The LA SBDC Regional Network offers no-cost virtual business workshops for small businesses.

We serve Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties.

  • Business Finance Literacy Series [Session 2 of 3]   Using an Excel Document for Financial Modeling and Forecastin

    Long Beach SBDC Bldg O2 4900 East Conant St. Building O2, Long Beach, CA, United States

    A simple Excel financial model can be created using your company’s financial data (historical and/or forecasted).            CFOs and financial analysts use Excel models to determine if/when a company will be profitable, what is the correct selling price, how many “widgets” need to be sold to be cover cost, and how much money is available […]

  • How To Sell When You’re Not A Salesperson

    Long Beach SBDC Bldg O2 4900 East Conant St. Building O2, Long Beach, CA, United States

    Business owners and entrepreneurs must promote their business or products to investors, customers or clients. Often, this is something they have never done before, and they lack training to approach the challenge. To address this situation, this workshop has been built to help you learn much of what you need to know.         Topics covered […]

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  • LinkedIn for Business

    Long Beach SBDC Bldg O2 4900 East Conant St. Building O2, Long Beach, CA, United States

    LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network on the internet. It is THE platform for Business-to-Business business development, allowing you to connect with C-Suite executives that you may not be able to connect with on any other platform. If you use it strategically, you can build your sales funnel without ever leaving your office.     […]

  • How to Sell When You’re Not a Salesperson

    Long Beach SBDC Bldg O2 4900 East Conant St. Building O2, Long Beach, CA, United States

    Business owners and entrepreneurs must promote their business or products to investors, customers or clients. Often, this is something they have never done before, and they lack training to approach the challenge. To address this situation, this workshop has been built to help you learn much of what you need to know.   Topics covered […]

  • Free PPE Drive for Long Beach Area Small Businesses

    Long Beach SBDC Bldg O2 4900 East Conant St. Building O2, Long Beach, CA, United States

    As part of our commitment to support local small businesses, the Long Beach Small Business Development Center is co-hosting a PPE drive to supply small businesses with free N95 masks next Saturday, October 23rd. To receive your supplies, please register and choose a pick-up time here. Saturday, October 23rd, 2021 10am-3pm LBCC Campus Register for […]

  • How To Use Instagram Stories For Sales Success

    Long Beach SBDC Bldg O2 4900 East Conant St. Building O2, Long Beach, CA, United States

    As of 2020, the main “feed” is dead and everyone is paying attention to IG stories.   Why? Because IG Stories are what people are consuming, according to Social Media Examiner.   Why? Because these kinds of stories are the unfiltered, authentic version of your brand.   People don’t believe manufactured posts. Rather, they want […]

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  • Increasing Restaurant Online Food Orders

    Long Beach SBDC Bldg O2 4900 East Conant St. Building O2, Long Beach, CA, United States

    Restaurants and food businesses have been affected in various ways due to the spread of COVID-19. As the virus continues to spread, owners of these businesses will need to make changes to continue growing your business. David Mitroff, Ph.D. discusses the ways restaurants and food businesses can still increase sales during the COVID-19 outbreak through […]

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  • Increasing Restaurant Online Food Orders

    Long Beach SBDC Bldg O2 4900 East Conant St. Building O2, Long Beach, CA, United States

    Restaurants and food businesses have been affected in various ways due to the spread of COVID-19. As the virus continues to spread, owners of these businesses will need to make changes to continue growing your business. David Mitroff, Ph.D. discusses the ways restaurants and food businesses can still increase sales during the COVID-19 outbreak through […]

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  • Starting A Small Business

    Long Beach SBDC Bldg O2 4900 East Conant St. Building O2, Long Beach, CA, United States

    Have you always wanted to start your own business but didn’t know how or where to start? This seminar will get you on the right path to starting a small business. Topics to be discussed include researching your business ideas, outlining your business plan, learning about start-up expenses and financing, legal aspects, and general management issues. […]

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  • Creating An Effective Business Plan

    Long Beach SBDC Bldg O2 4900 East Conant St. Building O2, Long Beach, CA, United States

    Having a business planning process is a necessity for your business whether you are trying to build an internal roadmap for your business concept or you need to write one because you are looking for funding. Successful business planning leads to successful business results. This workshop will cover all aspects of creating a business plan, […]

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  • WEBINAR: How to Create an Editorial Content Calendar

    Long Beach SBDC Bldg O2 4900 East Conant St. Building O2, Long Beach, CA, United States

    Do you struggle to come up with relevant content worth posting? Do you want to go from “likes” to sales online? The first thing is to develop a strategy that is going to attract your ideal client. Having a solid content calendar is highly recommended so you can accomplish this. It will result in your […]

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  • Starting A Small Business

    Long Beach SBDC Bldg O2 4900 East Conant St. Building O2, Long Beach, CA, United States

    Have you always wanted to start your own business but didn’t know how or where to start? This seminar will get you on the right path to starting a small business. Topics to be discussed include researching your business ideas, outlining your business plan, learning about start-up expenses and financing, legal aspects, and general management […]

    free
  • Creating an Effective Business Plan

    Long Beach SBDC Bldg O2 4900 East Conant St. Building O2, Long Beach, CA, United States

    Having a business planning process is a necessity for your business whether you are trying to build an internal roadmap for your business concept or you need to write one because you are looking for funding.  Successful business planning leads to successful business results.  This workshop will cover all aspects of creating a business plan, […]

    Free
  • How to Sell When You’re Not a Salesperson

    Long Beach SBDC Bldg O2 4900 East Conant St. Building O2, Long Beach, CA, United States

    Business owners and entrepreneurs must promote their business or products to investors, customers or clients. Often this is something they have never done before, and they lack training to approach the challenge. To address this situation, this workshop to help you learn much of what you need to know. Topics covered include: -The psychological barriers […]

    Free
  • Starting a Small Business

    Long Beach SBDC Bldg O2 4900 East Conant St. Building O2, Long Beach, CA, United States

    Have you always wanted to start your own business but didn’t know how or where to start? This seminar will get you on the right path to starting a small business. Topics to be discussed include researching your business ideas, outlining your business plan, learning about start-up expenses and financing, legal aspects, and general management issues. […]

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  • Boots to Business Reboot

    Long Beach SBDC Bldg O2 4900 East Conant St. Building O2, Long Beach, CA, United States

    Have you ever dreamed of owning your own business?  Wondering what it takes and how you can prepare?  Are you a current veteran business owner looking for fresh ideas and veteran connections?  The U.S. Small Business Administration and the SoCal Veterans Business Outreach Center (VBOC) will bring the Boots to Business/Reboot program to the Long […]

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  • Creating An Effective Business Plan

    Long Beach SBDC Bldg O2 4900 East Conant St. Building O2, Long Beach, CA, United States

    Having a business planning process is a necessity for your business whether you are trying to build an internal roadmap for your business concept or you need to write one because you are looking for funding.  Successful business planning leads to successful business results.  This workshop will cover all aspects of creating a business plan, […]

    Free
  • Starting a Small Business

    Long Beach SBDC Bldg O2 4900 East Conant St. Building O2, Long Beach, CA, United States

    Have you always wanted to start your own business but didn’t know how or where to start? This seminar will get you on the right path to starting a small business. Topics to be discussed include researching your business ideas, outlining your business plan, learning about start-up expenses and financing, legal aspects, and general management issues. […]

    Free
  • Starting a Small Business

    Long Beach SBDC Bldg O2 4900 East Conant St. Building O2, Long Beach, CA, United States

    Have you always wanted to start your own business but didn’t know how or where to start? This seminar will get you on the right path to starting a small business. Topics to be discussed include researching your business ideas, outlining your business plan, learning about start-up expenses and financing, legal aspects, and general management issues. […]

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  • Creating Your Most Profitable Marketing Strategy

    Long Beach SBDC Bldg O2 4900 East Conant St. Building O2, Long Beach, CA, United States

    Do you want to make the most of every single lead in your pipeline?  Learn how to generate more revenue and stronger relationships on average from each member of your audience. Plus, find ways to make your marketing strategy more efficient so you are focusing on marketing that really moves the needle. This session combines […]

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  • Using Research to Grow Your Business

    Long Beach SBDC Bldg O2 4900 East Conant St. Building O2, Long Beach, CA, United States

    Are you a small business owner trying to decide which products or services to offer your customers? Are you interested in expanding your customer base but aren’t quite sure which road to follow? Or do you need to figure out how to improve your marketing messaging and targeting to reach the right audience? In all […]

    Free
  • Creating An Effective Business Plan

    Long Beach SBDC Bldg O2 4900 East Conant St. Building O2, Long Beach, CA, United States

    Having a business planning process is a necessity for your business whether you are trying to build an internal roadmap for your business concept or you need to write one because you are looking for funding.  Successful business planning leads to successful business results.  This workshop will cover all aspects of creating a business plan, […]

    Free
  • Starting A Small Business

    Long Beach SBDC Bldg O2 4900 East Conant St. Building O2, Long Beach, CA, United States

    Have you always wanted to start your own business but didn’t know how or where to start? This seminar will get you on the right path to starting a small business. Topics to be discussed include researching your business ideas, outlining your business plan, learning about start-up expenses and financing, legal aspects, and general management issues. […]

    free