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January 2025
Webinar – SBDC and the City of Santa Clarita – Using SizeUp Santa Clarita to Benchmark Your Business Performance
Description: Webinar – SBDC and the City of Santa Clarita – Using SizeUp Santa Clarita to Benchmark Your Business Performance Join us for an interactive webinar where we’ll show you how to harness the power of SizeUp Santa Clarita, a free online tool provided by the City of Santa Clarita, that allows business owners to benchmark their performance, help identify growth opportunities, and work on gaining a competitive edge. This session will include a live demonstration, step-by-step guidance, and practical examples tailored…
Find out more »Webinar – Accelerate Business Growth Through LinkedIn
How about exploring LinkedIn to help accelerate business growth? Come ready to learn tips and techniques: The six most important things to include in your LinkedIn Profile How to create a company page How to use LinkedIn for networking and to help grow your business Powerful LinkedIn marketing tips REGISTER NOW
Find out more »February 2025
Webinar – AVTA and SBDC Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Outreach and Training
Come and join the Antelope Valley Transit Authority (AVTA) and Small Business Development Center (SBDC) to learn about resources available to help your business prepare, explore and pursue Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) procurement opportunities. The goal is to help the Small Business Community participate in the local economy where local businesses can provide their services and/or supplies to the AVTA for a contract or other procurement opportunity. Opportunity examples include construction, specialty contractors, manufacturing, digital signage, wholesalers, furniture, architectural services, landscaping…
Find out more »Webinar – Restaurant 101 Step by Step Overview on Opening a Restaurant
Are you perfecting recipes? Have you been told…you should open a restaurant after friends and family taste your creations? Are you a chef dreaming of opening a restaurant? “Restaurant 101 – Step by Step Overview on opening a restaurant is the opportunity to explore. Starting with the menu, a plan, and profitability you can explore your dream before spending money. Presented by Kevin McVearry, a Business Advisor for the SBDC since 2012, with over 30 years of experience opening…
Find out more »March 2025
Webinar – Commercial Leases: The Basics
Presenter: Erica Bristol This webinar will introduce small business owners to the basics of commercial leases. Attendees will learn the differences among “gross,” “net” and “triple net” leases; conducting property inspections; rent, abatement, and “common area maintenance” (CAM) charges; use and signage restrictions; personal guarantees; build-out terms and obligations; determining who is responsible for maintenance and repairs; subleasing; and other information business owners should know before signing the lease, including when to “walk away.” REGISTER NOW
Find out more »Seminarios Web – Introducción a los conceptos básicos financieros para empresas
SBDC & City of Palmdale Descripción: El seminario web es participativo y presentará la importancia de llevar registros contables para apoyar y ayudar al propietario de la empresa a fortalecer sus conocimientos. Llámame: 747.259.9690 · Importancia de llevar registros de transacciones financieras · Un sistema de contabilidad · Principales informes de un sistema de contabilidad: balance general y estado de pérdidas y ganancias · Entendiendo el plan de cuentas · Descripción general de una conciliación bancaria · Lo que nos dicen los estados financieros "Para leer…
Find out more »Webinar – Restaurant 101 Step by Step Overview on Opening a Restaurant
Are you perfecting recipes? Have you been told…you should open a restaurant after friends and family taste your creations? Are you a chef dreaming of opening a restaurant? “Restaurant 101 – Step by Step Overview on opening a restaurant is the opportunity to explore. Starting with the menu, a plan, and profitability you can explore your dream before spending money. Presented by Kevin McVearry, a Business Advisor for the SBDC since 2012, with over 30 years of experience opening…
Find out more »Webinar – Contracts: The Basics (with live negotiating activity)
Presenter: Erica Bristol This webinar will introduce small business owners to contract basics such as pre-contract considerations, basic contract terms to look for/include; typical structure and layout of contracts, “boilerplate” terms, liability and risk shifting; and dispute resolution. Webinar includes a live contract negotiation activity. REGISTER NOW
Find out more »Webinar – Introduction to Financial Basics for Business
SBDC & City of Palmdale Description: The webinar is participative and will introduce the importance of keeping accounting records to support and help the business owner strengthen their knowledge. · Importance of Keeping Records of Financial Transactions · An Accounting System · Main Reports of an Accounting System – Balance Sheet and Income Statement · Understanding the Chart of Accounts · Overview of a Bank Reconciliation · What the Financial Statements Tell Us REGISTER NOW
Find out more »April 2025
Webinar – Accelerate Business Growth Through LinkedIn – Part 2
How about exploring LinkedIn to help accelerate business growth? Come ready to learn tips and techniques: The six most important things to include in your LinkedIn Profile How to create a company page How to use LinkedIn for networking and to help grow your business Powerful LinkedIn marketing tips REGISTER NOW
Find out more »Webinar – I Filed the Articles, Now What? Next Step for Running a Corporation (Part II)
Presenter: Erica Bristol This webinar will teach business owners how to prepare basic corporate documents such as statements of information; holding director and shareholder meetings, preparing motions and minutes, voting requirements; and other corporate formalities required by the company’s bylaws, operating agreement or by law. REGISTER NOW
Find out more »Webinar – Veterans, Military and Spouses Series: How to Start Your Business
Learn to start, run and grow your business. This workshop covers critical topics such as business development, market research, business entities and so much more. Don’t waste another minute, join us in learning how to bring your entrepreneurial idea life. REGISTER NOW
Find out more »Webinar – LA County webVEN Registration
Description: If you are looking to do business with the County of Los Angeles, this webinar will give a step-by-step guide on how to register with the LA County registration portal, WebVen. Register today to learn how you can begin your journey in doing business with the County of Los Angeles. REGISTER NOW
Find out more »Webinar – Doing Business Online: Electronic Contracts, Signatures, and Records
Presenter: Erica Bristol This webinar will provide small business owners with information for negotiating a stock (equity) purchase agreement such as conducting “due diligence,” determining the proper parties; securities law considerations; negotiating the purchase price, using an escrow company; promissory notes and security agreements, standard contract terms to look out for; and post-closing considerations. REGISTER NOW
Find out more »May 2025
Webinar – Negotiating a Stock (Equity) Purchase Agreement: The Basics
Presenter: Erica Bristol This webinar will provide small business owners with information for negotiating a stock (equity) purchase agreement such as conducting “due diligence,” determining the proper parties; securities law considerations; negotiating the purchase price, using an escrow company; promissory notes and security agreements, standard contract terms to look out for; and post-closing considerations. REGISTER NOW
Find out more »Webinar – Niche to Riches: How to Find and Own Your Ecommerce Market
Success doesn’t come from serving everyone — it comes from dominating your niche. In this 1-hour webinar, learn proven strategies to identify profitable niches, position your brand as the go-to authority, and build a loyal audience eager to buy. Instructor: Ramin Ramhormozi REGISTER NOW
Find out more »Webinar – Restaurant 101 Step by Step Overview on Opening a Restaurant
Are you perfecting recipes? Have you been told…you should open a restaurant after friends and family taste your creations? Are you a chef dreaming of opening a restaurant? “Restaurant 101 – Step by Step Overview on opening a restaurant is the opportunity to explore. Starting with the menu, a plan, and profitability you can explore your dream before spending money. Presented by Kevin McVearry, a Business Advisor for the SBDC since 2012, with over 30 years of experience opening…
Find out more »June 2025
Webinar – New Commercial Lease Law Affecting Small Business, Effective 1-1-25
Come and learn about SB 1103, California's new commercial lease law effective 1-1-25. It creates new obligations for commercial landlords leasing to "qualified commercial tenants" such as restrictions on operating costs/tax expenses, mandatory notices for certain rent increases, mandatory language translation in some instances, and notice requirements for certain lease terminations. This webinar will help explain the new rules and provide guidance for commercial landlords and qualified commercial tenants. REGISTER NOW
Find out more »Webinar – Have an S Corporation?…Find Out About the Required Reasonable Compensation for Shareholder Employees
Instructor: Charles Yacoobian Have an S Corporation?...Find Out About the Required Reasonable Compensation for Shareholder Employees Wondering about reasonable compensation for the services that you provide as the S Corporation shareholder and employee? Come ready to learn about: · Reasonable Compensation · In compliance or not? · Options to Consider REGISTER NOW
Find out more »Webinar – Explore Starting Your Home Based Business
This informational Webinar, will give you a good overview of what it takes to Start Your Own Home-Based Business. Having this knowledge will nurture your dream of being self-employed and doing what you want to do in life. From selecting a business and getting it registered to how to balance your home life with our work life, this introduction will help you move forward towards entrepreneurship! REGISTER NOW
Find out more »Webinar – Are you Sitting on a Goldmine? Discover the Value of Your Company’s IP
Presenter: Erica Bristol This webinar will discuss unknown and often underutilized strategies for exploiting the company’s intellectual property (IP), such as understanding IP as an asset; how IP can provide a competitive advantage; licensing for additional revenue streams; enforcement strategies; and sale of company IP. REGISTER NOW
Find out more »Webinar – Business Planning #1
Come ready to work on your business in this two-part training. Business planning is a tool to help your business! It’s an opportunity to create a road map and tell the story of the business with a focus on key elements. Highlighted Topics: Creating a Business Plan Goal Development Business Development Marketing Plans Advertising Strategies Financials – Overview REGISTER NOW
Find out more »Webinar – How to Start Your Business
Learn to start, run and grow your business. This workshop covers critical topics such as business development, market research, business entities and so much more. Don’t waste another minute, join us in learning how to bring your entrepreneurial idea to life. REGISTER NOW
Find out more »Webinar – I Filed the Articles, Now What? Next Step for Running a Limited Liability Company
Presenter: Erica Bristol This webinar will teach business owners the basics of owning and running a California limited liability company or “LLC,” such as what is an “LLC,” management, operating agreement basics, required and optional filings, member duties and liability, common mistakes, and best practices. REGISTER NOW
Find out more »Webinar – WAVE Introduction
WAVE Introduction: This webinar is aimed at individuals who are not from a financial background and wish to gain some understanding of WAVE's features, along with basic accounting concepts. We will cover how to navigate the tool, make configurations, and briefly introduce the main menu options. Our primary focus will be to build trust and help you feel more confident while using the tool. REGISTER NOW
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