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| President’s Message |
Our hearts go out to all those who lost homes and so much in the Thomas Fire disaster. While the emergency isn’t over, it is both humbling and inspiring to witness the outpouring of understanding, support and spirit for a shared recovery for all.
On the business side, we’ve been far more fortunate in escaping immediate material loss. Still, the impacts are profound and will be click for more…
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| Annual Meeting to Focus on Entreprenuership Trends |
Entrepreneurship, technology and innovation are the cornerstones of Ventura County’s regional economy and the theme for the upcoming EDC-VC 21st annual meeting.
Scholar, lecturer and researcher Philip Auerswald will speak about the importance of entrepreneurship for sustained economic growth and the need to support entrepreneurs with more broad-based strategies aimed at click for more…
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| EDC-VC Helps Kick Off StartUp Week Camarillo |
 EDC-VC’s President and CEO Bruce Stenslie kicked off StartUp Week Camarillo, Dec. 4, as the opening keynote speaker, addressing a full house of entrepreneurs, innovators, startups, techies and investors interested in the trends and developments of the entrepreneurial ecosystem. The event was hosted by Pharos Center for Innovation, which plans to hold additional events in 2018. |
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Creating Synergy: SBDC and iDreamspace
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Recently, EDC-VC’s Small Business Development Centerdirector Ray Bowman and SBDC advisor Jay Tsao collaborated with San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership Business Assistance Manager Annie Wei to coordinate a business event at iDreamspace in City of Industry. A highlight of the event was the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding establishing an SBDC presence at iDreamspace to assist area businesses with developing relationships with Chinese companies.
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EDC-VC Adds New SBDC Advisor
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The Economic Development Collaborative-Ventura County has added new consultant Joyce Wallach to their team of 30-plus advisors, who all help to provide free one-on-one consulting to local businesses to help area companies strengthen and grow their bottom line.
Wallach brings a broad base of business and corporate law experience to her new role as SBDC advisor. The advisor services are free-of-charge to local businesses through EDC-VC’s SBDC of Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties. |
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GBL Systems Success Story
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GBL Systems was first introduced to EDC-VC through Ray Bowman, executive director of the Small Business Development Center of Ventura and Santa Barbara. Although there was no business area that GBL requested the EDC-VC to specifically address, its CEO Jim Buscemi stated, “We are constantly striving to improve our front office business processes and increase click for more…
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EDC-VC Welcomes Two New Board Members
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Dr. Greg Gillespie, chancellor, Ventura County Community College District and Ysabel Trinidad, vice president for finance and administration at California State University Channel Islands are the newest Economic Development Collaborative-Ventura County board members.
“Greg and Ysabel each have more than 25 years’ experience in higher education leadership. click for more…
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Did you know …
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 EDC-VC’s Film Commissioncontinues to increase its economic impact benefiting Ventura CountyOver the past two years, Ventura County has experienced more than 25 percent increase in film permits and more than 73 percent increase in total film days–all leading to an increase of more than 119 percent in economic impact.
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