Central CA SBDC Regional Network
Helping Your Business Start, Grow and Succeed

Cottage Food Intro Workshop

Join this FREE Introductory class to learn how to make money selling your homemade foods! Join us on February 25th to learn about and sign up for our March classes!

Applications are open now!

Introductory Workshop will be:
Tuesday, Feb. 25th
10AM - 11AM
601 Martin Luther King Dr.
Modesto, CA.

Spots are filling up fast! For more information contact Gavin Bruce:
gbruce@opportunitystanislaus.com
(209)488-4526

Brought to you by Opportunity Stanislaus

Coffee & Conversation

leadership in product and brand solutions for a diverse range of clients; from Nike, IBM, Samsung and other Fortune-100s to emerging startups. She shares compelling insights on what distinguishes UX vs. UI, the value of quality experience design and how cultivating UX culture levels-up an entire organization. Halleh is the founding Principal/Creative Director of Five Acres Agency, an active runner, ocean-lover, and mom to two strong, independent daughters.

QuickBooks 101 Workshop

Damon Watkins, the Director of Finance & Operations for Cal Poly Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, is a motivated, personable business professional with a 15+ year track record in multiple aspects of financial control, management and policies/procedures. Learn how to set up your company and move around QuickBooks. Everyday Transactions: selling: invoices, sales receipts, payments, deposits, credit memos, and customer statements. Buying: bills, bill payments, checks, bill payment stubs, bills vs. checks, and credit memos.

Women Who Mean Business

You Spoke, We Listened! Thanks to all who joined us for the 5th annual Business Women's Symposium. We had over 100 BWS attendees ask us to create a networking group dedicated to the hardworking & like-minded businesswomen in the central valley!

We are excited to announce our first event for our newest networking group "Women Who Mean Business", a quarterly network meeting that will include top speakers from our community who love to give back to her fellow woman.

POSTPONED Mariposa: Strategies for Supporting a Seasonal Economy & Retail on Main Street in the 21st Century

2-Part workshop to include:

Strategies for Supporting a Seasonal Economy:

Will highlight marketing strategies, operational shifts and tips of how to plan during the peak seasons to help support seasonal survival during the off season. 

Doing Retail on Main Street in the 21st Century:

 

Will cover various elements that work together including products, visual image, added-value services and customer service. Create an experience that will give customers a great experience and the likelihood of them coming back.

POSTPONED Mariposa: Getting Locals and Visitors Alike Out of Their Cars and Into Your Business

Businesses understand the importance of encouraging locals and visitors alike to stop, park and spend their valuable disposable dollars to drive sales and boost the bottom line. But just how does a business stand out and capture their fair share of the market with the growing competition, online shopping options and seasonal fluctuations in the economy. 

During this workshop, attendees will learn how to leverage their assets while exploring new opportunities to reach existing as well as new markets. 

Topics shared at this workshop will cover:

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Funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration and a Grant with the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development. All opinions, conclusions, and/or recommendations expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the SBA or the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance. Contact the California SBDC closest to you.