Resources

• BUSINESS COLUMNS
  Read the Build a Better Business Column in the Fort Bragg Advocate News, published the first Thursday of each month in the Coast's Business section.
• MENDOCINO WOMEN'S BUSINESS CENTER
  The Mendocino Women's Business Center provides one-on-one counseling and workshops to women in Mendocino County through our Fort Bragg and Ukiah locations.
• CITY OF FORT BRAGG BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PAGE
• CITY OF FORT BRAGG, BUSINESS ADVOCATES PROGRAM
• STARTING A BUSINESS IN UKIAH
• UKIAH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
• MENDOCINO COAST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
• WILLITS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
• ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCE CORPORATION OF MENDOCINO COUNTY
• ARCATA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
• CALIFORNIA SECRETARY OF STATE BUSINESS PROGRAMS
• SBA
  The Small Business Administration (SBA) provides small businesses with programs and services.
• SBA CONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES
  The world’s largest buyer of goods and services is the Federal Government, with purchases totaling more than $425 billion per year. The government especially encourages small businesses to bid on contracts for some of these needs.
• SBA DISASTER ASSISTANCE
  SBA provides low interest disaster loans to homeowners, renters, businesses of all sizes and private, non-profit organizations to repair or replace real estate, personal property, machinery & equipment, inventory and business assets that have been damaged or destroyed in a declared disaster.
• SBA International Trade Assistance
  As SBA's office for the support of small business international trade development, the Office of International Trade works in cooperation with other federal agencies and public- and private-sector groups to encourage small business exports and to assist small businesses seeking to export. Through 19 U.S. Export Assistance Centers, SBA district offices and a variety of service-provider partners, we direct and coordinate SBA's ongoing export initiatives in an effort to encourage small businesses going global
• SBA Small Business Innovation and Research
  SBIR is a highly competitive program that encourages small business to explore their technological potential and provides the incentive to profit from its commercialization. By including qualified small businesses in the nation's R&D arena, high-tech innovation is stimulated and the United States gains entrepreneurial spirit as it meets its specific research and development needs.
  
• SBDC
  The Office of Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) provides management assistance to current and prospective small business owners. SBDCs offer one-stop assistance to individuals and small businesses by providing a wide variety of information and guidance in central and easily accessible branch locations. The program is a cooperative effort of the private sector, the educational community and federal, state and local governments and is an integral component of Entrepreneurial Development's network of training and counseling services
• IRS: GENERAL "VIRTUAL TAX WORKSHOP" PAGE
• IRS: VIRTUAL TAX WORKSHOP FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
• IRS: GENERAL SMALL BUSINESS TAXPAYER INFORMATION
• NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE SELF-EMPLOYED TAX WEBINAR
• Slides from "Travel, Weddings, and Luxury Products: Trends for the Future" by Rieva Lesonsky
• BROADBAND DEAD ZONE REPORT
• OPERATION SHOPPING CART MANUAL
  
  West Company is an SBDC. Learn more about our Mendocino SBDC program. Apply online for free workshops and consulting.
  
  Learn more about SBDCs in Nothern California.
  
  Don't live in Northern California? Find an SBDC near you.