The small business is particularly vulnerable to lost productivity due to employees' having problems with their aging parents, teenagers or children, marital issues, divorce, drug or alcohol problems, legal/financial problems, child care and a host of other stressors such as chronic illnesses.

In addition, small business owners or their managers are asked to lead their teams, set up HR policies, develop succession and exit strategies, mediate conflicts among employees, do strategic planning, minimize behavior risk such as theft, fraud, violence in the workplace, hostile work environments due to sexual harassment and contend with EEOC, ADA and other personnel concerns.

The SBA program from MINES provides the resources the small business owner needs to effectively manage his/her business. Never before have these services been so affordable for the small business owner.