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Rok Bistro, Sunnyvale

"Working with the SV-SBDC has been informative and beneficial in helping us better understand our marketing direction and messages, and ways of getting those messages out to our target market in a cost-effective manner."

Lolly Tree Toys, Santa Cruz

"The SBDC at Cabrillo College has been an amazing resource through the entire process of opening the store. The monthly classes offered through the center are great because they provide a huge amount of applicable information in just a couple of hours."

Artisan Fine Rug Care, Watsonville

"Mr. Hibble gave us advice that prevented us from making expensive mistakes. We were able to capitalize on his counsel, attend his SBDC seminars on marketing and internet optimization, and otherwise develop an aggressive word-of-mouth and internet campaign."

Farmhouse Inn, Restaurant and Spa, Forestville

"Working with Betsy [Fischer of the SBDC at Santa Rosa Junior College] allowed us to do some things that we never could have accomplished without her extraordinary experience, people skills and insight."

Sift: a Cupcakery, LLC, Cotati

"The SBDC [at Santa Rosa Junior College] connected me with Cynthia Riggs to help grow our business and gain understanding of our financials."

About the Northern California SBDC Network

The Northern California Network of Small Business Development Centers helps individuals start, manage and grow their businesses.

Our expertise can help take the mystery out of business management and allow you to focus on the issues that will grow your company. Our Business Advisors have years of experience and know what it takes to start a business in Northern California & keep it operating profitably.

According to a recent study SBDC in depth clients experienced 6 times the sales growth, and created 13 times the jobs of average businesses.*  Read more...

SBDC services include:

  • Business Plans
  • Financial Projections & Budgeting
  • Operating Challenges
  • Purchase or Sale of a Business
  • Funding Your Venture
  • Loan Packaging
  • More...

All one on one consulting services are offered at no cost to the client. Contact a Business Advisor in your area.

 

*SBDC in-depth clients meet with SBDC advisors for five hours or more in a year.
Source of Statistics: SBA; and the “Economic Impact of Small Business Development Center Counseling Activities in the United States: 2004-2005,” by Professor James J. Chrisman of Mississippi State University