The Small Business Development Center at the University of South Florida has established a Pasco County presence.

The SBDC is part of the Florida SBDC Network, a statewide service network of 35 centers. It is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration and accredited through the national Association of SBDCs.

The new SBDC office in Pasco will be staffed by Jerry Karp, a certified business analyst, according to a release. Karp will be providing one-on-one counseling to new and existing business owners in the area, among other services.

Karp’s expertise in business, especially marketing and sales, is a great asset to the organization, said Eileen Rodriguez, Small Business Development Center regional manager, in the release.

For 13 years, Karp owned a business that specialized in selling business to business. When it was sold to a large corporation, he remained at the company for seven years as manager, the release said.

The SBDC office in Pasco will be housed in the county’s Economic Development Corporation building at 16506 Pointe Village Drive, Suite 101, Lutz.

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