30 years in Small Business Advocate: SBE policy shaped by Advocacy Groups lead. I’ve been helping LA County HQ businesses to get Certified as a CA Small Business: over 7,000 SBE’s. SDCo has a low number of Certified CA SBE: Under 4k. AND SD Unified School District & City of San Diego have Local SBE programs that require/encourage CA DGS Certification. Here is my Gift to Group: during Christmas Week: I want to set a group of businesses that want to obtain their CA Small Business Certification NO COST … your time only. - HQ CA - UNDER 6k annual revenue - Ideally HQ in San Diego County - Under 100 Employees MBE / WBE ownership status not required however is being monitored. 1996 CA Prop 209 … Only need the Following in PDF on your laptop for upload during meet up (State System easier on PC) laptop required. - EIN - 2024 (if available/filed) - 2023 (if available/filed) What Kind of Company: Catering, Any Construction Trade, Security, Consulting any area, Architect/Engineer Firms, Suppliers of Goods: any business that sees an opportunity to want to be a sub contractor to prime OR open to scale though “Deligated Authority”/ P-Card or PO (Purchase Order) Small Business Growth Strategy “ No Bid” Micro Purchases under $5k (Do the math … x 40 Dept in Co & City) If we have enough interest, with David Blessing, I’ll dedicate two full days to get as any businesses CA DGS Certified. Reply IN!, Name of Company, # of yrs in business, Yes I can do large groups of 15 at one single time (2 hours) if we have many signing up. I will work with David to make this happen.