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Request for Services

Thank you for your Request for Services inquiry to the Central Coast Small Business Development Center. We look forward to assisting you with your business needs. Our counseling services are free of charge and confidential, thanks to the Small Business Administration and the Community Colleges of California.

If you have an existing business and you would like to meet with an SBDC professional business advisor specializing in your area of need, or if you are starting a new business and you have a completed business plan and you require counseling assistance, please click on the "Request for Services Application Form" button below.

Once we receive the completed electronic information you should hear from a Central Coast SBDC representative in a few working days.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to call 831-479-6136 or email
the SBDC at sbdc@cabrillo.edu.

Our counseling is designed to produce economic impacts. Your business advisor will ask you for baseline information so that we can capture any economic impacts, ie, jobs created, loans obtained, sales increases, etc,at the end of our work with you.

Eligibility for services
All established and potential business owners located in Santa Cruz or Monterey Counties are eligible to receive free consulting services from the SBDC. Please review our process for receiving services.

Upcoming Events & Seminars

July 14
Managing Employees Through the Downturn

July 15
Business Plan Seminar

July 16
Optimize Your Online Marketing

July 22
Marketing 101

July 28
Change Happens: With All of This Economic Uncertainty, How Do I Keep My Staff Smiling?

August 5
Bookkeeping 101

August 6
SCORE Pre-Business Seminar

New Classes!
Cabrillo College Extension and Community Education Program