Intellectual Property Rights for Inventors
Attorney, author, educator Leonard D. DuBoff specializes in intellectual property rights law and complex business litigation and will be visiting the Coos Bay area to offer this one time only presentation on "Intellectual Property Rights for Inventors". more...

Intellectual Property Rights for Artists, Writers and Musicians
Attorney, author, educator Leonard D. DuBoff specializes in intellectual property rights law and complex business litigation and will be visiting the Coos Bay area to offer this one time only presentation on "Intellectual Property rights for Artists, Writers and Musicians". more...

Ready, Set, Start Your Business Workshops
Learn about the critical "first steps" everyone faces when considering starting a new business!   more...

QuickBooks for Business Professionals - Brookings
BROOKINGS, OR – The Southwestern Oregon Community College Small Business Development Center is offering a 10-week comprehensive QuickBooks training series in Brookings. This is an interactive, hands-on training giving business professionals a comprehensive overview of QuickBooks Pro 2012, and includes an easy-to-use 500 page QuickBooks manual plus free trial software included in the cost of the class. The series will help make QuickBooks concepts easy to understand, even for those with no accounting experience. Workshop registration also entitles business owners to free one-on-one QuickBooks mentoring for their business. more...

South Coast Inventor’s Group
Southwestern Oregon Community College’s Small Business Development Center (Southwestern SBDC) would like to invite inventors, manufacturers, business people, engineers, and those who have ideas for inventions or experience in developing a product and getting it to market to join the South Coast Inventor’s Group at their monthly meeting.  more...

Small Business Development Center Entrepreneur Champion of the Year Award received by Southwestern Oregon Community College Employee
Coos Bay, Oregon –  Southwestern Oregon Community College has been strengthening businesses in the local region since 1984 through the services of the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) office. Happily, one of our own employees, Arlene Soto, SBDC Director received the prestigious Palo Alto Software Small Business Development Center Entrepreneur Champion of the Year Award for 2012. more...