Helping founders find community and connections
Offers a free, multi-part training series for aspiring and current food business owners in Alameda County, covering business models, licensing, financing, marketing, and practical steps to launch and grow food ventures.
Capacity-building program supporting AAPI-owned small businesses with training, mentorship, and resources to grow and scale.
Learn more →Offers courses, workshops, and individualized support to Latina entrepreneurs, focusing on cooperative business development, financial literacy, leadership, and technology, while fostering community, providing technical assistance, and creating opportunities for networking and business growth.
Learn more →Online training program for farmers, ranchers, and food system entrepreneurs covering small business fundamentals, disaster preparedness, and Ranch to Retail curriculum. Part of Siskiyou Economic Development's rural entrepreneur support portfolio alongside the Microenterprise Program (providing micro-grants and counseling to low-to-moderate income business owners in Weed and Dunsmuir).
Learn more →Provides creative entrepreneurs with business skills, marketing strategies, and networking opportunities to help them start or grow their ventures, diversify income, and connect with the local arts community through expert-led workshops and peer collaboration.
Learn more →Provides creative entrepreneurs with business skills, marketing strategies, and networking opportunities to help them start or grow their ventures, diversify income, and build connections within the local arts community.
Learn more →Specialized program helping veteran entrepreneurs transition into government contracting, providing tools, training, and connections to win contracts.
Learn more →Capacity-building training and resources for microenterprise organizations and business coaches to improve service delivery to small business clients.
Learn more →Leadership development program from the CalAsian Foundation designed to build the next generation of AAPI business and civic leaders.
Learn more →A year-long cohort program with 11 monthly sessions designed to build the organizational capacity of CDFIs and microenterprise lending organizations in California.
Learn more →Free digital literacy and small business online training for entrepreneurs and business owners in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. Covers computer basics and 'Get Your Small Business Online' curriculum. Part of EDC's UPSKILL workforce development initiative, which also provides employer training, job seeker support, and small business owner education.
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