Morning Insights

By |2023-03-09T09:18:23-08:00March 9th, 2023|Categories: |Tags: , , , , , , |

A Forum for Entrepreneurs and Innovators This free event is an idea exchange, designed to take your concept, program, or product to the next level. Who should attend? Innovators and entrepreneurs; aspiring entrepreneurs. You may have questions or stumbling blocks with your new or early-stage business. Angel investors, experienced businesspeople and advisors from any industry. [...]

Morning Insights

By |2023-02-10T16:18:10-08:00February 10th, 2023|Categories: |Tags: , , , , , , |

A Forum for Entrepreneurs and Innovators This free event is an idea exchange, designed to take your concept, program, or product to the next level. Who should attend? Innovators and entrepreneurs; aspiring entrepreneurs. You may have questions or stumbling blocks with your new or early-stage business. Angel investors, experienced businesspeople and advisors from any industry. [...]

Marketing in a Digital World

By |2023-02-07T20:14:36-08:00February 7th, 2023|Categories: |Tags: , , , |

Presented by Chase. The internet is a crowded place, so how can you get noticed and build community online? What are your customers thinking? Get answers to these essential questions and many more; learn from the experts at this digital marketing workshop. Space is limited: please RSVP at this link.

Morning Insights

By |2023-01-10T18:02:10-08:00January 10th, 2023|Categories: |Tags: , , , , , , |

A Forum for Entrepreneurs and Innovators This free event is an idea exchange, designed to take your concept, program, or product to the next level. Who should attend? Innovators and entrepreneurs of all levels. You may have questions or stumbling blocks with your new or early-stage business. Experienced businesspeople and advisors from all industries. You [...]

Small Business Technology transfer in California and the Coachella Valley

By |2022-07-12T21:18:48-07:00July 12th, 2022|Categories: Data Digest|Tags: , , , , , |

Innovation is a key tenet of CVEP’s mission. Here in the US, innovation is rewarded in myriad ways. One example for small businesses and entrepreneurs is America’s Seed Fund. This program awards grants of up to $1M through two specific programs. Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants enable small businesses to “explore their technological potential [...]

Small Business Comeback: Get Your Business Online

By |2021-03-02T14:31:37-08:00March 2nd, 2021|Categories: Business Development, News|Tags: , , , , , , , |

A year ago. A presentation on digital marketing from Rich Henrich and Paul Gonzales of Rook SEO (now Rook Digital) was scheduled for the first week of March 2020. Stay-at-home orders hadn't yet been put in place. That event was the first of many that we had to cancel or postpone in 2020. At the [...]

Business Shutdowns Present Perils for Greater Palm Springs

By |2020-10-19T12:55:51-07:00October 19th, 2020|Categories: Coronavirus, Economic Development, Jobs, News|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Economically, the Coachella Valley has been reeling since the cancellation of several of the region’s biggest events in the spring of 2020. At the time, the fear was that the region’s small businesses would experience greatly reduced sales during the busy spring event season, thereby rolling into the slower summer months with less cushion to [...]

CVEP Adds Brand Therapy to Virtual Business Services Offerings

By |2020-07-15T10:18:03-07:00July 14th, 2020|Categories: Business Development, News|Tags: , , , , , |

As firm believers in a tech-led economic development strategy, and as managers of a network of business incubators across the Coachella Valley (the Palm Springs, Palm Desert, and Indio iHubs), we serve innovators. Since mid-March, CVEP has made the shift to delivering virtual business services. We know that in order to serve innovators well, we [...]

Insight: Entity Types and Partnerships for Small Business

By |2020-05-15T15:19:27-07:00May 15th, 2020|Categories: Business Development, News|Tags: , , , , , |

CVEP’s Small Business Forum continued virtually this month with a presentation on business entity types, common issues with partnerships, and employment law. The forum was conducted by David R. Roth and Vee B. Sotelo of Slovak Baron Empey Murphy & Pinkney, LLP, a law firm with a primary presence in Palm Springs. Roth is an [...]

Business Continuity During Unpredictable Events

By |2020-03-17T10:26:07-07:00March 17th, 2020|Categories: Business Development, Coronavirus, News|Tags: , , , |

As you read this, you have already likely experienced firsthand the difficulty of preparing for a disaster once it is underway. Many stores are selling out of needed products within minutes of restocking their shelves. And although we are already in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic, it is not too late to take basic [...]

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