Take your business to the next level
with in-person advising right in Brentwood!

East Bay SBDC in-person advising for small business comes to Brentwood!
Funded by the City of Brentwood and the Brentwood Chamber of Commerce, we provide no-cost in-person advising sessions at the Brentwood Chamber of Commerce.

Ask your questions, get advice and learn how East Bay SBDC can help you start and grow your business.

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For Brentwood businesses, click on the image below to schedule your in-person advising session with one of our expert advisors.

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Location
Brentwood Chamber of Commerce
2nd floor, 35 Oak St, Brentwood, CA 94513

Schedule
Every 2nd & 4th Wednesday, between 1-5pm (45min appointments)
January 8th, 22nd
February 12th, 26th
March 12th, 26th
April 9th, 23rd
May 14th, 28th
June 11th, 25th

Waitlist: Please email ebinfo@eastbaysbdc.org with your preferred dates to be added to the waitlist. If a cancellation occurs, we will reach out to you.

Our Advisors

Pablo Gomez

Spanish + English

Schedule
12/11/2024

Pablo Gomez forms part of the SBDC group as a Small Business Advisor with 5 years of experience in Small Business Advising and 7 years of experience in healthcare business compliance advising. Pablo holds a Master’s in Business Administration from CSU East Bay and is a certified business analyst from the Project Management Institute. He has participated in Corporate Finance research and holds a passion for financing, marketing (SEO & social media experienced) and business plan creation & implementation and start-up guidance.

Peter Lou

Schedule
9/11/2024
10/9/2024
10/24/2024

Peter Lou is a banking professional with 25+ years of experience working for Ernst & Young Management Consulting, Wells Fargo Bank (1998-2024; VP and Director: Business Banking, Corporate Banking, Corporate Treasury, Private Banking, Treasury Management); Union Bank (Corporate Credit Policy & Portfolio Management, Commercial Real Estate CRE Lending Group ). Recipient of UCLA Instructor Excellence Award 2023. Golden Gate University (GGU) / Stanford University: Distinguished Adjunct Professor. Teach classes in Business Finance, Bank Management, Business Fundamentals, Business Risk Management, etc.

Sneha Lundia

Schedule
11/13/2024

As a Founder & CEO of Step2Growth, Sneha is a results-driven professional with a diverse background encompassing leadership, marketing, mentoring, and consulting. She demonstrated success in driving business growth, optimizing marketing initiatives, and providing valuable insights to organizations. She is adept at leveraging technical and analytical skills to deliver innovative solutions and has strong communication and collaboration abilities, combined with a passion for technology and entrepreneurship.

Karla Gregg

Schedule
9/25/2024

Karla Gregg is a social media marketer with 12 years of experience. Her journey began in 2012, working with YouTube influencers to create content for their YouTube channels. With that, she launched her own YouTube channel and series called “Never Have I Ever,” generating millions of views. Karla’s unconventional approach to content, has landed her opportunities producing social media content for popular TV shows like American Ninja Warrior, America’s Got Talent, and World of Dance. With a degree in Television Production and Journalism, Karla excels in storytelling and creativity. She is the founder of Unbox & Go, a social media boutique agency, where she has worked with lifestyle B2C e-commerce brands, service providers, and educational organizations like The Harker School and Stanford.

Additional Information

Waitlist
Please email ebinfo@eastbaysbdc.org with your preferred dates to be added to the waitlist. If a cancellation occurs, we will reach out to you.

Cancellation Policy

We have limited resources available for in-person one-on-one individual counseling at the Brentwood Chamber of Commerce. To save spaces for those individual/business who need one-on-one counseling, if any business has “No Show” or “Same Day cancellation” for their appointment session with the SBDC Advisor, this individual or business will no longer receive any counseling service from the East Bay SBDC in the future, especially not in-person advising at the Brentwood Chamber of Commerce.

If you must cancel your appointment, please remove your name from the schedule and notify us by Thursday the week before your appointment to give us time to fill your spot with another business. If a business does not confirm their appointment by Friday 8 am the week before, their appointment time will be given to another business that is waiting for an appointment time slot.

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