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September 5th, 2012 Issue #70
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Director's Corner
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Dear ,
The Northeastern California SBDC service centers have been busy over the past two months responding to requests for assistance from businesses struggling as a result of the fires in Northeastern California. If your small business has been negatively impacted by the fires (directly - due to damage, or indirectly, by lost customers), please reach out to our service centers to see how we might be able to help. Over the coming weeks, we will be releasing information about special programs available for businesses which have been impacted.
Our first story below is a reminder about an assistance meeting to help community members in Manton, California.
Jimdo is launching Smallbizrocket.com. The purpose of this site is to offer small businesses free hosting of a business website and domain name for one year. More information is available below.
In September the Northeastern California SBDC in Chico will be holding it's 14th annual Women's Business Conference. See the article below with more information about the speakers and topics. Additionally, the Northeastern California SBDC in Redding, partnered with the Business Entrepreneurship Center in Redding, will be hosting a series of technology workshops. This newsletter is full of information about upcoming events available to support regional entrepreneurs.
Dan Ripke
Director
Northeastern California SBDC Lead Center
California State University, Chico
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| REGIONAL SMALL BUSINESS NEWS |
Local Assistance Center to help Ponderosa Fire Victims
1-day event to solve needs
9-6-2012
By Record Searchlight staff
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Tehama County will hold a one-day local assistance center to help those affected by
the Ponderosa Fire.
The center will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 6 at the Manton Volunteer Fire
Station, 31200 Manton Road, in Manton.
Residents affected by the fire will be able to meet with local service providers and
county representatives to learn what resources are available to help recover from fire
damage. Officials will also use the center as a way to put together a community needs
assessment.
Agencies and government departments to have representatives on hand include the
county assessor, animal control, the Red Cross, Franchise Tax Board and the
Department of Insurance Contractors State License Board.
Please note that eligibility for low-interest rate loans from the Small Business
Administration will not be determined by Sept. 6.
Information also is available by phone Sept. 6 at 474-3012.
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REGIONAL SMALL BUSINESS NEWS
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SmallBizRocket is a joint initiative of Jimdo and the Small Business Development Centers throughout California with the goal of getting as many of the state's 3 million+ small businesses onto the web with their own site. Additionally, the project hopes to give the businesses the support and education they need to succeed on the web with their endeavors.
SmallBizRocket: Helping Small Businesses Succeed on the Web
Thursday, Sept 13
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Hilton Exhibition Center A
At the event Jimdo will examine the initial results of the SmallBizRocket program since its launch in August 2012, and discuss how it could work in other regions throughout the country. A brief discussion of the initiative's educational component will lead into a demonstration of Jimdo's easy-to-use website builder. In addition, stop by their booth #800.Jimdo puts the power of website creation in the hands of ordinary people. Anyone can share their passions and interests on the Internet --- on their own website --- simply and easily. Jimdo is free, and you don't need to know how to code or run a server to have a website. And not just any old website! You can start an online business, write a blog, send a newsletter, add your tweets, embed YouTube videos, link your Facebook Page, and embed almost any kind of widget you can imagine. Jimdo is a website creator for today's web. Follow SmallBizRocket on Twitter! Watch the video below to find out how SmallBizRocket can help your business. Then take advantage of our website offer to start your journey to success!
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| REGIONAL SMALL BUSINESS NEWS |
14th Annual Women in Business Conference
Riding the Waves of Social Media
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Registration & Check-In: 8:00 am to 8:30 am
Conference: 8:30 am to 2:30 pm
Chico Masonic Family Center
1110 West East Avenue · Chico, California
FOR MORE INFORMATION & REGISTRATION
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Contact the Small Business Development Center at Butte College
(530) 895-9017
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| REGIONAL SMALL BUSINESS NEWS |
Growing Your Business Technology Made Simple
The Technology Made Simple Program provides attendees with a learning experience on how to transform your business through the use of best practices in Web Site creation, email marketing, and effective social media. Experts in each area will present inside knowledge in an easy-to-understand approach that will help your business grow.
Growing Your Business Technology Made Simple - Yreka, CA 
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 Hewlett Packard Learning Initiative for Entrepreneurs Training Program Launched at Sacramento/Sierra SBDC
Workshops Offered September 26, 2012 - October 17, 2012
Sacramento, Calif. - April 24, 2012: The Northeastern California Small Business Development Center-Greater Sacramento/Sierra (NE-CA SBDC), Hewlett Packard and U.S. Bank have partnered to offer a one-of-a-kind opportunity to existing and emerging businesses in our region. Hewlett Packard designed an innovative series of workshops-the HP Learning Initiative for Entrepreneurs-using technology that anyone can use at little or no cost. Workshop participants learn to use the many software tools, which increases and enhances day-to-day business skills. HP employees will conduct all classes in the newly-established, state-of-the-art HP LIFE Lab at the SBDC Sacramento location. READ MORE
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| REGIONAL SMALL BUSINESS NEWS |
 2013 Economic Forecast Conference Speaker Up-date
Made in America Again
Bringing Manufacturing Back Home
The 2013 Economic Forecast Conference will provide an in-depth look at the global, national, state economies and how each affects the regional economy from Sacramento to Shasta Counties. (Click on each speaker's name for the speaker's bio) Dr. Robert Eyler, Sonoma State University has been a conference favorite and will be back again this year! He will be speaking on how the global economic forecast will affect our national economy and the national economic forecast. Not only will you find out where the national economy will be heading, you'll find out how it will affect you in your business. John Chiang, California State Controller, will offer insight in California's economy-the good and the bad. Expect an unblemished state economic forecast that will help your strategic planning for the coming year. KEYNOTE: Harry Moser, Reshoring Initiative, will focus on providing information on What is Reshoring? Why consider Reshoring? and How we can collaborate as a region to support manufacturing as an economic driver in the North State? Want more information about the 2013 Forecast Conference? Click here
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Sincerely,
Dan Ripke Regional Lead Center Director Northeastern California Small Business Development Center www.necsbdc.org
(530) 898-4598
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