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SOLANO BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS DIRECTORY Services For Solano Businesses CENSUS - SOLANO COUNTY: quickfacts.census.gov CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE: For important networking Benicia Chamber: 707-745-2120 Dixon Chamber: 707-678-2650 Fairfield-Suisun Chamber: 707-425-4625 the chamber for the county capital. Vacaville Chamber: 707-448-6424 Vallejo Chamber: 707-644-5551 Solano Chambers of CommerceCORPORATION FORMATION An attorney can do this for you, or help you to do it yourself. Easy affordable way to form your corporation online: StartingMyOwnCompany.com CREATIVITY & BAY AREA ARTIST RESOURCES: FINANCE FOR YOUR SMALL BUSINESS: Solano's highest concentration of professionals in finance, law and real estate are at California Business Center, 1652 West Texas Street, Fairfield. Check out the building directory, or visit the second floor. Fairfield also has numerous banks. 707-428-5000. GOVERNMENT: City & County Getting a Business License: Fairfield Finance Dept. 707-428-7509. Suisun City Finance Dept. 707-421-7328 INTERNATIONAL TRADE Technology Trade & Commerce - CA State Agency. INVENTORS ASSISTANCE: Database of patents. Search to see if someone else filed a similar invention. Successful patents have usually been filed in both the following databases. US Patents: Intellectual Property
Rights - For those with an awarded patent. Patent Attorney: William Bernheim, of Bernheim, Butierrez, Levin & McCready. bglm@bernheimlaw.net 707-446-8700 World Patent Rights, In Fairfield, the heart of Solano County, California. LAWYERS: Solano's highest concentration of professionals in law, finance and real estate are at California Business Center, 1652 West Texas Street, Fairfield. Check the building’s directory, and visit the second floor. 707-428-5000 LIBRARIES - FAIRFIELD - COUNTY CAPITAL: Public Library & Book Catalog. Offers on-Line Databases. Requires local library card number for free access. LIBRARIES - OTHER: San Francisco Public Library. Business reference desk. 415-557-4488. They often answer brief questions over the phone. Hastings Law Library: 415-565-4750. Hours are restricted for non-students. Librarians index to the Internet Stanford and U.C. Berkeley Each have different libraries open to the public, without borrowing privileges. NEWSPAPERS - CALIFORNIA: Solano County: DailyRepublic Sacramento: SacBee PUBLIC RELATIONS: Get the word out about your professional business on or after your launch. mailto:happel7@aol.com RECRUITING LOCAL TALENT: Talent is cheaper in Solano because it is in the outer Bay Area. People prefer to avoid commuting and may work for about a third less than the inner Bay Area. Employment of people with disabilities: http://www.geocities.com/scmayors_web01 The most cost effective strategy might be to advertise in the local newspaper help-wanted section. Ads are read both in paper form, and on-line at the DailyRepublic. RESEARCH & STATISTICS Association of Bay Area Governments: Federal government's large article database. Reasonably priced access. Free Marketing Research Reports: Stanford related web sites: Solano and other CA county profiles from CA Dept of Finance http://www.dof.ca.gov/html/fs_data/profiles/pf_home.htm Solano Economic Development Corp: Non-profit organization funded by Solano County government, Local city governments, etc. Under new innovative management. sedcorp.org Search engines and databases with a California state focus Technology Trade & Commerce - CA State Agency: ROAD CONDITIONS - BAY AREA: Don't lose credibility by arriving late, or hoping to reschedule a business meeting. Check ahead for travel conditions, especially in those congested regions just outside our Solano County. Help reduce congestion by taking part in Car-pooling, Park & Ride, or Mass transit. Calif. Transit 800- 427-7623. Or try http://news.bayarea.com/trafinfo SALESMANSHIP: Bring out your natural charm and enthusiasm. Studies show you will close more deals when people realize you are honest and dedicated. Free magazine: http://www.salesvault.com/- Honest Selling. http://www.honestselling.com/- Let's Talk Selling: http://www.letstalkselling.com/- Thousands of free tips and links: www.Selling-Tips.com SAN FRANCISCO: Best things to do in San Francisco and the east bay including restaurants, hikes, plus several 100 other things for those with moderate to liberal interests: BestOfTheBay.com SOLANO COUNTY GOVERNMENT: http://www.co.solano.ca.us/ SOLANO COUNTY FAIR: http://www.scfair.com/ SPACE ORGANIZING FOR BUSINESSES: Have you organized your time management and activities? Strategic Organizing Solutions can help. 707-425-4767 TRENDS & PREDICTIONS: Current and future statistical predictions: http://www.sedcorp.org/ Research on-line archived issues of The Daily Republic free at http://www.dailyrepublic.com./ This meaty paper can tell you where we may be going. E-Mail them your views mailto:drnews@dailyRepublic.com Subscribe to Economist Magazine. Weekly on-line and paper versions covering US and Global economy. Probably the best all around English magazine with a strong business focus. Also focuses on society, the arts, science, new books, etc WORKSHOPS & CLASSES: Solano Community College: Business basics for those wishing to start a company for the first time, or with minimal entrepreneurial experience. We are lucky to have Solano county support Solano Community College's friendly and informative teachers. Their workshops and classes are affordable too. Call Solano Community College's SBDC at 707-864-8025. http://www.solanosbdc.com/
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