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WHAT IS THE

SBDC

The Small Business Development Center offers FREE one-on-one counseling sessions with qualified business advisors, workshops, trainings, and resources to support you throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

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Our Services

We aim to give small businesses and entrepreneurs the important tools and skills needed to create a successful business.

Free 1-on-1 Consulting

Highly experienced advisors provide no-cost consulting in every area of business including marketing, sales analysis, contracts, finance, accounting, starting a business and accessing capital.

Workshops & Training

Our no-cost/low-cost workshops provide excellent training in starting a business, obtaining financing, sales and marketing, credit repair, government contracting, exporting and much more.

Unparalleled Insight

As entrepreneurs and business owners ourselves, we uniquely identify with the extreme challenges our clients face every day. In fact, this is why we fight for local businesses all day, every day.

Top Notch Customer Service

We work day-in, day-out to keep businesses hiring instead of firing, and growing instead of closing. We fight for local businesses to find opportunities during this difficult economic climate.

Register for Services

Sign up to become an SBDC client (all services are no cost and there are no membership fees or strings attached). Click on the link below, fill out the interest form, and someone will contact you shortly to schedule your initial intake appointment.
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Join Us For Free Workshops & Webinars

Check out below some of the incredible workshops offered to small business owners and entrepreneurs at no-cost!
Learn strategies to start or grow your small business while writing a strategic plan that will get you focused in the right direction to capture the attention of investors, partners, and lenders.
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This full day workshop is designed to give you an overview of what to consider before starting a business. Topics to include: Financing Options, Taxes, Business Entities/Legal Structures, Business Models, and more.
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Dreaming of starting your own business, but aren’t sure where to start? This is the perfect introduction- we will walk you through your startup with a step-by-step guide- from funding, to licenses, and permits, this is the perfect workshop you need to get the ball rolling.
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Learn the anatomy of a sale, and how to identify the key ingredients needed to create an effective sales plan. You will also learn about marketing, unique selling propositions (USP), and how to develop a sales budget.
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Finding customers and retaining customers is the number one challenge for business owners. Learn how to navigate web development, social media, branding, networking, public relations and photography and how you can best connect with your customers.
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WE ARE INNOVATIVE

Build

WE ARE AMBITIOUS

Grow

WE ARE EXPERIENCED

Succeed

Success Stories

“Their team helped us secure a $1M loan toward the construction of our new citrus packing facility. Thank you SBDC!”

Gina Dockstader (President), Doc's Organics

“SBDC helped obtain a $3.58M contract with Camp Pendleton… they put our company on an entirely different path.”

Decarlos Daniels (CEO), MD Commercial Cleaning

“We could not have made this happen without the entire SBDC team working on our behalf. Thank you for changing our lives!”

Ozmin & Adriana Zarate, 24-7 Postal

Our Partners

Questions?

Reach out to Meri Birhane at meri.birhane@eastcountyedc.org or 619.258.3670

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The San Diego & Imperial SBDC Network is an accredited member of the Association of Small Business Development Centers

Funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Funded in part through a Grant with the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development