Tag Archives: Rio Grande City

Exploring Your Market

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Who are your potential customers? Before launching or growing a business, it is important to identify your target market and new market segments. For example, is there a demand or growing demand for your product or service? Who is buying or selling something similar? All these questions and more must be studied to make key business decisions in your small business. Learn about the following, plus more: The importance of…

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STC Starr County Campus Gives Gifts to Foster Children

South Texas College in partnership with the Starr County Child Welfare Board collected over 108 gifts this season for foster children.

Students, staff and faculty at South Texas College’s Starr County campus have all come together to make Christmas a little brighter for children in the foster care system. STC, in partnership with the Starr County Child Welfare Board, collected over 108 gifts this season for children, enough so they get at least three gifts each, through an annual toy drive created by the college’s Counseling and Student Accessibility Office. The…

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Small Business Branding

Successful branding begins at the start of your business journey. “Small Business Branding” on Nov. 28 teaches attendees how to develop a structure that is unique to their business and recognizable to their customer. Session Highlights: What is a brand? The importance of branding? The three branding principles. Steps to branding development. Protecting and maintaining a successful brand. This in-person session is presented by the UTRGV SBDC and hosted by…

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What’s Behind the Numbers?

Learn how to improve your bottom line by understanding the financial statements! Information on the financial position of a business supports decision-making. These numbers also indicate a business’ current and past performance, and a business owner can use them to determine how move the business forward. Session highlights: Learn about the Financial Statements. Understand how to manage the financial operations of a business using these documents. Use the financial statements…

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Electrician Program Fills Industry Needs

STC's electrician technology program has seen steady growth over the last 20 years. (Courtesy)

In 2006, Daniel Sanchez was an aspiring student working his way through South Texas College’s emerging electrician technology program.  There were only about 20 students in the program back then with eight courses and two instructors. Flash forward to the present where Sanchez today is an instructor and program coordinator with more than 100 students enrolled at the McAllen tech campus and branches in Weslaco and Rio Grande City.  The…

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Art of Marketing

Marketing Essentials

What is marketing? Do you have a marketing plan for your business? “Art of Marketing” on May 23 will help new and existing businesses with critical information to create or refresh their marketing goals and objectives. Session highlights: Understanding the Seven Steps of the Marketing Process Identifying Your Target Market Determining Your Pricing Strategy Creating Customer Awareness Presented by the UTRGV SBDC. Register online.

Show Me the Money! Small Business Financing Options

Are you looking to launch or expand your business? Do you need funding to get started or to move to the next level? Join the the UTRGV SBDC on March 21 for “Show Me the Money! Small Business Financing Options,” a forum on financing options for small businesses. Guest speakers include: U.S. Small Business Administration PeopleFund LiftFund Lone Star National Bank This event also includes a mini-fair and an opportunity…

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STC Starr Campus Transforms Region

Allied health programs – especially nursing – is one of the faster-growing area of study on the STC Starr County campus.

Its start was a modest one with a few classes in historic buildings where Fort Ringgold once stood in Rio Grande City. It was the 1994-95 school year and the beginnings of the South Texas College in Starr County. The school went by South Texas Community College in those early years. No matter how humble the origins, it would prove to be transformational for Rio Grande City and area communities.…

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