News & Press Releases
The Northeastern California SBDC provides regular updates on events, special funding, trainings, and other services available to regional businesses and entrepreneurs. This page will contain the latest information.
October 20, 2011
NECSBDC ANNOUNCES Eric Ryan AS STATE STAR
NECSBDC Director Dan Ripke announced that Eric Ryan has been selected as the 2011 State Star of the NECSBDC.
“I am delighted to make this announcement, and to recognize Eric Ryan for extraordinary contributions to the work of the NECSBDC and small business in NECSBDC,” said Dan Ripke.
Eric Ryan is consultant at the NECSBDC Small Business Development Center in Chico. Eric Ryan was chosen by the NECSBDC for being an outstanding performer, making a major contribution to the NECSBDC SBDC program, and showing a strong commitment to small business in CA.
“It is an honor to accept this award,” said Eric Ryan, “and to have the opportunity everyday to assist so many entrepreneurs achieve the dream of starting and succeeding in their own business.”
Association of Small Business Development Centers (ASBDC) is a partnership uniting private enterprise, government, higher education and local nonprofit economic development organizations. It is the Small Business Administration’s largest partnership program, providing management and technical assistance to help Americans start, run and grow their own businesses. With about 1,000 centers across the nation, America’s SBDC network provided business consulting to approximately 200,000 clients, training for more than 400,000 attendees, and other forms of management and technical assistance to approximately 600,000 small businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs last year. Learn more at www.asbdc-us.org.
A special awards reception honoring the ASBDC 2010 State Stars was held on Friday, September 6, 2011 in San Diego, California in conjunction with ASBDC’s 31st Annual Conference. The reception was graciously sponsored by Constant Contact, Inc.. Constant Contact, Inc. helps small businesses, associations, and nonprofits connect with their customers, clients, and members. Launched in 1998, Constant Contact champions the needs of small organizations and provides them with an easy and affordable way to build successful, lasting customer relationships. Learn more at www.constantcontact.com.
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February 4, 2011
Northeastern California Small Business Development Center Receives Grant to Help Create Jobs
A key provision of the Jobs Act provides separate one-time funding to the SBDCs to support job creation and retention within the small business community through in-depth business counseling and advising to entrepreneurs and small business owners.
The grant to the Northeastern California SBDC and the other California centers will allow them to offer such assistance as supporting small businesses negatively impacted by foreign trade practices, partnering with other federal and state programs to assist technology firms with innovation, counseling second-stage companies in how to increase business growth, assisting small business participation in government opportunities, and adding business advisers to rural service centers to reach underserved clients.
“These new funds will allow us to increase our level of technical assistance to small business to meet the ever-growing need,” said Dan Ripke, director of the Northeastern California SBDC. “In particular, we will be focusing our efforts on innovative technology companies.”
The CSU, Chico Research Foundation’s Northeastern SBDC is one of six lead centers in California that covers the Sacramento geographic region from San Joaquin County in the south to Modoc County in the north. It provides administrative services, training and oversight services to the 21 counties in the region.
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Updated October 20, 2011 at 10:52 am by Josh Brown