Hello all and congratulations on an
amazing
year for small businesses and entrepreneurs in your service area. For 2019, the Los Angeles Regional SBDC Network ranked in the top 10 of SBDC networks for CI production…a 1
st
! You also hit Top 10 for networks nationally in business starts…amazing! Notwithstanding the newness of the Clients Served and Job Supported goals for 2019, you managed to beat those goals too. Overall, your work propelled your network performance into some rarified air having met, no,
exceeded
all of your SBA-issued performance goals…another 1
st
!
And just to share the praise, I will also note that your neighbors far south (San Diego and Imperial Valley SBDC) had a record breaking year in all categories, and your friends in OCIE stand tall on the national stage for CI outcomes (second outside of CA only to NY which has 3x the federal funding), and your friends to the far north, as a single network, have claimed the CI mantle nationally with the largest recorded impact for a single network in 2019, and not by a little.
And to be sure this is no one-trick pony, the legacy northeastern area or Sacramento district had performance levels far exceeding their previous bests.
All in all I’d say that’s a great story to tell about how your work matters on the local and national levels. You’ve set a new standard which really speaks to the countless ways we reach and support clients and entrepreneurs throughout the region. Thank you for your tireless efforts to bring the aspirations of so many to fruition throughout the year.
~Dave Jackson
Program Manager, Office of Small Business Development Centers
Office of Entrepreneurial Development
U.S. Small Business Administration
