Business Resources
A list of local business resources for coaching, planning, and gaining insight for success.
SCORE
SCORE is a nonprofit association dedicated to helping small businesses get off the ground, grow and achieve their goals through education and mentorship. Their network of 11,000+ volunteers, who are retired executives and entrepreneurs, provide their services at no charge or at very low cost. They provide mentoring, counseling, tools and workshops. Visit their website to get paired with your personal business mentor with expertise in your industry.
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Sacramento Valley SBDC
The Sacramento Valley SBDC is the leader in providing all small business owners and entrepreneurs with the tools and guidance needed to become successful. With direct and personalized business assistance to entrepreneurs through one-on-one consulting as well as satellite offices in eight counties across the region, they offer professional consulting in all aspects of small business management. Visit their website to learn how they can help your business and to request their services.
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Trying to navigate your way through the County permitting process? Look no further, Sacramento County has resources available that take the guesswork (and stress) out of environmental management compliance and health department regulations. One-On-One – The Business Environmental Resource Center (BERC) is a FREE one-stop-shop permit assistance center to help Sacramento County businesses understand and comply with federal, state, and local environmental regulations.
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City of Sacramento Economic Department
Since Sacramento’s success depends on a healthy business climate, the EDD has multiple resources to help all business types. Dedicated to making sure businesses thrive in Sacramento, they help guide those looking to start a business, business owners looking to expand, and those who are looking to relocate to the city. Valuable information about small business, entrepreneurial resources, demographics, project profiles, and opportunity sites are located on their website.
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The U.S. Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Agency’s (MBDA) mission is to foster the growth and global competitiveness of U.S. minority business enterprises. MBDA accomplishes its mission by facilitating transactions through referrals, business consulting, contract bid/proposal preparation, loan packaging, and/or matching contract opportunities and capital sources (i.e. loans, equity, bonding, etc.). In addition, MBDA helps clients to achieve their growth objectives by connecting them with prospective strategic partners through business-to-business matching, teaming arrangements, joint ventures, or other strategic advisory services. For more information, visit their website.
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California Competes Tax Credit
The California Competes Tax Credit is an income tax credit available to businesses that want to come to California or stay and grow in California. Tax credit agreements will be negotiated by GO-Biz and approved by a statutorily created “California Competes Tax Credit Committee,” consisting of the State Treasurer,the Director of the Department of Finance, the Director of GO-Biz, one appointee each by the Speaker of the Assembly and Senate Committee on Rules.
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The Carlsen Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
The mission of Carlsen Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship is to develop and nurture innovative business ideas and to capitalize potential entrepreneurial opportunities. The Center provides entrepreneurs with the skills and resources needed to launch a venture and to identify and cultivate solutions to entrepreneurial problems, the network structure to bring the plan to fruition, and the technical training to grow the enterprises. The center is designed to provide a new venture incubator service, providing residences, endowments, in-kind office hours, and limited business resources. When start-ups or early stage companies come to the Center, they will be offered with a space (for a pre-arranged period of time) to fine-turn their ideas. Also, the center will provide some other services to lead them to successfully launch their businesses. The other services include, not limited to, a voucher system , a technology index, marketing and technological consultations, and student internships. Learn more at their website.
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