The mission of the Orange County SBDC is to provide professional small business consulting and quality training programs in which each client is treated with respect and integrity.

Whether it's expanding your growing business or launching a start-up company, the Orange County Small Business Development Center (SBDC) is here to help you Advance Your Business.

The Orange County SBDC offers no-charge, personalized business assistance in a confidential, one-on-one setting. You can also Advance Your Business through our valuable, low-cost seminars that cover such important topics as Access to Capital, Quickbooks, Employment Law, Marketing, Government Contracting, Web Technology, and Writing a Business Plan -- taught by the center's professional business consultants and industry experts.

Officially begun in 1980, the SBDC program has grown enormously, to 63 Lead Centers and more than 1,000 service center locations in every state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam and American Samoa. Since 1980, SBDCs have met the needs of more than 11 million start-up and existing business clients.