Butte College Small Business Development Center

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Butte College Small Business Development Center (SBDC) offers one-stop technical assistance through one-on-one business consulting, trainings, referrals and a wide variety of information and guidance to Small Business owners and Ag related business.

New Venture Series for New and Startup Businesses – 4 weeks 2 hours per week series (Chico) Oct 30 8:30 am — 10:30 amEve...
09/09/2026

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

Oct 30 8:30 am — 10:30 am

Event Details

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.

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…

Practical QuickBooks for New Users – 4 weeks, 2 hours per week Cohort Series (Chico)Oct 29 8:30 am — 10:30 amEvent Detai...
09/09/2026

Practical QuickBooks for New Users – 4 weeks, 2 hours per week Cohort Series (Chico)
Oct 29 8:30 am — 10:30 am

Event Details
Accurate bookkeeping is critical to the success of any business.

This QuickBooks Series is for entrepreneurs and business owners in the beginning stage of bookkeeping (i.e., planning, have not yet purchased their system, or have purchased but not using).

The trainer will guide you through the basics of accounting from identifying the best QuickBooks version for your business, to setting up your system, managing accounts, and using financial reports to manage your day-to-day activities.

You can access free individual one-on-one consulting simultaneously, or after the series.

This 4-weeks, 2 hours per week series includes 4 focus areas:

Week 1 – Thursday, October 29: Accounting Basics & Getting Started with QuickBooks – Training includes: Basics of accounting, identifying the QuickBooks version that is best for your business, and setting up your company and chart of accounts in QuickBooks.

Week 2 – Thursday, November 5: Setting up Items and Creating Forms – Training includes: Setting up items, using purchase orders, customizing invoices, and creating forms in QuickBooks

Week 3 – Thursday, November 12: Accounts Receivable – Training includes: Setting up online bank feeds, creating estimates and invoices, sales receipts, receiving payments, and managing accounts payable reports.

Week 4 – Thursday, November 19: Accounts Payable, Banking Reconciliations, and Reports – Training includes:Accounts Payable, Bank Reconciliations, entering expenses and bills, paying bills, managing reports, Profit & Loss Statement, Balance Sheet, and more!

Accurate bookkeeping is critical to the success of any business. This QuickBooks Series is for entrepreneurs and business owners in the beginning stage of bookkeeping (i.e., planning…

Financial Management Series for Existing Businesses- 4 weeks, 2 hours per week Cohort Series (Chico) Oct 1 8:30 am — 10:...
09/09/2026

Financial Management Series for Existing Businesses- 4 weeks, 2 hours per week Cohort Series (Chico)

Oct 1 8:30 am — 10:30 am

Event Details
This 4-week, 2 hours per week series is designed to teach you how to utilize your financial statements to better manage and understand your business operations, cash flow, and profitability.

Focus includes: Interpreting and understanding your financial statements (Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet) hands-on exercise and case study; Identifying cash flow cycle and how it impacts your business; Learning how to calculate and use financial ratios to troubleshoot fiscal dangers, and analyzing trends to improve business performance; Using financial tools to make good business decisions for effective spending and break-even analysis; Knowing how to think critically when looking at pricing and costs; and Developing forecasts and budgetary tools and techniques to improve profit.

You can access free individual one-on-one business consulting simultaneously, or after the series.

This 4-week, 2 hours per week series is designed to teach you how to utilize your financial statements to better manage and understand your business operations, cash flow, and profitability.

ServSafe Food Safety Training and Certification (Chico)Sep 22- 9am to 5pmCalifornia Uniform Retail Food Facility Law req...
07/16/2026

ServSafe Food Safety Training and Certification (Chico)

Sep 22- 9am to 5pm

California Uniform Retail Food Facility Law requires re-certification of competence in Food Safety and Sanitation every 5 years. Passing the ServSafe® exam is necessary to renew your certification. Training includes National Restaurant Association ServSafe® Exam, Essentials book, Answer Sheet and Certificate. This training is recognized by the California Health Department and fulfills the State of California certification obligations. Learn the importance of food safety practices and how to implement them. The trainer is State certified. Participants must register and purchase books 3 weeks before training to allow for book delivery and self-study. Seating is limited. Prepayment reserves your seat.

California Uniform Retail Food Facility Law requires re-certification of competence in Food Safety and Sanitation every 5 years. Passing the ServSafe® exam is necessary to renew your certification.

New Venture Series for New and Startup Businesses – 4 weeks 2 hours per week series (Chico)September 3- 8am to 10amThis ...
07/16/2026

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

September 3- 8am to 10am

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.

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…

Your 2-Hour Business Plan: Build a Clear Roadmap for Profit and Growth (Paradise)Aug 12 9:00 am — 11:00 amIf your “busin...
06/29/2026

Your 2-Hour Business Plan: Build a Clear Roadmap for Profit and Growth (Paradise)

Aug 12 9:00 am — 11:00 am

If your “business plan” is still living in your head (or on a napkin), this workshop is for you. In just two hours, you will shape your concept into a clear, focused business plan that speaks the language of banks, investors, and serious partners. We will tackle the real-world pieces that make or break a plan – packaging your funding request, breaking down capital expenses and working capital, defining your ideal customer, standing out from competitors, and showing that you and your team can execute – then connect it all to the numbers with sales projections, margins, and a simple digital marketing model using conversion rates and cost per click to build a believable marketing budget. You will walk out with a practical framework, filled-in notes about your own business, and the confidence to finish a plan you will be proud to present to a lender.

If your “business plan” is still living in your head (or on a napkin), this workshop is for you. In just two hours, you will shape your concept into a clear, focused business plan that speaks the…

Financial Management Series for Exiting Businesses – 4 weeks, 2 hours per week Cohort Series (Chico)This 4-week, 2 hours...
06/18/2026

Financial Management Series for Exiting Businesses – 4 weeks, 2 hours per week Cohort Series (Chico)
This 4-week, 2 hours per week series is designed to teach you how to utilize your financial statements to better manage and understand your business operations, cash flow, and profitability.

Focus includes: Interpreting and understanding your financial statements (Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet) hands-on exercise and case study; Identifying cash flow cycle and how it impacts your business; Learning how to calculate and use financial ratios to troubleshoot fiscal dangers, and analyzing trends to improve business performance; Using financial tools to make good business decisions for effective spending and break-even analysis; Knowing how to think critically when looking at pricing and costs; and Developing forecasts and budgetary tools and techniques to improve profit.

You can access free individual one-on-one business consulting simultaneously, or after the series.

August 4, 8:30am-10:30am

This 4-week, 2 hours per week series is designed to teach you how to utilize your financial statements to better manage and understand your business operations, cash flow, and profitability.

Delivering Outstanding Customer Service in a Retail Business (Red Bluff)Excellent customer service is critical for incre...
06/18/2026

Delivering Outstanding Customer Service in a Retail Business (Red Bluff)
Excellent customer service is critical for increasing sales and profit, employee, and customer retention, and sustaining any type of business success. Understanding the nuances of customer service that result in outstanding customer experience is a strategy for success in any business.

You will learn the tools to a properly trained team and or staff, improve your customer’s experience, and create a more pleasant environment for everyone.

Training topics include: Advantages of outstanding customer service (i.e., increase sales, customer retention, theft reduction, client expectations); How to create outstanding customer service (i.e., phone, in-person, virtually); Understanding your customers’ wants and expectations; How Outstanding Customer Service leads to improved business bottom line, and Examples of Modeling Practices & Behaviors (i.e., scripts, observation, feedback, reward), and more.

August 20, 9am-11am

Excellent customer service is critical for increasing sales and profit, employee, and customer retention, and sustaining any type of business success. Understanding the nuances of customer service…

New Venture Series for New and Startup Businesses - 4 weeks 2 hours per week series (Chico)This 4-part training series p...
06/18/2026

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, 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.

September 3, 8am-10am

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…

ServSafe Food Safety Training and Certification (Chico)June 25: 9am-5pmCalifornia Uniform Retail Food Facility Law requi...
04/14/2026

ServSafe Food Safety Training and Certification (Chico)

June 25: 9am-5pm

California Uniform Retail Food Facility Law requires re-certification of competence in Food Safety and Sanitation every 5 years. Passing the ServSafe® exam is necessary to renew your certification. Training includes National Restaurant Association ServSafe® Exam, Essentials book, Answer Sheet and Certificate. This training is recognized by the California Health Department and fulfills the State of California certification obligations. Learn the importance of food safety practices and how to implement them. The trainer is State certified. Participants must register and purchase books 3 weeks before training to allow for book delivery and self-study. Seating is limited. Prepayment reserves your seat.

California Uniform Retail Food Facility Law requires re-certification of competence in Food Safety and Sanitation every 5 years. Passing the ServSafe® exam is necessary to renew your certification.

Address

2480 Notre Dame Boulevard
Chico, CA
95928

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

+15308959017

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