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Zachary Zimmerman

SMALL BUSINESS CONSULTING

Zach Zimmerman
Southeast Community College | Entrepreneurship Center
285 South 68th St. Place Suite 209
Phone: 402-323-3626
Email: zzimmerman@southeast.edu



 
Jason Bousquet

Procurement Technical Assistance

Jason Bousquet, counselor
285 South 68th Street Place, Suite 210
Lincoln, NE 68510
Phone: (402) 472-1177
Fax: (402) 472-3363
Email: jbousquet@unomaha.edu

 


NBDC-Lincoln Client Interviews

Jeff Kuntz, owner
3130 S. 6th St. Suite 108, Lincoln, NE 68502
402-434-2197
Email: servicemaster@neb.rr.com
Website: www.smlancaster.com

Main products or services: Disaster restoration services, water, fire, mold and sewage. Residential carpet cleaning, tile and grout cleaning, and air duct cleaning.

Type of assistance received from NBDC: Business plan review, financial projections, and SBA loan application assistance

In general, how your business is going? Overall going very well. Sales were very good in 2009, and we continue to market the business to strive for higher goals in 2010.

What have been main your challenges? Cash flow, cash flow, cash flow! Other than that, just employee issues at times. Finding and keeping good employees even in the down economy is still challenging. Staying on top of maintenance issues and industry changes and trends.

What advice would you give? Expect the unexpected. We had our server go down and we were without computer usage for almost a month. Make sure you have savings or a reserve fund to account for unplanned expenses that will come up.

Jana M. Fisher, owner
6043 Logan Avenue, Lincoln, NE 68507
(402) 304-8402
Email: info@innovative-lifts.com
Website: www.innovative-lifts.com

Main products or services: Aerial lift rental

Type of assistance received from NBDC: Business plan review, financial projections, and SBA loan application assistance

In general, how your business is going? We are doing well now that it is spring. The down season is winter and it hit hard this year. Slowly we are getting our name out to the community.

What have been main your challenges? Time constraints with family and business.

What advice would you give? Research, research, research!

Todd A. Frerking, owner
3820 Cornhusker Hwy, Lincoln Ne. 68504
402-464-6474
Email: toddf@epmach.com
Website: www.epmach.com

Main products or services: Machining of custom products. 3D Design

Type of assistance received from NBDC: Business plan review, financial projections, and SBA loan application assistance

In general, how your business is going? We are very busy and growing.

What have been main your challenges? Finishing orders on time.

What advice would you give? Do a business plan first and foremost.

Jon Paolini, owner
2626 O st
402-476-2194
Email: jpaolini@smpbm.com
Website: servicemasterlincoln.com

Main products or services: Janitorial services

Type of assistance received from NBDC: Business plan review, financial projections, and SBA loan application assistance

In general, how your business is going? Business is going well. We have been flat as far as revenue goes but profitable.

What have been main your challenges? Trying to find new business, sales.

What advice would you give? Understand your market first.