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LOCATION
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Aptos
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Santa Cruz Office
The SBDC works with new venture and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, access to capital, registering a business, financing, regulations,...View details
Bakersfield
SCORE Counselors to America's Small Business
SCORE mentors provide free & confidential business mentoring through local
Chapters or Online Counseling
. SCORE helps entrepreneurs develop business plans, explore growth opportunities...View details
Bakersfield
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Bakersfield Office
The SBDC works with new venture and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, access to capital, registering a business, financing, regulations,...View details
Camarillo
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Camarillo Office
The SBDC works with new venture and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, access to capital, registering a business, financing, regulations,...View details
Capitola
SCORE Counselors to America's Small Business
SCORE mentors provide free & confidential business mentoring through local
Chapters or Online Counseling
. SCORE helps entrepreneurs develop business plans, explore growth opportunities...View details
Carlsbad
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) North San Diego Office
The SBDC works with new venture and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, access to capital, registering a business, financing, regulations,...View details
Chico
SCORE Counselors to America's Small Business
SCORE mentors provide free & confidential business mentoring through local
Chapters or Online Counseling
. SCORE helps entrepreneurs develop business plans, explore growth opportunities...View details
Chico
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Butte College Office
The SBDC works with new venture and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, access to capital, registering a business, financing, regulations,...View details
Compton
U.S.VETS - Compton
U.S. VETS is the largest non-profit organization in the country dedicated to helping homeless and at-risk veterans to become economically self-sufficient through rewarding careers or entrepreneurial...View details
Crescent City
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Del Norte County Office
The SBDC works with new venture and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, access to capital, registering a business, financing, regulations,...View details
El Centro
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Imperial Valley Office
The SBDC works with new venture and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, access to capital, registering a business, financing, regulations,...View details
Eureka
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) North Coast Office
The SBDC works with new venture and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, access to capital, registering a business, financing, regulations,...View details
Fairfield
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Solano College Office
The SBDC works with new venture and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, access to capital, registering a business, financing, regulations,...View details
Fort Bragg
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Mendocino Office
The SBDC works with new venture and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, access to capital, registering a business, financing, regulations,...View details
Fresno
SCORE Counselors to America's Small Business
SCORE mentors provide free & confidential business mentoring through local
Chapters or Online Counseling
. SCORE helps entrepreneurs develop business plans, explore growth opportunities...View details
Fresno
Small Business Administration (SBA) Fresno District Office
The SBA works to support small business interests at the federal, state and regional level. Services include a number of financial assistance programs offered through local financial institutions,...View details
Fresno
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) UC Merced Office
The SBDC works with new venture and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, access to capital, registering a business, financing, regulations,...View details
Glendale
SCORE Counselors to America's Small Business
SCORE mentors provide free & confidential business mentoring through local
Chapters or Online Counseling
. SCORE helps entrepreneurs develop business plans, explore growth opportunities...View details
Hawthorne
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Hawthorne Office
The SBDC works with new venture and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, access to capital, registering a business, financing, regulations,...View details
Hemet
SCORE Counselors to America's Small Business
SCORE mentors provide free & confidential business mentoring through local
Chapters or Online Counseling
. SCORE helps entrepreneurs develop business plans, explore growth opportunities...View details
Indio
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Coachella Valley Office
The SBDC works with new venture and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, access to capital, registering a business, financing, regulations,...View details
Inglewood
U.S. VETS - Los Angeles
U.S. VETS is the largest non-profit organization in the country dedicated to helping homeless and at-risk veterans to become economically self-sufficient through rewarding careers or entrepreneurial...View details
La Verne
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) La Verne Office
The SBDC works with new venture and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, access to capital, registering a business, financing, regulations,...View details
Long Beach
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Long Beach Office
The SBDC works with new venture and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, access to capital, registering a business, financing, regulations,...View details
Long Beach
U.S. VETS - Long Beach, Villages at Cabrillo
U.S. VETS is the largest non-profit organization in the country dedicated to helping homeless and at-risk veterans to become economically self-sufficient through rewarding careers or entrepreneurial...View details
Los Angeles
CHARO Community Development Corporation
CHARO Community Development Corporation provides bilingual (Spanish/English) business & technical assistance to start-up and existing businesses; entrepreneurial training, workshops &...View details
Los Angeles
Small Business Administration (SBA) Los Angeles District Office
The SBA works to support small business interests at the federal, state and regional level. Services include a number of financial assistance programs offered through local financial institutions,...View details
Los Angeles
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Pacific Coast Regional Office
The SBDC works with new venture and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, access to capital, registering a business, financing, regulations,...View details
Merced
Alliance SBDC Merced Office
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing
free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a
business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details
Merced
SCORE Counselors to America's Small Business
SCORE mentors provide free & confidential business mentoring through local
Chapters or Online Counseling
. SCORE helps entrepreneurs develop business plans, explore growth opportunities...View details
Modesto
Alliance SBDC Modesto Office
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing
free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a
business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details
Monterey
SCORE Counselors to America's Small Business
SCORE mentors provide free & confidential business mentoring through local
Chapters or Online Counseling
. SCORE helps entrepreneurs develop business plans, explore growth opportunities...View details
Moreno Valley
U.S. VETS - Riverside
U.S. VETS is the largest non-profit organization in the country dedicated to helping homeless and at-risk veterans to become economically self-sufficient through rewarding careers or entrepreneurial...View details
Mt. Shasta
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Mt. Shasta Office
The SBDC works with new venture and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, access to capital, registering a business, financing, regulations,...View details
Napa
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Napa Office
The SBDC works with new venture and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, access to capital, registering a business, financing, regulations,...View details
National City, CA
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) South San Diego Office
The SBDC works with new venture and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, access to capital, registering a business, financing, regulations,...View details
Oakland
SCORE Counselors to America's Small Business
SCORE mentors provide free & confidential business mentoring through local
Chapters or Online Counseling
. SCORE helps entrepreneurs develop business plans, explore growth opportunities...View details
Oakland
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Alameda County Office
The SBDC works with new venture and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, access to capital, registering a business, financing, regulations,...View details
Oakland
Women's Initiative for Self Employment
The Women?s Initiative is a one-stop shop where high-potential, lower-income women receive training to start and grow their business. Services include business management training, technical...View details
Oxnard
SCORE Counselors to America's Small Business
SCORE mentors provide free & confidential business mentoring through local
Chapters or Online Counseling
. SCORE helps entrepreneurs develop business plans, explore growth opportunities...View details
Palm Springs
SCORE Counselors to America's Small Business
SCORE mentors provide free & confidential business mentoring through local
Chapters or Online Counseling
. SCORE helps entrepreneurs develop business plans, explore growth opportunities...View details
Palmdale
SCORE Counselors to America's Small Business
SCORE mentors provide free & confidential business mentoring through local
Chapters or Online Counseling
. SCORE helps entrepreneurs develop business plans, explore growth opportunities...View details
Pasadena
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Pasadena Office
The SBDC works with new venture and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, access to capital, registering a business, financing, regulations,...View details
Pleasant Hill
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Contra Costa Office
The SBDC works with new venture and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, access to capital, registering a business, financing, regulations,...View details
Redding
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Shasta Cascade Office
The SBDC works with new venture and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, access to capital, registering a business, financing, regulations,...View details
Riverside
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Inland Empire Office
The SBDC works with new venture and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, access to capital, registering a business, financing, regulations,...View details
Sacramento
California Business Investment Services (CalBIS)
The California Business Investment Services Unit (CalBIS) has been established within the Employment Development Department. CalBIS serves as the State of California?s ?front door? for employers,...View details
Sacramento
SCORE Counselors to America's Small Business
SCORE mentors provide free & confidential business mentoring through local
Chapters or Online Counseling
. SCORE helps entrepreneurs develop business plans, explore growth opportunities...View details
Sacramento
Small Business Administration (SBA) Sacramento District Office
The SBA works to support small business interests at the federal, state and regional level. Services include a number of financial assistance programs offered through local financial institutions,...View details
Sacramento
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Sacramento Office
The SBDC works with new venture and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, access to capital, registering a business, financing, regulations,...View details
Salinas
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Monterey Bay Office
The SBDC works with new venture and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, access to capital, registering a business, financing, regulations,...View details
San Diego
SCORE Counselors to America's Small Business
SCORE mentors provide free & confidential business mentoring through local
Chapters or Online Counseling
. SCORE helps entrepreneurs develop business plans, explore growth opportunities...View details
San Diego
Small Business Administration (SBA) San Diego District Office
The SBA works to support small business interests at the federal, state and regional level. Services include a number of financial assistance programs offered through local financial institutions,...View details
San Francisco
Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center
Works to empower and increase the entrepreneurial capacities of socially and economically diverse people in the SF Bay Area.
Contact: Janet Lees, Program Director...View details
San Francisco
SCORE Counselors to America's Small Business
SCORE mentors provide free & confidential business mentoring through local
Chapters or Online Counseling
. SCORE helps entrepreneurs develop business plans, explore growth opportunities...View details
San Francisco
Small Business Administration (SBA) San Francisco District Office
The SBA works to support small business interests at the federal, state and regional level. Services include a number of financial assistance programs offered through local financial institutions,...View details
San Francisco
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) San Francisco Office
The SBDC works with new venture and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, access to capital, registering a business, financing, regulations,...View details
San Francisco
Women's Initiative for Self Employment
The Women?s Initiative is a one-stop shop where high-potential, lower-income women receive training to start and grow their business. Services include business management training, technical...View details
San Jose
SCORE Counselors to America's Small Business
SCORE mentors provide free & confidential business mentoring through local
Chapters or Online Counseling
. SCORE helps entrepreneurs develop business plans, explore growth opportunities...View details
San Jose
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Silicon Valley Office
The SBDC works with new venture and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, access to capital, registering a business, financing, regulations,...View details
San Luis Obispo
SCORE Counselors to America's Small Business
SCORE mentors provide free & confidential business mentoring through local
Chapters or Online Counseling
. SCORE helps entrepreneurs develop business plans, explore growth opportunities...View details
San Luis Obispo
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Cal Poly Office
The SBDC works with new venture and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, access to capital, registering a business, financing, regulations,...View details
San Mateo
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) San Mateo Office
The SBDC works with new venture and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, access to capital, registering a business, financing, regulations,...View details
San Rafael
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Marin Office
The SBDC works with new venture and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, access to capital, registering a business, financing, regulations,...View details
Santa Ana
SCORE Counselors to America's Small Business
SCORE mentors provide free & confidential business mentoring through local
Chapters or Online Counseling
. SCORE helps entrepreneurs develop business plans, explore growth opportunities...View details
Santa Ana
Small Business Administration (SBA) Santa Ana District Office
The SBA works to support small business interests at the federal, state and regional level. Services include a number of financial assistance programs offered through local financial institutions,...View details
Santa Ana
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Orange County Office
The SBDC works with new venture and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, access to capital, registering a business, financing, regulations,...View details
Santa Barbara
SCORE Counselors to America's Small Business
SCORE mentors provide free & confidential business mentoring through local
Chapters or Online Counseling
. SCORE helps entrepreneurs develop business plans, explore growth opportunities...View details
Santa Clarita
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Santa Clarita Office
The SBDC works with new venture and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, access to capital, registering a business, financing, regulations,...View details
Santa Maria
SCORE Counselors to America's Small Business
SCORE mentors provide free & confidential business mentoring through local
Chapters or Online Counseling
. SCORE helps entrepreneurs develop business plans, explore growth opportunities...View details
Santa Rosa
SCORE Counselors to America's Small Business
SCORE mentors provide free & confidential business mentoring through local
Chapters or Online Counseling
. SCORE helps entrepreneurs develop business plans, explore growth opportunities...View details
Santa Rosa
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Santa Rosa Office
The SBDC works with new venture and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, access to capital, registering a business, financing, regulations,...View details
Sonora
SCORE Counselors to America's Small Business
SCORE mentors provide free & confidential business mentoring through local
Chapters or Online Counseling
. SCORE helps entrepreneurs develop business plans, explore growth opportunities...View details
Stockton
SCORE Counselors to America's Small Business
SCORE mentors provide free & confidential business mentoring through local
Chapters or Online Counseling
. SCORE helps entrepreneurs develop business plans, explore growth opportunities...View details
Stockton
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) San Joaquin Delta College Office
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing
free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a
business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details
Truckee
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Truckee Office
The SBDC works with new venture and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, access to capital, registering a business, financing, regulations,...View details
Ukiah
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Ukiah Office
The SBDC works with new venture and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, access to capital, registering a business, financing, regulations,...View details
Van Nuys
Valley Economic Development Center (VEDC)
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing
free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a
business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details
Visalia
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Visalia Office
The SBDC works with new venture and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, access to capital, registering a business, financing, regulations,...View details
Statewide and Nationwide Small Business Resource Partners
LOCATION
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Statewide
California Department of Rehabilitation Services
Assists eligible individuals with disabilities to attain employment or self-employment, and self-sufficiency by providing a range of services including training, counseling and referrals to business...View details
Statewide
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) California Network
The SBDC works with new venture and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, access to capital, registering a business, financing, regulations,...View details
Nationwide
Accion USA
ACCION USA is a private, nonprofit organization that provides microloans, business training and other financial services to low- and moderate-income entrepreneurs who are unable to access bank...View details
Nationwide
Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation (CSAVR)
CSAVR is a membership organization composed of the chief administrators of the public rehabilitation agencies that serve individuals with physical and mental disabilities in the States, District...View details
Nationwide
Disability Resources, Inc
Works to promote and improve awareness, availability and accessibility of information that can help people with disabilities live, learn, love, work and play independently....View details
Nationwide
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
Serves as the a focal point for small businesses interested in doing business with the Department of Energy (DOE) and administers the Department's small business program by establishing goals,...View details
Nationwide
SCORE Counselors to America's Small Business
SCORE offers free, confidential small business advice for anyone looking to start, grow and succeed in business. With a national volunteer network of over 13,000 business mentors and 350 chapters,...View details
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