South Haven Region Business Hub

Helping small businesses grow.

Getting Past the Roadblocks that Stop a Business from Growth and Prosperity

Small business owners were not all born with the skills and knowledge to build an extraordinary, wonderful and profitable business.

To Give Your Business the Best Chance of Success: Write a Business Plan

A business plan is an important strategic tool every entrepreneur should have in their arsenal. A good business plan not only helps you achieve and measure short-term objectives, it will help you gocus on the specific steps necessary to make your business idea succeed.

Last Minute Holiday Marketing Ideas for Small Businesses

If you’re like many business owners, this time of the year can be one of your best revenue-generating period. Whatever you do, don’t give up! Keep trying new things until you find the one that works.

Sponsored by the City of South Haven, South Haven Chamber of Commerce, and Lake Michigan College.

Congratulations to Gregory Shelton of Grand Unique Laundry for receiving his first loan through Northern Initiatives. With help from his SCORE mentor, Cheri Bales, Gregory did a fantastic job on developing his business plan and showing real entrepreneurial spirit. We wish you much success, and look forward to your upward movement. You are a wonderful role model.

—Gregory Shelton of Grand Unique Laundry

I appreciate your ears for listening, your eyes that see my vision and your heart that makes you who you are. I thank you for your time. You are making a difference.

—Shawntel Lindsey, Director, The Artbor Community Connections Center

The WMed Innovation Center is a perfect environment for innovation to grow and become a successful commercial enterprise.

—Client

Whether you are seeking a research partner or want to enlist the help of student groups in developing business plans, or just looking for ways to engage with WMU, the Business Connection office can find the resource to help move your business forward.

—Mentor

A loan (from Local Initiatives Support Corporation) helped expand our cafe to triple our seating, add a kids space, increase much needed staff work areas, and make other improvements to the space.

—Krystal

The Michigan eLibrary (MeL) is the State of Michigan’s digital library. It has excellent resources available to Michigan residents at no cost.

—Owner

Western Michigan University’s Starting Gate helped me take an idea and transform it into a much more attainable reality. Whether providing talks with investors and business owners or accountability, the ultimate goal is helping your business succeed.

—Peter Shutt

The Kalamazoo Land Bank did robust community engagement around the vision and gave us something to work with that was solidly desired by people in the neighborhood. Having a vision meant we had to protect it. That’s something I thank the Land Bank for. It was difficult. It didn’t make anything faster or easier, but we got a better project in the end as a result of it.

—Matt Hollander

Buy Local Greater Kalamazoo is a hard working grassroots group focused on the greater Kalamazoo community and its small businesses. Their events and networking opportunities are the best!

—Cheri Bales

Michigan SBDC is a great company providing top notch service to local businesses all over Michigan. The consultants are professional and the student workers contribute with excellent work!

South Haven Region Business Hub

Helping small businesses grow.

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Getting Past the Roadblocks that Stop a Business from Growth and Prosperity

To Give Your Business the Best Chance of Success: Write a Business Plan

Last Minute Holiday Marketing Ideas for Small Businesses

—Gregory Shelton of Grand Unique Laundry

—Shawntel Lindsey, Director, The Artbor Community Connections Center

—Client

—Mentor

—Krystal

—Owner

—Peter Shutt

—Matt Hollander

—Cheri Bales

—Martin Herman Sorensen

South Haven Region Business Hub

Helping small businesses grow.