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

How artificial intelligence and ChatGPT could help your small business

The use of chatbot technology to brainstorm, build structure around business plans, and help businesses grow are among topics of this week’s free webinar presented by the Small Business Development Center at CSU Bakersfield. 

Host and SBDC director, Kelly Bearden begins the webinar with a look at weather-related disaster assistance for businesses, economic fallout with a banking crisis, capital resources, and grants.

*WEBINAR WEDNESDAY: Key points of selling a business

Host and SBDC director, Kelly Bearden will be joined by Michael Balstad, certified exit planning advisor and founder of Harvest Transition Solutions, a firm that specializes in exit strategies for small business owners. Balstad will provide key points to selling a business, various options for owners seeking to transition, and tips for those looking to buy a business. 
 

AngelCon 2023

Six innovative and disruptive startups compete for $100,000+ in investment funding to help grow their business at the sixth annual AngelCon on Thursday, June 1st, 2023.

Top Six Startups Include:

1. DEMO Studios
2. MyMetaFi
3. Quantum Energy
4. Ryde
5. VLab Education
6. Zoetic Motion

*WEBINAR WEDNESDAY: How to understand and use the dynamics of a leader compared to a manager

In this week’s free webinar, Lorna Kibbey, national speaker, author, and owner of Lorna Kibbey Leadership Solutions will join host and SBDC director, Kelly Bearden to discuss how to understand the difference in dynamics when a small business owner takes on the role of a leader compared to a manager. She will also provide tips on how differentiating the two roles can improve certain situations and interactions with employees and workplace performance. 
 
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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.