Business Resources
Please select a resource below to find out more:
Small Business Support
Business Information Centers
Offer resource materials, books, videos, seminars and counseling for business owners
California Business Portal - How to Start a Business
Step-by-step guide to starting a new business
Sacramento Employment and Training Agency
An effective force in connecting people to jobs, business owners to quality employees, education and nutrition to children, assistance to refugees, and hope to many Sacramento area residents
SCORE – Business Training for Entrepreneurs
One-on-one training for SHCC members
SBA – Small Business Administration
Free aid, counsel and assistance to small businesses
Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
Provide one-on-one counseling, training and technical assistance to small businesses
Business Information Centers
Business Information Centers provide information to business owners throughout Sacramento. These centers offer resource materials, books, videos, seminars and counseling for business owners.
- Business information libraries
- Government contract information
- One-on-one consultations with qualified professionals
- Workshops and seminars
- Tax incentive information
- Recruitment/pre-screening of applicants
- Free posting of job vacancies
- Free use of interview facilities
Stockton Boulevard - BIC Center
4990 Stockton Blvd
Sacramento, CA 95820
(916) 875-3280
California Business Portal - How to start a business
When starting a new business, there are many important decisions to make and many rules and procedures that must be addressed. While there is no single source for all filing requirements, the following website provides steps that have been developed to assist you in starting your business:
www.sos.ca.gov/business/resources.htm
Sacramento Employment and Training Agency (SETA)
Sacramento Works/START
1215 Del Paso Boulevard
Sacramento, CA 95816
(916) 263-4639
www.seta.net
“Sacramento Works” and START (Sacramento Training and Response Team) provide employers with coordinated and customized business assistance including:
| • Benefit package data | • Education and training services |
| • Market sector analysis | • Labor market information |
| • Small business services | • Represented labor information |
| • Workers compensation information | • Wage rates |
| • Tax credits | • Earned reimbursements |
| • Applicant pool | • Wage reimbursements |
| • Placement services | • Employee recruitment and screening |
| • Interview and meeting space | • Translators |
| • Testing facilities |
Business Training for Entrepreneurs
Sacramento SCORE is part of SCORE "Counselors to America's Small Business," a national nonprofit association dedicated to entrepreneur education and the formation, growth and success of the nation's small businesses. SCORE small business counseling is offering one-on-one sessions for small business owners who are SHCC members.
The sessions take place at the SHCC office (1491 River Park Dr., Ste. 101) and begin in April on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month. By appointment only from 10am-2pm.
For more information, please contact the SHCC at (916) 486-7700 or Email the SHCC.
To make an appointment, visit www.sacscore.org or call (916) 635-9085.
Small Business Administration
Sacramento District Office
6501 Sylvan Road
Citrus Heights, CA 95610
(916) 231-7750 Phone
(916) 231-7772 Fax
sac-needhelp@sba.gov General Email
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) was created in 1953 as an independent agency of the federal government to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free competitive enterprise and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of our nation. We recognize that small business is critical to our economic recovery and strength, to building America's future, and to helping the United States compete in today's global marketplace.
Free SBA Online Training Services
Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
The SBDCs were established in 1980 in partnership with SBA, universities and community colleges and state governments that manage the SBDC. If you are a small business owner starting a business, there are over 1,000 SBDC offices in the nation.
Local Small Business Development Center:
SBDC
1400 Ethan Way
Sacramento, CA 95815
www.sbdc.net
