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Business Learning Center | California Office of the Small Business Advocate (CalOSBA) The CalOSBA Business Learning Center Browse these Resource Guides to start, manage and grow your California small business. Get Started Manage Your Business Grow Your Business Get Started Business Quick Start Guides Setting Up Your Business Create a Business Plan Permits & Licenses Franchising vs. Buying Get Business Insurance Back to Top Manage Your Business Build Your Workforce How to Get a Patent or a Trademark Access Disaster Resources Disability Access Regulations Sell or Close Your Business Labor and Employment Training Back to Top Grow Your Business Sell Online Sell Internationally Doing Business with the State Back to Top Don’t Go It Alone The California Small Business Support Center network includes more than 1,000 advisors across the state to provide no-cost one-on-one consulting and training in dozens of languages. Get the support you need across the lifecycle of your business: Build rock-solid business plans Find capital and investors Enter new markets Learn core skills in marketing, e-commerce and contracting Strengthen operations and build resiliency Find a Business Advisor California Office of the Small Business Advocate 1325 J Street, Suite 1800 Sacramento, CA 95814 Contact CalOSBA Speaker Request Form Stay informed. Subscribe: CalOSBA Small Business News State Funding Programs CA Grants Portal modal-check Lenny Mendonca Chair Lenny Mendonca is the former chief economic and business advisor to Governor Gavin Newsom. He is also a senior partner emeritus of McKinsey & Company, a lecturer on inequality at the Stanford Business School, and chair and primary owner of the Coastside News Group. He founded McKinsey's US state and local public sector consulting practice and led the firm's knowledge development efforts, overseeing the McKinsey Global Institute and the firm's communications including the McKinsey Quarterly. He served for a decade on the McKinsey Shareholder Council. Over the course of his career, he has helped dozens of government, corporate, and nonprofit clients meet their most difficult management challenges. He was formerly the chair of New America and Children Now, co-chair of California Forward, and chair of Fuse Corps. He is chair emeritus of the Bay Area Council and their Economic Institute. He also previously served as the vice chair of Common Cause, the vice chair of the Stanford Graduate School of Business Advisory Council, and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development. He served on the boards of Fidelity Charitable, Western Governors University, UC Merced, the Educational Results Partnership, the College Futures Foundation, California Competes, the Opportunity Institute, Commonwealth Club, the National Association of Nonpartisan Reformers, and theguardian.org. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the board of trustees for Junior Statesmen of America, and the advisory boards of Y Analytics, QB3 an