Why Business Partnerships?
Extension was selected as the SBDC in Wisconsin because UW-Extension had developed business outreach programs as early as World War II. Building on UW-Extension’s statewide delivery network, the SBDC program developed complementary privatesector partnerships for four major reasons: • Partnerships avoid wasteful duplication of effort by federal and state agencies and by private entities. • Linkages enable UW-Extension, in responding to client needs, to tap a wide range of services. • Partnerships enhance UW-Extension’s ability to train other service providers, thus creating a multiplier effect. • Partnerships are cost effective and efficient because UW-Extension is able to select the most appropriate specialist to solve a given problem.
