The Center for Business & Innovation (CB&I) is a catalyst for creating and growing high-value, high-wage private sector companies.
Start a business
Starting a business or considering it? We provide advising, coaching, training & full educational programming for people starting a business. Get help with quick answers or full support through planning and launching your business.
Meet with an advisor
Get start-up training
- How to start a Cottage Food Business
- Business Enterprise Startup Training
- Entrepreneurship Certificate Program
- Steps for Starting a Business
- CB&I Training & Events Calendar
- DSHS Adult Family Home Administrator Training
- How to Start a Food Products Business
- So You Want To Start A Brewery
Get business education
Grow a new business
Do you need help with a new business (less than two years)? We provide advising, coaching, training, and full educational programming for new businesses to strengthen and grow.
Get help with:
- Fine tuning your business plan
- Marketing and sales
- Cash flow management and financing
- Operations
- Financing a new location
- Hiring and managing employees
- Exporting
- Selling to the government
- Regulatory concerns
- Addressing specific issues and needs
Meet with an advisor
Get training
- Business Enterprise Startup Training
- Entrepreneurship Certificate Program
- Business TuneUp
- ScaleUp Program
- Accounting and Tax basics for Small Business
Get business education
- Entrepreneurship Certificate Program
- Associates of Arts degree program – Business focus
- College Business Classes: Search Class Schedule | College Catalog
Sell products or services to government
Export products or services
Advance an established business
Do you need help with an established business? We can help advance your success in growing and strengthening your established business.
Get help with:
- Building a growth plan
- Increasing markets
- Accessing capital
- Accessing/training your workforce
- Strengthening management skills
- Finding a new location
- Addressing specific issues and needs
- Building a succession plan
Meet with an advisor
Build a growth or succession plan
Get training
- Internet Advertising
- Social Media: Untangling the Maze
- Entrepreneurship Certificate Program
- Employer Requirements- Old & New Laws
- From Hobby to Profit
- ScaleUp Program
- Business TuneUp
- Profit Mastery - Practical Tools for Control, Survival & Success
- Selling Products or Services to Government
Get business education
- Entrepreneurship Certificate Program
- Associates of Arts degree program – Business focus
- College Business Classes: Search Class Schedule | College Catalog
Sell products or services to government
Export products or services
Get training for workforce needs
Does your company have training or workforce needs? Whether for yourself or your employees, we offer a variety of training sessions to meet the needs of your company and employees.
Develop your product idea
Have you developed a new product you want to commercialize? We can provide advising and referral to help you bring a new product or service concept to market.
Get help to:
- Evaluate the viability of the product or service from a cost/market perspective
- Protect your idea with patents, trademarks, copyrights, and nondisclosure agreements
- Get a prototype built
- Decide whether to take your product to market yourself or to license it to someone else
- Find sources of materials
- Identify potential manufacturers
- Develop a business plan
Get training:
For assistance, contact:
Determine the best CB&I program for you
Not sure where to start? You can talk with someone to determine what CB&I program best meets your needs. A CB&I staff person can help connect you to the program that's best for you.
For help, contact:
For help, contact the CB&I during business hours, Mon-Fri 8:30 am-5:00 pm: