Resources for Businesses

Orange County Resources: 

• Orange County Business Council
• Orange County Business Journal
• Orange County Health Care Agency
• OC Workforce and Economic Development

Orange County Workforce Development Centers: 

Orange County One-Stop Centers

• Business Solutions

Orange County Workforce Development Board

•  Business Services 

Orange County / Inland Empire U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) District Office
5 Hutton Centre Dr. Suite 900, Santa Ana, California

Phone: 714-550-7420
Fax: 714-550-7409

Website: https://www.sba.gov/offices/district/ca/santa-ana

We do three things very well at the Orange County/Inland Empire District Office- Inform, Educate, and Connect.  We enjoy connecting you to the resources you need to start, grow and succeed!

Orange County Inland Empire Small Business Development Center 

Website: https://ociesmallbusiness.org/

At the Orange County Inland Empire Small Business Development Center Network, we offer business consulting, training, and online courses to entrepreneurs and business owners throughout the Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties at no cost. This is made possible because we are partially funded by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) as well as other private sector funds.

CIELO Community
307 Placentia Ave., Suite 203, Newport Beach, CA 92663

Phone: (714) 756-2006

Email: info@cielocommunity.org

Website: https://cielocommunity.org/

CIELO is a grassroots organization that empowers hardworking Orange County residents to pursue economic self-sufficiency. We accomplish this by setting our clients on a path to success through one key area: Entrepreneurship. Our goal is to equip clients with an entrepreneurial mindset, along with the passion, resourcefulness, and hard work that go into entrepreneurship, to give them an advantage as they launch small businesses and/or grow in their careers.

Dale Carnegie of Orange County 

1805 E. Dyer Rd. #109, Santa Ana, CA 92705

Phone: (949) 833-3253

Website: https://ocdalecarnegie.com/

Dale Carnegie of Orange County, owned by Business Empowerment, Inc – a certified Woman Owned Small Business, has been improving the performance of Orange County Businesses by improving the performance of their people for over a decade. Our focus is simple “Quality First!” This is exemplified in that our trainers are ranked in the top tier of the Dale Carnegie network winning the “2017 Highest Trainer Quality Award”.

Our proven training techniques give Orange County businesses real transformation in the core areas of Leadership, Executive Image, Presentations, Interpersonal Skills, Employee Engagement, Team Building, Sales and Customer Service.

State Resources:

• California Association for Local Economic Development
• California Office of the Small Business Advocate (CalOSBA)
• Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development 
• Labor and Workforce Development Agency

Federal Resources: 

• Internal Revenue Service
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce
• U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 
• U.S. Small Business Administration