Client Highlights

Client Highlights

Coachella Food Truck Park

  • Coachella Valley SBDC client
  • Launched New Outdoor Venue with 10K+ Visitors and 20+ Vendors

Miracle Wands Wellness Center

  • Orange County SBDC – Santa Ana client
  • Launched Business, Secured Loan and Created 9 Jobs

Basilard BioTech

  • EPIC SBDC client
  • Innovative SoloPore™ Cellular Engineering Technology
  • On the Cusp of Securing Venture Capital Funding

Italia’s Pizza Kitchen

  • Orange County SBDC – Irvine client
  • Launched Business, Secured Gelson’s Contract with Opportunity to Enter 27 SoCal Stores

OCS Construction Services, Inc.

  • Inland Empire SBDC client
  • Secured Loan from Veteran Launch to Upgrade Hauling Vehicle and Prepared Financial Projections for Growth. Spirit of the Entrepreneur Finalist.

Looking to start or grow your business?

We at the Orange County Inland Empire SBDC, are here to help you with every aspect of your business to help it grow and become successful.
Give us a call at 1-800-616-7232 or schedule a quick, 15-minute intake appointment at ociesbdc.org/consultation to see how we can help you start, grow, and succeed.

Client Highlights

Mike Daniel is the network director of the Orange County Inland Empire SBDC Network, which assists aspiring entrepreneurs and current business owners throughout Orange, San Bernardino and Riverside counties. Mike was formerly the director of the SBDC office at Long Beach City College. As business owner and entrepreneur himself, he started his career as the owner of a Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory location in Manhattan Beach and went on to open a second location in Long Beach in 2001. In 2007, Mike sold the Manhattan Beach store for an above-market offer then invested in several additional locations as a minority shareholder. Mike further expanded his candy empire with venture located in Shoreline Village in Long Beach called Sugar Daddies Sweet Shoppe, based on fill-it yourself candy options.

Mike has a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from California State University, Fullerton.