Upcoming Workshops

Below are just a few highlights from our Winter 2008/2009 schedule of business workshops. Classes are less than $30 each. Make an investment in yourself and sign up for a class today. .

December 2008

Keep the Grinch Out of Your Holiday Selling Season
Tough economic times have hit retail like a Arctic snowstorm. Before you panic, attend this workshop for tips, tricks and ideas designed to help you to get customers into your shop and buying your wares. As a holiday bonus, you’ll receive 5 hours of retail business consulting as our way of making your holiday season a little bit brighter.

This workshop is being held in multiple locations:

Camarillo
Dec. 9, 2008

Oxnard
Dec 11, 2008

Carpinteria
Dec 15, 2008

January 2009

Introduction to Federal Contracting
Lompoc
January 21, 2009
This free class hosted by the Federal Technology Center can teach you how to sell your products or services to the federal government.

Our Partners

Our Mission

The SBDC (Small Business Development Center) mission is to strengthen existing business entities, and assist start-ups through high quality, no cost counseling, and high quality, affordable training programs

SBDC is a program of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) provided in partnership with community resources. The Ventura County SBDC, hosted by Ventura College, serves both Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties with professional consultants and trainers available in convenient outreach centers across the region. The Ventura County SBDC is part of a larger network adminsistered by Long Beach City College providing access to an even greater pool of experts from a wide variety of discliplines.

SBDC News

The Biz Game is a contest where youth teams create a board game based on a business idea. Each youth team, made up of 3 to 6 students, will participate in 4 practice sessions to learn the skills needed to build the game and will be eligible to enter the contest finals which will be held in January 2009.