Cal Coastal Small Business Development Center

Price: Free Join the Cal Poly CIE SBDC for their monthly Coffee and Conversation with Evan Cohen! Evan Cohen, Accelerator Manager at Thrive, will walk you through what venture investors are looking for when assessing deals, and how to successfully attract venture investment. Evan is responsible for the implementation and execution of the accelerator program, and management of SVG Ventures portfolio companies. According to CrunchBase, SVG Ventures is the most active Agtech investor in the world. SVG Ventures invests in…

  Price: FREE! This Webinar Will Cover the Biggest Mistakes That Businesses Make On Social Media Including: Not having a game plan or strategy Forgetting to be social on social media Using the wrong platforms Failing to identify a target audience Not being authentic  Business Mistakes_Flyer.pdf

Price: FREE The Monterey Bay Procurement Technical Assistance Center (MBPTAC) in collaboration with CalCoastal SBDC is pleased to present a webinar titled: “The Capabilities Statement.” Capability statements are an essential marketing tool that is key in government contracting. Learn what they are, how they are used, and how they can assist in opening doors to future government contracting opportunities. All registered attendees will receive a link to join the webinar on Thursday, May 12th. This will be hosted in Zoom.…

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Price: $25/participant/session The NCBFAA Educational Institute (NEI) has partnered with the U.S. Commercial Service, the export promotion arm of the U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration, to present a third exporting mechanics webinar series focused on advanced topics.  The series will provide U.S. small and medium size businesses with more advanced exporting information that they need to help them increase exports abroad, while increasing employment and jobs in the United States. Each webinar will be worth 1 CES credit (unless otherwise noted). The content for all topics…

Price: FREE Learn how to leverage Amazon's logistics network for your sales outside of Amazon stores  

Price: FREE The Department of Defense is in the process of implementing mandatory cybersecurity requirements called the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) for all firms in its supply chain. This webinar will provide an overview of the DOD's cybersecurity requirements for all primes and subcontractors and how small businesses will be impacted. The certification will be phased in over a 5-year period through DOD RFIs and RFPs. In this session, you will learn: - What are the requirements for CMMC…

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Cal Poly’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) Small Business Development Center (SBDC) will virtually host six brilliant tech-driven startups from Central California in a pitch competition to win up to $130,000 in equity-backed funding at the fourth annual AngelCon on Thursday, June 10th at 4 p.m. This annual event is propelled by a dedicated group of angel investors interested in investing in early-stage startups in exchange for ownership equity or convertible debt. These investors have strong involvement in the…