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Specialists In Small Business – San Diego & Imperial SBDC
Our SBDC advisors throughout San Diego and Imperial counties are proven experts in their fields and dedicated to helping entrepreneurs succeed.
From 2018-2023, the San Diego & Imperial SBDC team helped strengthen our regional small businesses.
Success Stories
Our clients are why we do what we do. Their stories are what fuel our local economies throughout San Diego and Imperial counties as well as across California and the nation.
Host Locations
SBDC locations are hosted by local nonprofits and academic institutions which provide the infrastructure, staffing, resources, and tools necessary to carry out our mission of serving the region’s small business owners.
Our Clients Say
“The SBDC’s ongoing support has been nothing short of life-saving! Just a phone call away – they give me the courage to pursue my dreams, knowing there is nothing I can’t do with this incredible team on my side.”
“The Brink SBDC is providing an invaluable service to entrepreneurs by giving guidance and providing connections to both investors and customers. Events such as the San Diego Angel Conference are the icing on the cake, which spreads the spirit of entrepreneurship in the community by bringing entrepreneurs and new investors together – and resulted in an investment of over $100,000 for our company.”
“We moved our company to San Diego from Minnesota, and the SBDC gave us instant access to a huge network of contacts that led to obtaining our startup capital and making other crucial connections. Being the “new guy in town” is never easy, but with their help, we hit the ground running.”
“The Brink SBDC and Dr. Martin Kleckner have been invaluable in the success and progress of AccuDava. They dedicated many hours to reviewing and giving advice on our SBIR grant application to the National Cancer Institute, which was successfully awarded $300,000. Their unconditional support continued with extreme efforts that helped us with a $50,000 NIH I-corps grant, which resulted in additional NCI grant funding of $150,000 to extend our diagnostic test application to non-small cell lung cancer.”
In The News
Want to know what SBDC clients and teams have been up to? Take a look at these stories about entrepreneurs, partnering organizations, and other business topics featured in San Diego and Imperial counties’ news.
San Diego County’s First MEHKO is Southwestern SBDC Client
The title of San Diego County’s first official microenterprise home kitchen operation (MEHKO) went to Diana Tapiz, owner of Tres Fuegos Cocina and client of
Small Business Development Center Update in Imperial Valley
EL CENTRO — Director for the Workforce and Economic Development Priscilla Lopez presented opening a Small Business Development Center in Imperial, CA to the local board
Barrio Logan’s VetPowered Owner Earns SBA California’s ‘Small Business Person of the Year’ Award
San Diego SBDC Client Shares Story of Success | SAN DIEGO (May 5, 2022) – The first week of May is National Small Business Week,
Female Entrepreneurs Are On the Rise
The Brink SBDC client Ashleigh Ferran of In Good Company spoke on ABC 10 News of San Diego (KGTV) about her perspective on women-owned businesses
Mayor Gloria Reviews Award of COVID-19 Relief Grants to Local Small Businesses, Nonprofits
SAN DIEGO – Continuing efforts to help San Diegans recover from the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mayor Todd Gloria announced recently the allocation
Let’s Support the 6th Annual SBDC Day
America’s San Diego Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) have impacted our nation’s successful innovators, doers, and dreamers. This year's SBDC Day will be held March
Sponsors
We are grateful to the sponsors who have continued to support SBDC programs and entrepreneurs across San Diego and Imperial counties.