LOS ANGELES EDITION 2020 Small Business resource guide GROW YOUR BUSINESS IN LOS ANGELES 1 2 CONTENTS Los Angeles Edition 2020 Local Business Funding Assistance Programs 8 National Success Story 24 National Success Story Jerado and Joyce Reynolds Jennifer and Jeff Herbert’s know their local landscape for meadery has expanded into a entrepreneurship support. multimillion dollar enterprise thanks to SBA assistance. 11 Local SBA Resource Partners 27 SBA Lenders 13 Your Advocates 32 Need Financing? 14 How to Start a Business 34 Go Global with International Trade 19 Opportunities for Veterans 36 R&D Opportunities for 20 Write Your Business Plan High Growth Startups 22 Entrepreneurial 38 National Success Story Opportunities Cheeseburger Baby owner Stephanie Vitori persevered 23 Local Success Story through a financial storm and a Thanks to help from the SBA, the natural disaster. Garcias have opened a second location and started exporting 42 Surety Bonds their products to the Caribbean and South America. Contracting 44 National Success Story Jennifer Rahn steers the course for Admiral Engineering, succeeding as a small business subcontractor. 47 Government Contracting 48 SBA Certification Programs 49 Woman-Owned Small Business Certification ON THE COVER Aracely and Alfredo Garcias, photo courtesy of the SBA; employee from Printing Palace, Santa Monica, courtesy J. Emilio Flores; Los Angeles skyline, photo by Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board 3 4 5 PUBLISHED BY New South Media, Inc. 304.413.0104 | newsouthmedia.com PUBLISHER Nikki Bowman,
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