Utah
Help for business owners in Utah.
JM Varda is based in Farmington. We meet owners in person along the Wasatch Front and work remotely with businesses anywhere in the US. If something in your business feels stuck, here’s where to go, including help that costs nothing.
Where we fit
The programs below give good advice, and many cost nothing. Use them. What they don’t usually do is go into your business and build the fix. That’s the part we do: find where money is being lost or missed, then build the live numbers, follow-up and tools that stop it. Fixed price, and you keep what’s built. Plenty of owners use both.
By area
Ogden and Weber County
- Ogden-Weber Chamber of Commerce. Monthly Business After Hours, and a Small Business Council.
- Utah SBDC. Advisers serve Weber County. Check their site for the current Ogden location before you go.
- Suazo Business Center, Ogden. Bilingual advising and classes.
Provo, Orem, Lehi and Utah County
- Orem SBDC at Utah Valley University. One-on-one advising at no cost on finance, cash flow, marketing and buying or selling a business. Offices in Orem and, by appointment, Lehi. Monthly workshops.
- Utah Valley Chamber of Commerce. Networking events across the county.
Anywhere in Utah
- SCORE Utah. Volunteer mentors, mostly experienced business owners, at no cost. One chapter covers the whole state, and most mentoring happens remotely.
- Utah SBDC. The Small Business Development Center network: one-on-one advising at no cost, plus low-cost training, from 14 locations.
- Women’s Business Center of Utah. Advising and training, in person and online. Focused on women, open to every owner.
- Suazo Business Center. Advising and classes in Spanish and English, with offices in Salt Lake and Ogden.
- Utah APEX Accelerator. Help winning government contracts, at no cost. Only worth it if you want government work.
Want someone to go through the whole business? Before we talk, Joe reads your business from what’s public and sends a one-page read of where it’s most likely leaking. In person or by phone, whichever suits you. You commit to nothing.
Details checked October 2026 from each organisation’s own site. We’re not connected to any of them. If something has changed, tell us at [email protected].