Central CA SBDC Regional Network
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Beyond the Plate: Redefining Restaurant Hospitality

In today's competitive culinary landscape, outstanding food alone is no longer sufficient to ensure the success of a restaurant. Exceptional service and hospitality are the cornerstones of a memorable dining experience that keeps customers coming back. This workshop is a dynamic and immersive training workshop designed to empower restaurant owners, managers, and staff with the tools and knowledge to elevate their hospitality game to new heights.

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Design Thinking Essentials: Unleash Your Innovation Potential

Design thinking is a human-centered, solution-focused approach to problem-solving that has rapidly gained recognition as a powerful tool for innovation. In this hands-on workshop, you will discover the fundamental principles and methodologies of design thinking and learn how to apply them to various challenges, from product development to process improvement and beyond. Led by Tim Clark, a seasoned product expert and founder of A Human Thing. 

During the training, we will: 

QuickBooks Tax Reporting and 1099s

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 create and modify financial reports, handle records, and manipulate costs, with a focus on payroll and state tax. QuickBooks Reporting lets you use your QuickBooks data to create interactive reports and gain better insight into your business.

Beyond the Plate: Redefining Restaurant Hospitality

In today's competitive culinary landscape, outstanding food alone is no longer sufficient to ensure the success of a restaurant. Exceptional service and hospitality are the cornerstones of a memorable dining experience that keeps customers coming back. This workshop is a dynamic and immersive training workshop designed to empower restaurant owners, managers, and staff with the tools and knowledge to elevate their hospitality game to new heights.

Key Workshop Highlights:

CSUMB-Winter Night Market

The iiED program, Entrepreneurship Club and CSUMB Associated students have reached out to local businesses for a night market on the CSUMB campus so students can #ShopLocal 

Local art and gift vendors will be showcasing unique and handmade creations.  Admission is free and the event is family friendly. 

Monterey Bay APEX Accelerator-Understanding IDIQ

SBDC serving Monterey & San Benito counties joins the panel with Monterey Bay Apex Accelerator for this live webinar event. The government often awards contracts where they know they will have a future need for a product or service, but they are not exactly sure of various factors, the scope of work, when they will need the product/service, and in what quantities they will be. Thus, the term IDIQ. Depending on what is needed and by whom, there are a variety of options.

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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.