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

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

  • WEBINAR Orientation: What the SBDC Can Do for You!

    Webinar – ECC CA

    This workshop will provide attendees with information about the program requirements and the different services and training offered by the SBDC. The key fundamentals essential for starting and maintaining a successful business will be reviewed. As capital is the life blood of any business, your questions concerning capital and how the SBDC can assist in […]

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  • WEBINAR Money Matters: Angel Investment 101 for Start-Ups

    Webinar – ECC CA

    Funding and financing your business are extremely important. One of the options that comes up is angel investment. What does angel investment mean? How often does it happen? Is your business a candidate? What steps to take? What do you need? Webinar presenter Tim Berry has been on both sides of this table. He successfully […]

    free
  • WEBINAR Legal Corner: Action items for Liability Protection. What they are and how they work.

    Webinar – ECC CA

    It would be great to know what tools you can use to reduce your liability risks.  This webinar goes into specifics about those protections that most people don’t really know are available. We will cover how they work and ways you may use them in the future. Contracts terms, Insurance topics, LLCs, and management tools to identify what you need […]

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  • WEBINAR Social Media Sells-Facebook Ads, Instagram, Pinterest & More

    Webinar – ECC CA

    Social Media Marketing sells products, services and helps your business while also enhancing your brand and PR. The key is to combine organic posts, social selling and paid advertising that targets past customers and prospects similar to them. Find out the demographics of popular social media platforms for selling along with the latest strategy to achieve […]

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  • WEBINAR Start a Retirement Plan for Tax Savings and Your Retirement

    Webinar – ECC CA

    In this webinar, learn about the different retirement plans that you can set up for yourself and/or your employees.  The Traditional and Roth IRAs, SEP, Simple, 401k, Profit Sharing, Defined Benefit and CalSavers plans will be discussed as well as contribution and distribution rules for the plans. The presenter will discuss tax savings available to […]

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  • WEBINAR HR Do’s and Don’ts of Hiring

    Webinar – ECC CA

    This training is designed to assist California small business owners create a realistic and compliant strategy to legally hire employees. Instructor: Sara Nicholson (SBDC Advisor) who brings over 25 years of HR experience, helping small business owners find solutions to their human resources needs. She has worked across Southern California and Mexico, guiding business owners with a […]

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  • WEBINAR AI for Social Media: An Intro to Best Practices for Integrating AI into Real World Content

    Webinar – ECC CA

    This workshop will define the basics of Artificial Intelligence (AI) through the lens of ChatGPT. What is AI? What is ChatGPT? Should ChatGPT be used in your social media strategies? We’ll discuss how to use ChatGPT as a tool to create, visualize and strategize content for social media. Instructor: Chérmelle Edwards (SBDC Advisor) is a writer, photographer, […]

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