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Before the Bank
By Vincent McCoy, Director – Inland Empire Small Business Development Center You decided you need money and think it is high time that someone else
By Vincent McCoy, Director – Inland Empire Small Business Development Center You decided you need money and think it is high time that someone else
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The nationwide shift to the new credit cards with chip technology, commonly referred to as EMV, is well underway. EMV is short for Europay, MasterCard,
When you start a small business, you face many challenges. Although some may not consider shopping for a bank as one of these challenges, it
Often, when you read an article on the use of Social Media in the workplace, it focuses on how a company might use Social Media
As more customers find, compare and evaluate where they want to shop, stay, and eat it becomes increasingly more important for the small businesses to
I read an interesting article in the New York Times the other day. It discussed a new survival tactic that independent bookstores have started using this year in
We received an interesting article this morning that according to a report published this quarter by Pepperdine University, 28% of small businesses are planning to
The Inland Empire SBDC successfully assisted Luz Orozco in a step-by-step process to start her business, and open Qi Hair Salon. Al Gohary, business consultant
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Funded in part through a grant with the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development.
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.