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If you missed one of our weekly live webinars, our ever-expanding pre-recorded webinar series provides a great selection of expert insights to help you with your business. 

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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 Incl...

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Coffee & Conversation

Emma Thieme, owns the Cayucos boutique shop Maven Leather + Design, where she makes and sells her original leather creations as well as furniture, jewelry, painting, and ceramics produced by local...

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Coffee & Conversation

Chris Running is a successful serial entrepreneur, having founded or co-founded nine companies since 1999.
Prior to Chris’ entrepreneurial  ventures, he held senior roles  at Levi Str...
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Social Media Management

Learn which platform is the best for your business type in order to increase online exposure. This training will take a deep dive into each platform to help you better understand what they are, and...

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Coffee & Conversation w/ John Couch

John Couch was recruited by Steve Jobs in 1978 and become the 54th employee at Apple, as the Director of New Products.
He held several positions while at Apple and was notably the fir...
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Customer Service for Happier Clients

We know companies have their hands full building in-demand products and services while also trying to grow their customer base. This workshop provides tips on how to serve your company's client bas...

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smallbusinessstart

Business Start Workshop (Bilingual)

Business ownership can be an exhilarating, demanding and lucrative endeavor, but it is not for everyone. A key element of success is the ability to plan for now and the future. The more you plan, t...

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smallmanufacturing

Manufacturing Series: Second Session for Contracting Startups

This webinar is tailored to startups that plan to subcontract their production, focusing on global supply chain opportunities and challenges and how to manage suppliers and ensure quality and resil...

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Manufacturing Series: Second Session for Self-Producing Startups

This webinar is tailored to startups that plan to subcontract their production, focusing on global supply chain opportunities and challenges and how to manage suppliers and ensure quality and resil...

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smallmanufacturing

Manufacturing Series: Building a Process Improvement Mindset

In this workshop, we cover topics related to continuous improvement and the associated Lean and Six Sigma thinking and how they relate to both product and process design. A quick overview on some s...

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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.