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Below we list some of the free services available to you as a start-up business owner. You may want to seek out additional legal, financial, and accounting advisers.

Los Angeles Business Source Centers

• Description: Offers free training and technical assistance to business owners seeking to improve their operations and to people who want to learn how to open and operate their own business.
• Contact: http://www.losangelesworks.org/businessServices/BusinessSourceCenters.cfm

Bond Assistance Program, City of Los Angeles

• Description: Provides technical and administrative assistance to local, small and minority businesses on how to successfully bid and compete for City business opportunities.
• Contact: (213) 978-7475 or www.lacity.org/cao/risk/

California Governor's Office of Economic Development

• Description: Online resource for small-businesses provided by the State of California.
• Website: http://www.business.ca.gov/

IRS Small Business One-Stop Resource Center

• Description: Start-up guide from the federal government. Includes online workshops.
• Website: www.irs.gov/businesses/small/

Minority Business Development Agency Business Center Los Angeles (MBC-LA)

• Description: Offers free services to existing Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs) that want to sell to the government and private agencies.
• Contact: (213) 978-0671 or http://www.mbdalosangeles.org/

SCORE, Los Angeles Chapter

• Description: Nationwide volunteer organization of both working a retired executives and business owners who donate their time and expertise as business counselors. Local chapters provide free counseling and low-cost workshops in their communities.
• Contact: (818) 552-3206 or http://www.scorela.org/index.htm

SBA Online Courses

• Description: Free online courses that cover many start-up business areas (e.g., financial planning, accounting, contracting, marketing, et cetera).
• Website: http://www.sba.gov/services/training/onlinecourses/index.html

Small Business Tax Renewal Assistance Program

• Description: Offered by the Los Angeles Office of Finance, this seasonal program helps small businesses complete their annual business tax renewal forms.
• Eligibility: Registered businesses with total global gross receipts of $100,000 or less. Appointments are limited and available during the first six weeks of the calendar year.
• Website: www.lacity.org/finance/assistanceprogram.htm