Butte College Small Business Development Center

Branding Your Business (Red Bluff)

June 11: 9am-11am

If you are planning to grow your business, brand clarity is a must! Focusing on your customers and target audience is vital to the success of your branding. We will define the meaning of branding, discuss branding ideas and tips, the difference between branding and marketing, why branding is important to your business and customers, how to create your brand and a branding plan, and how to successfully measure the results.

Branding Your Business (Red Bluff) If you are planning to grow your business, brand clarity is a must! Focusing on your customers and target audience is vital to the success of your branding. We will define the meaning of branding…

New Venture Series for New and Startup Businesses – 4 weeks 2 hours per week series (Chico)

June 2, 9, 16, 23

This 4-part training series provides essential information to individuals thinking about starting a business and new business owners (in business one year or less). Topics include: Legal Requirements, Market Analysis, Cost Analysis, Funding Your Business, and Overview of the Business Plan – bringing it all together. You will learn the legal requirements for starting your business, how to assess your market and plan for direction, how to obtain funding, types of funding available, calculate start-up costs, and best practice for completing a business plan. You can access free individual one-on-one consulting simultaneously, or after the series.

New Venture Series for New and Startup Businesses - 4 weeks 2 hours per week series (Chico) This 4-part training series provides essential information to individuals thinking about starting a business and new business owners (in business one year or less). Topics include: Legal Requirements…

How To Get Funding to Start, Grow, and Expand Your Business (Red Bluff)- Mar 25, 9-11am

Accessing funding can be critical to successfully start, grow, and expand a small business, and getting approved for business loans is challenging in the current lending climate.

This workshop provides step-by-step information on funding opportunities available for business owners and entrepreneurs. You will be guided through the process of pursuing business financing including what to consider before applying for a loan, the factors of evaluation that all lenders use when reviewing your loan requests and tips on how to prepare based on your strengths and weaknesses.

Topics include: SBA Loan requirements & application, traditional bank loans, lines of credit, and alternative lending programs. Training topics include:

1- Identifying Reasons for Borrowing (i.e., business startup, expansion, purchase, cyclical purchases, furniture, fixtures, equipment)
2- Funding Opportunities (i.e., grants, loans)
3- Matching Funding Option with Lending Needs
4- Types of Loan (i.e., economic development loans; conventional bank loans; SBA, USDA & California Guaranteed loans)
5- Funding Requirements (i.e., 5 C’s of Lending – Credit, Collateral, Capacity, Character, Cash Flow)
6- Credit Score (i.e., Explanation of credit scores, credit report review, credit report corrections & documentation, 3 reporting credit agencies)
7- Collateral Requirements ( i.e., lenders, banks, EDC & CDC, asset lenders)
8- Character (i.e., criminal history, reputation, credit score, bankruptcy, letter of explanation)
9- Cash Flow (i.e., business tax returns, business plan & projections, global cash flow, start-up requirements)
10- Typical Process to Get Funding (i.e., funding needs, project cost, business plan & projections, loan application, credit report by lender, decision timeline, approval process, loan disbursement)
11- Recommended Steps to Improve Your Chances (i.e., type of lender & reason for borrowing, credit score verification process, cash injection, business plan & projections, business financials, loan package)

How To Get Funding to Start, Grow, and Expand Your Business (Red Bluff) Accessing funding can be critical to successfully start, grow, and expand a small business, and getting approved for business loans is challenging in the current lending climate. This workshop provides step-by-step information on funding opportunities available for business owners and entrepreneurs.