Technology and the SBA

The SBA claims that the core of their entrepreneurial development is the foundation of targeted, effective advising, training, and mentoring services to drive business. Their entrepreneurial development performance goal focuses on driving greater participation in the resource partner advising and mentoring programs and training courses.

In FY 2014, the SBA expanded and formalized their online training. Their site registered 182,000 users who had access to 45 free courses. One of their problems with fully realizing this core is the lack of technological resources they use. For FY 2016, one of the SBA's three main goals is to increase online access. SBA’s online training service, the SBA Learning Center, offers free online assessment tools and business courses on business planning, marketing, government contracting, green technology and social media. These free online courses and tools are used by hundreds of thousands of aspiring or current business owners each year.

In FY 2015 and 2016, the SBA aims to make education consumption available on multiple platforms, which will reduce business's time to locate business training. The SBA predicts that over 250,000 users will have registered with the SBA Learning Center during FY 2015. In FY 2016, the SBA requested an investment of $500,000 for SBA Learning Center redesign. The site includes