Developed as a consulting firm for small to medium sized businesses, the 417 Business Resource Center (417 BRC) serves to fill the growing need in the Four State Area for small business consulting. We follow the vision of our founder and CEO, Shawn Wininger, who saw the need for a complete business resource center that business owners could turn to for all their consulting needs and made it his mission to make those resources possible. Too often today, one reads business articles that have been written by, “experts” that call for companies to find a niche and be as specific as possible in the services they offer. This can become frustrating for many business owners as they may need the resources of five or ten different vendors to accomplish their goals. As time progresses, the cost for each vendor begins to multiply, not to mention the time that must be invested to find the right vendor for each individual service. A gap is then formed which widens as the amount of time and money the