Training Opportunities

Through low-cost or free training, the SBDC assists existing and new businesses to learn new business skills, strengthen their businesses and be prepared for a successful startup.

Existing Businesses

Knowledgeable SBDC trainers can improve the potential for business success. Among the workshops presented are: website development, marketing, pricing your product or service, government contracting, social media, emarketing, and more. Check our calendar for current workshop schedule.

New Businesses

Start-up and financing workshops are offered regularly in various locations within our service region. Along with the start-up workshops, potential business owners can also register for any of the workshops offered. Check the calendar for current workshop schedule.

Women Entrepreneurs

Women Entrepreneurs offers in-depth training to start and operate a business. The goal of Women Entrepreneurs is to assist women by increasing their financial independence. Women Entrepreneurs also assists with personal development, self-confidence, communication, assertiveness, and presentation.

Women Entrepreneurs helps research, plan, market and grow a business, build a strong business network, develop a business plan, establish sound record-keeping systems, understand the financial aspects of business, increase self-confidence, and strengthen communication and presentation skills.

The program consists of:
• Over 20 hours of intensive training on core aspects of business management such as marketing, financial management and planning
• outside individual research
• on-going individual consulting FREE of charge

Please attend one of our free orientation workshops scheduled on June 20th from

4 - 5pm or June 25th from noon - 1pm. Register online at: http://weorientationjune20.eventbrite.com/# or http://weorientationjune25.eventbrite.com/#

When: July 10th through August 28th Wednesday evenings from 4:30-7:40pm
Where: 56 S. Lincoln Street, Stockton
Cost: $125