Want to benefit from the expanded loan amounts, but already have an EIDL loan?
Email the SBA to get a reconsideration. EIDL ends 12/31/21.

Simply send an email and you'll be contacted via email with next steps.

SUBJECT Line:
INCREASE + Your EIDL loan number

EMAIL BODY COPY:
Provide your existing EIDL phone number, loan number, and why you want / need an increase.

Then they will send you the request for additional documents.
 
Send it to:
DIY Design Skills. No Skill Needed. We'll Teach You How!

Do you wish you could make graphics easily, but you don't have the time or money to hire someone?

Learn how easy designing graphics for your social media, website, brochures and more can be with this 2 hour class that will teach you how to use CANVA, which is a free Do-it-Yourself software system that anyone can master in a short time.

Date: Dec. 14th
Time: 2- 4PM
Increasing Revenue Through Marketing

Understand the value of your online presence and how to turn priceless social proof into your hidden digital sales team at this 2 hour class taught by an SBDC marketing specialist. 
  • How to let the internet do the selling for you by creating a robust online presence
  • How to leverage new customer online and offline behavior
  • How to attract customers easily
  • How to create compelling social proof and to make it do the selling work for you

Date: December 15th
Time 2:00 - 4:00PM
Women Lead and Feed - Restaurant Group (zoom)

Join us for a monthly 1-hour get together as we navigate food business ownership and issues that surround navigating a food business. This is a place for us to come together, share information and ideas, best practices and our stories with each other.
Each month will feature:
  • Breakout room activities
  • Short talks on industry-specific subjects
  • Group problem-solving using the wisdom in the room to help you find solutions to the places you’re stuck
  • And occasionally, a short dance party!

This event is video-on (it’s networking, after all!). Be sure to download the Zoom app to your computer to enable optimized breakout room activities. 

Date: December 16th
Time 3 - 4PM
Norcal SBDC Finance Center Presents: Expansion Capital for Profitable Business More Than 2 Years Old

This webinar is designed to help businesses that are profitable and with more than 2 years in active operations understand how to raise capital, equity, and debt, to facilitate future growth.

Date: Jan 18
Time: 10:30 AM — 12:00 PM
MicroEnterprise Home Kitchen Operation (MEHKO)
Find out how it can work for you.

Have you been looking for a way to share your cooking, baking, or food traditions with your neighborhood and community?

Or maybe you’re a food entrepreneur looking to start your food business journey?

Well, The Micro Enterprise Food Kitchen Operation or MEHKO may be a good fit – and we can help you get started. Join Restaurant Advisors Shawn Walker Smith and Mani Niall and what will be required by your County for you to operate a home kitchen and sell your food.

Date: Jan 19th
Time: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. Funding is not an endorsement of any product, opinion, or service. All programs are extended to the public on a
nondiscriminatory basis.

Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance. For more information, please contact us at:(707) 646-1071 or info@solanosbdc.org. 

Funded in part through 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 Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development,
the SBA, or the SBDC.

The team of business advisors at the Solano Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network provide
no-cost business consulting and no-cost training programs in business operations and management, marketing, financing business planning, human resources, inclusivity, sales, marketing, and more.