How to Plan Your Business Right: Permits, Licenses and Resources

About the Speaker   

Join us for the in-person networking event for startups and small businesses on the requirements for business licenses or permits based on your business activities, location, and government rules.

Come on May 21st at 9 AM PST and learn more about local assistance available to you via SBA’s resource partner network. Our resource partners such as the Small Business Development Center, Women's Business Center, SCORE, and Veteran's Outreach Center will tell you how you can sign up for entrepreneurial training and counseling, their mentors and counselors, women-owned training, and resources for our veterans' community.  

Speaker:

Manjeet McCarthy, Senior Permit Specialist, Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) will deliver information on Permits, Licenses & Certifications for Startups. She supports businesses by providing state, federal, and local permitting assistance and mediation services working at the speed of business. Her enthusiasm is for the common goal of creating a more inventive, inclusive, and sustainable economic future for all. That stems from her struggles as an immigrant, a woman, and a minority. Nevertheless, she has used those difficulties as the cornerstone of her drive and strength to work harder. She has a master’s degree in English Literature from a Commonwealth University in Punjab India. 

GO-Biz serves as the State of California‘s leader for job growth, economic development, and business assistance efforts. We offer a range of no-cost consultation services to business owners including attraction, retention, and expansion services, site selection, permit assistance, regulatory guidance, small business assistance, international trade development, assistance with state departments, and much more. For more information, please visit https://business.ca.gov/ 

The SBA team works to increase awareness of SBA programs and services throughout the Sacramento District’s 21-county region.  For more information, please visit: https://www.sba.gov/ca/sacramento   

Created in 1953, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) continues to help small business owners and entrepreneurs pursue the American dream. The SBA is the only cabinet-level federal agency fully dedicated to small businesses and provides counseling, capital, and contracting expertise as the nation’s only go-to resource and voice for small businesses. For more information, please visit: https://www.sba.gov/about-sba   

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