract review (provided by the attorneys of Uku & Uku, P.C.), contract financing, surety bonding, business planning and procurement support. These services were provided to small minority and women owned construction companies in Allegheny County.

• Working Capital Loan Program