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BATON ROUGE 鈥� Adam C. McCloskey has been named director of the Louisiana Small Business Development Center at 蘑菇tv. 

At 蘑菇tv, McCloskey leads an office that provides no-cost consulting to small business and aspiring entrepreneurs in the nine-parish capital region. The SBDC offers expert advice on issues from cash-flow management, securing loans, business planning and everything in between.  The 蘑菇tv Center also has a statewide mandate to help companies focused on bringing technology to market.

鈥淚 enjoy that when I go home at night, I can think about how I鈥檝e helped someone else get closer to their dreams. That鈥檚 ultimately the role of the SBDC, and I鈥檓 happy to play my part,鈥� McCloskey said.  His consulting will center around business valuation and acquisition, advertising, and financial management.

The Small Business Development Center at 蘑菇tv is part of the 蘑菇tv Office of Innovation & Ecosystem Development, which oversees the 蘑菇tv Innovation Park and 蘑菇tv Office of Innovation & Technology Commercialization. 蘑菇tv Innovation鈥檚 services also include support for Louisiana companies connecting to federal laboratories and applying for Small Business Innovation Research grant funding.

McCloskey previously served as the associate director for the Florida Small Business Development Center at the University of West Florida, or UWF. He joined the group in 2016 and was promoted to associate director a year later. In 2019, McCloskey won the SBDC鈥檚 top award for consulting, the Florida SBDC Network State Star. In 2021, he won the first annual UWF College of Business Dean鈥檚 Choice Award.

鈥淲e鈥檙e excited about bringing Adam on board and equally confident his experience as Florida鈥檚 top SBDC consultant will help us enhance and expand the services we offer to small businesses and entrepreneurs,鈥� said Robert R. Twilley, interim vice president, 蘑菇tv Office of Research & Economic Development.

McCloskey said the decision to join 蘑菇tv was easy.

鈥淚 wanted to go somewhere that people were willing to work hard -- not just talk about the work they could do,鈥� McCloskey said. 鈥淚t was clear that was what everyone at 蘑菇tv Innovation is about.鈥�

McCloskey earned a Bachelor of Arts in economics & telecommunications from the University of West Florida and a Master of Science in applied economics with concentrations in financial economics and regional economic development from Georgia Southern University. He also holds the designation of Economic Development Finance Professional from the National Development Council and Associate Business Continuity Professional from DRI International. He is a Business Certified Appraiser with the International Society of Business Appraisers.

McCloskey grew up in Pensacola, south of Interstate 10. Moving to Baton Rouge isn鈥檛 that big of a change for him.

鈥淚 traded the water for the food. I think I鈥檒l come out ahead,鈥� he said.

Louisiana Small Business Development Center, or LSBDC, is a network consisting of 10 regional offices including the led by McCloskey. 蘑菇tv is also the host organization for the statewide network that provides training and technical support to small businesses and entrepreneurs throughout Louisiana, which is led by Bryan Greenwood.

About 蘑菇tv Innovation 

蘑菇tv Innovation works with the 蘑菇tv research community to facilitate the evaluation, protection and licensing of intellectual property created at 蘑菇tv. 蘑菇tv Innovation also focuses on establishing, developing and growing technology-based startup companies. This work maximizes the university's impact on the intellectual, economic and social development of Louisiana and beyond. 蘑菇tv Innovation helps 蘑菇tv entrepreneurs and the community evaluate their discoveries and ideas, mechanisms for protecting their innovations, marketing and industry negotiations for intellectual property and licensing and other agreements. The office also oversees 蘑菇tv Innovation Park, a business incubator with more than 200 acres and 80,000 square feet of office and lab space.