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SBDC – Small Business Development Center
Determined to help the local economy remain vibrant and strong by fostering small business growth, the Small Business Development Center hosted by College of the Canyons (COC SBDC) offers one-stop assistance and a wealth of information, expertise and guidance to business owners and budding entrepreneurs in North LA County, an area that includes:
City of Santa Clarita City of Hidden Hills City of San Fernando
City of Palmdale City of Lancaster City of Calabasas
City of Agoura Hills
Unincorporated Los Angeles County in the Santa Clarita and Antelope Valleys
City of Los Angeles (Portions of San Fernando Valley include: Porter Ranch, Northridge, Granada Hills, Chatsworth, West Hills, Mission Hills, Canoga Park, North Hills, Van Nuys, Reseda, Winnetka, Woodland Hills, Tarzana, Encino, Arleta, Panorama City, Sepulveda)
The COC SBDC offers free (no fees ever) 1-on-1 Business Counseling and low cost training workshops in English and in Spanish. Special programs are available for minority, women, disabled and veteran owned businesses.
Counseling
The COC SBDC provides free 1-on-1 counseling meetings with Professional Business Consultants on all business issues including business expansion and start-up, marketing and sales tactics, business plan development, international trade –import/export assistance, logistics, manufacturing, financing resources, access to capital/loan packaging, finance and accounting, HR, legal issues, web site design and development, e-commerce and more.
YEP – Young Entrepreneurs Program Launched
There are many young people in our community with bold aspirations of pursuing their passions of starting or growing their own businesses. Unfortunately, too often, these visions and the courage accompanied with them, succumb to many obstacles. “Often these budding entrepreneurs have no guidance on where to begin so, we launched a special program aimed at tomorrow's entrepreneurs,” stated Paul De La Cerda, Director of the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) hosted by College of the Canyons.
Through creative partnerships, the SBDC’s Young Entrepreneurs Program (Y.E.P) will implement business training programs and offer free business counseling aimed at young people between the ages of 14 and 27. Y.E.P is diverse in its outreach and delivery methods, with Websites, blogs, social networking sites, virtual reality games, youth-oriented trainers and business simulation products all designed to teach business management, finance, marketing, sales and e-commerce skills.
The ultimate desired outcome for Y.E.P. is to have young people more interested in self-employment as a career-option. Through Y.E.P. projects, students will also garner transferable business skills for both self employment and the job market, understand the relevance of education and choose to stay in school or pursue higher education, and develop life management and problem solving skills.
SBDC is sponsoring a FREE summer program for junior high, high school and college students, an annual regional business plan competition and is partnering with VIA Star – a program where students create a new product in partnership with a local business. A new business blog and website are also underway.
The Young Entrepreneurs Program is FREE of charge – space is limited.
Call (661) 294-9375 or email sbdc@canyons.edu to register or learn more today.
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CCCP – California Construction Contracting Program
New California Construction Contracting Program in Santa Clarita!
A new strategically placed California Construction Contracting Program (CCCP), is located within the existing Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at the SCV Chamber. The program offers FREE training and counseling to enhance local business owner’s ability to bid for and win government contracts. All are encouraged to attend and learn first-hand, from an expert team of trained consultants, who intimately understand Caltrans and local agencies’ bidding and award processes as current and former contractors and business owners. The program is a partnership between the State of California Caltrans, the California Community College Economic and Workforce Development Program, and College of the Canyon’s SBDC program.
A CCCP Orientation will be offered Thursday,! March 20, 2008 3:00pm-5:00pm at the COC SBDC located at 28460 Avenue Stanford, Suite 100 Santa Clarita, CA 91355. For more information, contact the SBDC at 661-294-9375.
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