On this week’s free SBDC webinar, host and director, Kelly Bearden is joined by Melissa Forziat, a nationwide marketing speaker, consultant, and author based in Southern California. Forziat provide...
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Get Your Veteran Owned Small Business on Google Search and Maps
Celebrate National Veterans Small Business Week as Cal Coastal SBDC and Monterey Bay APEX Accelerator join forces for this Grow With Google special event. Hosted by Cal Coastal SBDC Program Manage...
Read MoreSelling Your Small Business - Where to Start
Ready to sell your small business? Learn the five stages of figuring out your company’s value maturity, and four types of capital, when Michael Balstad, certified exit planning advisor and founder...
Read MoreCoffee & Conversation w/ Aaron Bergh
This month, we’re thrilled to welcome Aaron Bergh, the mastermind behind Calwise Spirits and one of the youngest master distillers in the world.
Aar...
Read MoreCoffee and Conversation with Firestone Walker
David Walker, co-founder of Firestone Walker Brewing Company, discusses the the curious, passionate and at times, precarious past 25 years of the company.
Born in a humble shed on the back-...
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Coffee & Conversation w/ Donica Forensich
Speaker: Donica Forensich, the new Center Director of the Cal Poly CIE Small Business Development Center.
Donica brings a wealth of experience as a former corporate and securities attorney,...
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QuickBooks Tax Reporting & 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 m...
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Bajo Demanda: Cómo Emprender Su Negocio
Business Turnaround Strategies
Solutions for potential challenges faced by healthy and distressed businesses in a rocky economy is the topic of this week’s FREE webinar presented by the Small Business Development Center at CSU B...
Read MoreHow Business Credit Works & PPP Forgiveness
Free tools to help business owners boost their credit profile to show financial institutions they are fundable, including how small business owners can access, monitor, and improve their business i...
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