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5th Semi-Annual Marketing Plan, Advertising Plan and Feasibility Study Competition Wednesday -  May 9, 2012
product development & design  3d printing & rapid prototyping seminar Monday -  June 18, 2012
Mission & Vision Statement The Mission of the Business & Entrepreneurship Center at Cuesta College is to assist businesses and industry sectors in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura, North Los Angeles Counties and surrounding areas to retain, or expand their businesses, thus strengthening the local economy, increasing wealth and quality of life. The Vision of the Business & Entrepreneurship Center at Cuesta College is to be the premier provider of business and economic development services and training in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura and North Los Angeles Counties.

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For further information or to find out how the Business & Entrepreneurship Center at Cuesta College can assist you please contact: Israel Dominguez, Director 805 546-3100 x2255 Email: Israel_dominguez@cuesta.edu          Sue Owen, Program Services Specialist 805 546-3188 Email: sowen@cuesta.edu     Join Our Mailing List Email: For Email Marketing you can trust

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Strengthen the entrepreneurial spirit in California by encouraging young people to engage entrepreneurship as a legitimate lifetime career path.

Assist with regional and statewide efforts to increase the success of business through partnerships and collaborations with industry, education and government.

Expand entrepreneurship curriculum across community college campuses.

www.buildcalifronia.org

Strengthen. Assist. Expand.   The Business and Entrepreneurship Center at Cuesta College (BEC) program, an initiative of the Economic and Workforce Development Program through the California Community Colleges, is a network of Community College professionals working in strategic partnerships with businesses, industry and community organizations to identify and meet California's economic development needs in the areas of business improvements and entrepreneurship training. The Business & Entrepreneurship Center at Cuesta College (BEC) programs works with private, public and nonprofit resources to build strong, sustainable and successful businesses. The result is wealth creation, job creation and retention and better economic health in California. By partnering with local, well respected business growth organizations and community colleges, the Business & Entrepreneurship Center at Cuesta College (BEC) and the entrepreneurs they serve can tap into an abundance of resources and know how already in place, thereby enhancing the long-term growth and viability of those companies. The Business & Entrepreneurship Center (BEC) program supports local economic development corporations, chambers of commerce, community-based business outreach centers and other community-based organizations whose primary mission is to assist small businesses. Centers are strategically placed throughout California to serve you.

The Primary Objectives Include: 

 · Conduct community research; create targeted special projects and services that address the unique needs of the region. The BEC will collect and analy6ze community data and evaluate the economic needs of the region.

· Target existing business clients and/or industry sectors most likely to create economic impacts and retain jobs. Clients and/or industry sectors should also have the potential to achieve significant increases in sales investment, and to boost regional economic wealth. 

· The BEC will provide, on an as needed basis, advanced business consulting services to established business, industry sectors, financial institutions, city and state agencies, and chambers of commerce in the following core areas:

 · Provide training solutions aimed at improving the management and stability of regional businesses to lead to increased number of new and retained jobs, sales, and investment. 

 · Deliver the Young Entrepreneurs Program (YEP). YEP aims to replace misconceptions of vocational education and blue-collar jobs with increased awareness of and aspirations to self-employment as a legitimate lifetime career path providing reliable living wages. The project's target audience is youth and young adults, ideally, those enrolled in feeder high schools and/or the affiliated community college, with special emphasis on rural and minority populations.

Overall Economic Goals

To advance California's economic growth and global competitiveness through high quality education and services focusing on business development, consistent with the current needs of the state's regional economies. To maximize and leverage the resources of Cuesta College to fulfill its role as the primary provider in fulfilling the academic, vocational education and training needs of the businesses and industry sectors.
 
To collaborate with other state and local agencies to deliver services that meet statewide and regional business development, technology transfer, and trade needs that attract, retain, and expand businesses.
 
To develop, in consultation and collaboration with colleges, local economic development agencies, the private sector, and community groups, innovative solutions, as needed, in identified strategic priority areas, including, but not necessarily limited to, advanced transportation, biotechnology, small business, applied competitive technologies, including computer integrated manufacturing, production and continuous quality improvement, business and workforce improvement, environmental technologies, health care delivery, agriculture, multimedia/entertainment and international trade. Strategic priority areas that may be explored if new or additional funding becomes available may include information technology, e-commerce and e-trade, and nanotechnology.
 
To identify, acquire, and leverage community college and other training resources when possible, to support local, regional, and statewide economic development.
 
Optimize access to the community college's economic development services and develop strategic public and private sector partnerships. 

South Central Region - Regional Economic Overview