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The Business Assistance Center in conjunction with LMBE Solutions is offering a free workshop titled "Basic Website Skills for Small Businesses" This workshop will be held on Tuesday June 12, 2012, 1-2:30pm @150 Frank Ogawa Plaza 2nd Floor, Classroom #1. In addition LMBE Solutions is offering a special promotion for BAC Clients for Professional Website Building. Please click on the following link for more details. www.LMBESolutions.com/oaklandbac |
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Oakland is home to more than 100 certified Green Businesses and the City of Oakland has a goal to certify 100 more through the Bay Area Green Business Program.
Oakland Recycles is offering free technical assistance to Oakland businesses that are interested in becoming certified green businesses. To jump start the certification process, green business experts will be contacting Oakland businesses to introduce the Green Business Program and shepherd interested businesses through the certification process.
Distinguish your business in the marketplace as an environmental leader through the Green Business Program.
Interested in a free assessment? Need to know more? Contact Oakland Recycles at (510) 238-SAVE (7283) or email us at
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. Look us up on Facebook at Sustainable Oakland to keep up to date with the latest information from this project. |
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 The Business Assistance Center (BAC) is proud to partner with SCORE in promoting their workshops. Whether you are starting or growing your business, SCORE workshops are a valuable way to learn more about doing business and a convenient forum for networking with other business professionals who can help you succeed. These low-cost seminars focus on important small business issues, ranging from business planning and marketing to Web-based retailing. Please click on the following link http://www.eastbayscore.org/page_text.php?page_id=48 to view SCORE e-News Letters. Click on the Workshop tab to see the complete list of workshops and seminars, including the dates, times, and locations. |
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Small businesses seeking to grow their businesses and create jobs through exporting can turn to new, free educational videos created through a partnership between the U.S. Small Business Administration, Inc. Magazine and AT&T. Through the public-private partnership, a series of video modules has been developed to inspire and encourage American small businesses to actively pursue exporting and to educate them on how to do so. The video series, Take Your Business Global features five main topics that guide small businesses through the process of exporting: - Getting Started in Exporting
- Planning for Export Success
- Connecting with Foreign Buyers
- Financing
- Five Case Studies of Successful Small Business Exporters
The videos are posted at www.inc.com/exporting/. |
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 Oakland Shines is a program specially designed to intergrate the newest energy-efficient technologies to improve your building's efficiency and save money. To learn more about the program click the following link.
www.oaklandshines.com |
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Doing business in Oakland is easier than ever with the Business Assistance Center and our community partners providing key resources contained in the following publication. Oakland Backs Business Brochure Available in Spanish & Chinese |
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As a small business person are you taking advantage of what Oakland offers. Click the link below to view a very informative article on the Business Assistance Center. Oaklandlocal.com
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 La Placita
2735 Fruitvale Ave.
Oakland, CA 94601
(510)698-4178
www.laplacita.info/contact-us/
email (reserve time)
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CO-OP Kitchens
6613 Hollis Street
Emeryville, CA 94608
(510)594-9600
www.co-opkitchens.com/home.html
Cookery
724 Allston Way
Berkeley, CA 94710
(510)565-9236
www.commercialkitchenspace.com
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 Please be sure to check out our new 2011 Spring issue of the BAC's e-Newsletter. This publication is a valuable reference tool that contains key contacts as well as other siginificant information that is valuable to all individuals interested in doing business in Oakland. We would like to include you in our contacts list, if you are interested in receiving our e-Newsletter please email us @
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. Please check out our BAC e-newsletter
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 Please take a moment to read about our new businesses that are opening in Oakland, many of which are contributing to the burgeoning uptown section of the City. Which is one of the centerpieces of Oakland's redevelopment revitalization. To find out more about Oakland's blossoming new enterprises and other important Economic Developments, Check out our 2011 Redevelopment Newsletter. |
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The City of Oakland Business Assistance Center (BAC) has been opened now for over one year. During that time our office has served and helped over two thousand clients to navigate the City’s permitting, zoning, business tax and license departments along with business counseling and outreach resources. The staff of the BAC thanks you for your support and we will continue to be your first point of contact for doing business with the City. We have a number of new and exciting things in the works for you, one of which includes our first client satisfaction survey that we will publish soon. Please continue to monitor our web site for new information on how to better operate your business and to obtain resources for growth.
Thank you to everyone for your continued support.
BAC Staff |
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