July 2015 Issue #82

In This Issue

New Survey Shows California Small Business Economic Sentiment in Unprecedented Geographic Detail

NEC SBDC Helping Small Business Owners Gain Access to Capital

Shasta Cascade SBDC has a New Location

Webinar Series offered on Affordable Care Act Provisions for Employers and Coverage Providers

NEC SBDC Service Centers

Director's Corner

Dear ,

This is shaping up to be an amazing year for the Northeastern California Small Business Development Center network and our clients. We are six months into the year, and our clients have already achieved our current annual goal of raising over $20,000,000 in new capital. Thank you to our hard working clients, our regional lending partners, and our hard working SBDC business advisers and staff for making this possible. We have another six months left and look forward to making this a record-setting year.

As many of you know, the NEC SBDC program has been focusing on expanding our services to clients seeking new capital. If you are interested exploring your options, please come and visit one of our centers. We have a number of specialized analysis tools to help you understand your company's financial position, and can advise you to best meet the requirements of financial lenders and others.

In this month's newsletter we provide you with information about a new study of California small businesses.

Our office in Redding, California, serving Shasta and Trinity counties has moved. Find more information about our new location below.

Finally, we have information about a new series of workshops to help small businesses understand provisions of the Affordable Care Act.

Have a great month!

Sincerely,

Dan Ripke

Director

Northeastern California SBDC Lead Center

California State University, Chico

(530) 898-4598

dripke@csuchico.edu

CALIFORNIA SMALL BUSINESS NEWS

New Survey Shows California Small Business Economic Sentiment in Unprecedented Geographic Detail

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- May 28, 2015 -- Thumbtack.com today released the Thumbtack Small Business Sentiment Survey, a first-of-its-kind survey that captures the economic sentiment of more than 10,000 small businesses nationwide on a monthly basis, including 14,766 responses over two years in California. Starting today, and released on a monthly basis going forward, the survey and accompanying visualization allow anyone to explore American small business economic sentiment at the national and local level. Designed with Bloomberg, all data will be housed and integrated seamlessly into the economic functions of the Bloomberg Professional service. READ MORE

REGIONAL SMALL BUSINESS NEWS

NEC SBDC Helping Small Business Owners Gain Access to Capital

In 2014 the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development(GO-Biz) released a request for proposal either a Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network Lead Center or Service Center in the State of California to assist small businesses and entrepreneurs to obtain access to capital to fund business consulting services. The NEC SBDC region was awarded 4 grants in the amount of $175,000. Did we get more in 2015?

With the GO-Biz funding, and the NEC SBDC's federal funding we have been able to expand our offerings of financial business advising. Our financial business advisors have helped small business owners, and entrepreneurs gains access to $20,705,744.80 in capital funding YTD in 2015.

If you have a business or are starting a business and need help gaining access to capital feel to contact one of your local SBDCs.

NEC SBDC service region

NEC SBDC contact information

REGIONAL SMALL BUSINESS NEWS

Shasta Cascade SBDC Has a New Location

As of July 2015 the Shasta Cascade SBDC has a new location. We are now located in the Frozen Gourmet building with the Shasta Builders' Exchange.

Shasta Cascade SBDC

5800 Airport Road

Redding, CA 96002

530-222-8323

Directions

Shasta Cascade SBDC Website

NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS NEWS

Webinar Series offered on Affordable Care Act Provisions for Employers and Coverage Providers

These webinars were designed specifically for small business owners and payroll managers, so I'm confident some of your members and clients who are employers would appreciate to learn more about the ACA provisions that affect their businesses.

Employer Shared Responsibility and Information Reporting

Learn about the ACA's employer shared responsibility provisions and information reporting requirements for employers and providers of minimum essential coverage.

� July 28, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Click here to register

� Aug. 20, 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. - Click here to register

� Sept. 16, 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Click here to register

Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage Information Reporting Requirements for Applicable Large Employers

Learn about employer-sponsored health coverage information reporting requirements for applicable large employers, including who is required to report, what information the law requires you to report, and how to complete the required forms.

� July 29, 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. - Click here to register

� Aug. 11, 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. - Click here to register

� Sept. 10, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Click here to register

Information Reporting Requirements for Providers of Minimal Essential Coverage

Learn about the information reporting requirements for providers of minimum essential coverage, including employers that provide self-insured coverage. Learn who is required to report, what information the law requires you to report, and how to complete the required forms.

� July 30, 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. -Click here to register

� Aug. 26, 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.- Click here to register

� Sept. 22, 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. - Click here to register

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Sincerely,

Dan Ripke
Director
Northeastern California SBDC Lead Center
& Center for Economic Development
California State University, Chico
www.necsbdc.org
(530) 898-4598