STEPS
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Start Your Business
🗝️ Key Steps to Start Your Business
📍 Business Location
📝 License and Permit Requirements
🖨️ Business Registration
💸 Tax Requirements
🏢 Business Operations
Financing and Capital
💵 Finance your Business
📑 Applying for a Business Loan
🎁 State of California Business Incentives
💲 Financing Options
Grow Your Business
🗂️ Hire Employees
Resource Directory
👩🏫 Business Counseling
🗃️ Business Tax Services
📜 Legal Services
💬 Networking and Business Organizations
📇 Chambers of Commerce
🎨 Creative Sector
♻️ Energy and Sustainability
💼 Shared Workspaces
Construction
📓 Industry Resources
Restaurants and Food Service
🎉 Catering & Community Events
🏠 Home Cooking & Cottage Food
🚚 Food Trucks, Carts, & Trailers
📍 Physical Location
📓 Industry Resources
Retail
📓 Industry Resources
STEPS: Your Business, Step by Step
Start Your Business
Learn about key tips, resources, and steps to starting your business
Financing and Capital
Financing options for new and established businesses
Grow Your Business
Important steps for planning the next stage for your company
Resource Directory
Find important business resources in Sonoma County
Construction
Learn about the necessary education, practical experience, and exams to meet state or local licensing requirements
Restaurants and Food Service
Resources for opening a food-based business: from food carts to home-baked goods
Retail
Find more information on how to open a retail business