For over 20 years, DESA has also been operating the MBDA Business Center (formerly the South Carolina Minority Business Enterprise Center), an affiliate of the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) - a division within the U.S. Department of Commerce. The Center promotes the growth and expansion of minority-owned businesses in South Carolina, a mission that DESA has stood behind since our inception in 1986.

Because we have operated the Center for numerous years, we're also well-versed in providing global services for local, national and world-wide agencies. Through these efforts, we are able to create hundreds of jobs for entrepreneurs and their staffs. By creating opportunities, we are also able to help countless businesses succeed. While the Center offers this assistance to minority businesses only, we offer the same stellar business services to other firms, small and large, in any market. Let DESA assist you with:

• Diversity Programs 
• Local Businesses
• Small Businesses
• Minority-Owned Businesses
• Woman-Owned Businesses
• Procurement Assistance
• Federal Market
• State Market
• Municipality Markets
• Private Markets
• Access to Markets
• Teaming Arrangements
• Joint Ventures
• Strategic Partnerships
• Mentor/Protégé Programs
• Loan Package Development
• Best Deal Structuring
• Alternative Financing
• Negotiations
• Asset-Based Lending
• Debt & Equity Financing
• Management & Technical Assistance
• Strategic Planning
  

Case Studies:
Richland County School District One
City of Columbia, SC
Frazier Construction Company
Columbia Empowerment Zone