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The following training, management & technical assistance programs
are available to the CHARO-SBA Women’s Center clientele:

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
The Women’s Center provides technical assistance to the small
business owner in the areas of:

Business readiness assessment
Individualized one-on-one counseling and assessment
Credit counseling seminars
Financial assistance and referral services
Small business resources and referral services
Marketing strategies
Networking and mentoring & more...

Assistance is provided in English and/or Spanish and is provided to any qualifying individual who walks through our doors.

COMMERCIAL AND CONSUMER LOAN SERVICES
CHARO is a leading Small Business Administration (SBA) certified intermediary, successfully packaging bank loans for Southern California business owners since 1990. CHARO has a proven track record of assisting entrepreneurs to access capital from financial institutions, totaling over $28,000,000 in small business loans funded.

Commercial Services offered include:

SBA Loan Packaging
Conventional Business Loan Packaging
Assistance with Lines of Credit
Assistance with Letters of Credit

Consumer Products offered include:

Assistance with Home Mortgages
Assistance with Home Equity Loans

ENTREPRENEURIAL TRAINING PROGRAM (ETP)
CHARO's California Institute of Business Management conducts the successful Entrepreneurial Training Program (ETP), designed to assist entrepreneurs to build and grow their business.

Business Planning Basics is an intensive 11-week course on entrepreneurship offered to business owners at convenient hours for people with full schedules. The program is taught by professionals who have business education and real-world experience. Classes are available in English and Spanish.
By the end of the 11-week course you will complete:

Business Plan
Marketing Plan
Financial Plan
Certificate of Completion

Tap into a professional support network that will help your business grow and prosper! Classes are designed for startups and ongoing businesses.

Click here to download the CHARO ETP flyer

WORKSHOPS/SEMINARS
This group training includes one-time topic specific seminars offered to business owners. Topics covered may include:

Financial management assistance covering general accounting management such as financial planning, budgeting and cash flow analysis management, bookkeeping, and accounts payable, accounts receivable, and inventory control

Access to markets and marketing assistance to develop marketing plans, and strategies for specific products including product definition, pricing, positioning, and vendor procurement

Access to capital

Human resources management to review recruitment, hiring and training of staff needs

Visit the Calendar page to see the current workshop schedule

ONLINE BIDCENTER MARKETPLACE
The BidCenter Marketplace is an online community of buyers and suppliers. All transactions are completed electronically through the Internet. The goal of the Marketplace is to provide companies and government entities an opportunity to purchase goods and services from minority owned businesses.
Click here www.charocorp.com/business/bidcenter.htm for more information.

SMALL BUSINESS ENEWSLETTER (FREE SUBSCRIPTION)
This is monthly newsletter sent out by email for those who request it. We will use this resource to communicate with you about events, training workshops, new bid requests, and much more. We will also provide articles on completing responses to bid requests, getting certified, business loans, business plans and more.
To start receiving this newsletter, please email bidcenter at mailto:bidcenter@charocorp.com with your full name, company name, phone number and email address. Subject line should read subscribe.

BUSINESS INCUBATOR
The CHARO Business Incubator is a 36,000 sq. ft. shared services facility that promotes business enterprise development within our community by helping young firms survive and grow during the startup period. The Business Incubator will house approximately 40 businesses.
Space is now available for 15-20 Phase I tenants.
Rents begin as low as $350 per month!
Call (323) 269-0751 to find out more!
Or click here www.charocorp.com/business/bfc-incubator.htm to visit the incubator web page.

RESOURCE ROOM
The Resource Room is available for use between 9am and 6pm Monday through Friday, closed weekends and holidays. The resource room is equipped with high-end computers, accessing the Internet at High Speeds for Business Research use. The computers are also equipped with business software programs such as Business Plan Pro, Marketing Plan Pro, the Microsoft Office Suite and more. Both the Resource Room and the Women’s Center offers a business resource library.

HOW TO GET STARTED
To start using any of the Women’s Center services, you will need to complete an Intake Form. You may download this form here and mail form to CHARO-SBA Women’s Center, Attn: Marlyn Garcia, 4301 E. Valley Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90032 or fax the form to (323) 343-9483.

DOWNLOADS
CHARO-SBA Women’s Center Flyer
CHARO-SBA Women’s Center Brochure
CHARO-SBA Women’s Center Intake Form
CHARO-SBA Women’s Center Intake Form (en español)

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The CHARO-SBA Women's Center is partially funded by the US Small Business Administration. SBA's funding is not an endorsement of any products, opinions, or services. All SBA funded programs are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis .

CHARO-SBA Women's Center is located at 4301 E. Valley Blvd., in Los Angeles CA 90032. Telephone: (323) 343-9477
Fax: (323) 343-9483