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If you missed one of our weekly live webinars, our ever-expanding pre-recorded webinar series provides a great selection of expert insights to help you with your business. 

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Selling Your Small Business - Where to Start

Ready to sell your small business? Learn the five stages of figuring out your company’s value maturity, and four types of capital, when Michael Balstad, certified exit planning advisor and founder...

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Creative Customer Retention Strategies

Five steps to help businesses build long-term relationships with customers, and options to put Social Security on more sustainable footing are among topics of this week’s free webinar presented by...

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New Labor Laws for California Employers in 2024

New laws that will affect CA businesses including paid sick leave expansion, public prosecution for wage theft labor code violations, reproductive loss leave, and increase of the minimum wage to $2...

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Business Tax-Planning Strategies for Year-End

Business financial tips including year-end business tax-planning strategies are among topics of this week’s free webinar presented by the Small Business Development Center at CSU Bakersfield. 

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2024 Economic Outlook & Corporate Transparency Act

 

Changes that will impact small businesses in the new year and an economic outlook for 2024 are among topics of this week’s free webinar presente...

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How's, What's, and Why's of a Business Plan

Tim Lambert, a VCSBDC consultant, walks us through some of the basic questions of a business plan.

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Fine-Tuning Your Marketing Strategy

Lani Lott, president of L. L. Consulting, talks about balancing traditional and digital marketing in this modern day.

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Digital Marketing Hour: Blogging 101

L.L. Consulting president Lani Lott lays out the basics of blogging in this (roughly) hour-long webinar.

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Secrets to Small Business Success

Valley Community SBDC Director Rich Mostert talks to us about the secrets to small business success.

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Starting Your Business without a Budget

Caleb Imler, SBDC Consultant and the owner of Crazy Any Pest Control, walks you through the best way to start your business without a budget.

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Funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration and a Grant with the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development. All opinions, conclusions, and/or recommendations expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the SBA or the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance. Contact the California SBDC closest to you.