Basic Entrepreneurship PROGRAMS

If you have a business idea or a rising small business but know you need to get business training to formalize it or make it sustainable, you are the ideal candidate for a basic entrepreneurship program. 

SFEDA member organizations offer business development and entrepreneurship programs in many different configurations, durations and locations throughout the Bay Area. Explore their methodologies and the intakes available throughout the year. 

Advanced Entrepreneurship

Created for small business entrepreneurs who have completed a basic entrepreneurship program or whose business is on a second stage of growth. 

Advanced entrepreneurship programs are designed to review business goals, create new growth strategies, craft plans to execute on them, and receive assistance to access capital.

Business Planning

Business plans are the compass of any company regardless of their size, budget or stage. Your future or current small business can also benefit of a formal business plan, and the good news is that you can create one without necessarily having a business background or any entrepreneurship experience.

Skill Building Workshops

As a small business owner, you are most likely in charge of your marketing, the accounting, operations, customer service, and the list goes on. Keeping up doesn't have to be an arduous challenge or expensive. Check out the SFEDA member organizations providing professional skills workshops and other business learning sessions near you. 

One-on-One Advice & Mentoring

Whether it is part of an entrepreneurship program or a private session, a dedicated expert working through an SFEDA member organization can help you see your business opportunities and challenges from a different perspective, and provide personalized professional counsel.

Business Support for Entrepreneurs of Color

JPMorgan Chase and three SFEDA member organizations joined to create The Entrepreneurs of Color Fund - an initiative designed to help close the opportunity gap for business owners of color in San Francisco. The fund provides both capital and business support to entrepreneurs regardless of the stage of their business.

Loan Consulting

Researching and comparing funding alternatives can result in a complex and time consuming undertaking, but we do it all the time. Let us share our expertise and work together to find the best loan program or fundraising plan for your small business. 

Professional Referrals

SFEDA member organization, The SF LGBT Center, offers a referral service to put you in touch with professionals, advisors, former entrepreneurs and resources that can widen your business community. Contact them to explore the choices available to you.

Networking Events

Show up, say hello and let spontaneous conversation yield connections that can support the launch or growth of your small business. Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center leads monthly free meetings for people just like you. Contact them anytime and explore the calendar of events of other SFEDA member organizations as well.

Kitchen Incubator: La Cocina

A comprehensive assistance program that includes management training and space from which to work dedicated exclusively to early-stage food entrepreneurs. Their goal is to improve their chances to grow into healthy and sustainable companies, and you and your business may be just the right fit.

Learn more about La Cocina

Renaissance Small Business Incubator

The Renaissance Small Business Incubator is located in South of Market and provides affordable office space, meeting rooms and other business development services for all San Francisco small businesses.

Renaissance Bayview’s Business Assistance Center

Located in Bayview-Hunters Point , the Renaissance Business Assistance Center provides affordable office space and business development services for entrepreneurs in the construction sector.

Contact Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center to learn more about these services