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  • East Kern Capital Summit Flyer 2-3-2025 with disclaimer

    East Kern Capital Summit – February 6th

    Help your business start, grow & succeed! The FREE East Kern Capital Summit will have a variety of speakers discussing opportunities to access capital including dozens of small business, lending, investment, and grant programs. Topics will include:    Small business innovation research (SBIR) grants …

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  • Nurture child care training program with two children and a Hispanic woman playing with them

    FREE training program for new home daycare businesses

    Nurture is a nonprofit that works with community-based organizations, small business development centers, and child care resource and referral agencies. They provide child care training programs for aspiring entrepreneurs interested in starting a home daycare business. The 12-week child care course provides training, mentoring…

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  • An older male Hispanic business owner looks to the right with a slight smile and thoughtful look on his face. I in the somewhat blurred background are an ethnically diverse group of young people who look to be in their 20s. They many be customers or employees.

    Webinar Wednesday: State of Small Business in Kern, Inyo & Mono counties

    In this week’s free webinar, SBDC marketing consultant and producer Maureen Buscher-Dang will kick things off as guest host. She will be joined by special guest, SBDC director Kelly Bearden. Kelly will take an in-depth look at the state of small business based on…

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