Are You Looking to Start or Grow Your Small Business?
Export SBDC Specializes in…
The Export SBDC at World Trade Center San Diego (WTC), an affiliate of the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation, works to cultivate a pipeline of export-ready firms, maximize foreign investment opportunities, and enhance the San Diego region’s global brand and identity.
WTC’s flagship export assistance program, MetroConnect, equips San Diego-based small- and medium-sized enterprises with a suite of financial and programmatic resources – to expand their international sales and reach. In addition to MetroConnect, WTC provides assistance to small businesses that currently export or are looking to become export-ready.
Export Assistance
Our center can take your business through this process to add customers and diversity revenue.
Foreign Investment
We can help you unearth new sources of investing, funding, and capital.
MetroConnect
This flagship program of the World Trade Center gives businesses a way to engage globally.
Assistance Available in the Following Languages
We strive to offer SBDC services in languages that will best serve our clients in the San Diego and Imperial region.
Our Clients Say
“The SBDC’s ongoing support has been nothing short of life-saving! Just a phone call away – they give me the courage to pursue my dreams, knowing there is nothing I can’t do with this incredible team on my side.”
“The Brink SBDC is providing an invaluable service to entrepreneurs by giving guidance and providing connections to both investors and customers. Events such as the San Diego Angel Conference are the icing on the cake, which spreads the spirit of entrepreneurship in the community by bringing entrepreneurs and new investors together, and resulted in an investment of over $100,000 for our company.”
“We moved our company to San Diego from Minnesota, and the SBDC gave us instant access to a huge network of contacts that led to obtaining our startup capital and making other crucial connections. Being the “new guy in town” is never easy, but with their help, we hit the ground running”
“The Brink SBDC and Dr. Martin Kleckner have been invaluable in the success and progress of AccuDava. They dedicated many hours to reviewing and giving advice on our SBIR grant application to the National Cancer Institute, which was successfully awarded $300,000. Their unconditional support continued with extreme efforts that helped us with a $50,000 NIH I-corps grant, which resulted in additional NCI grant funding of $150,000 to extend our diagnostic test application to non-small cell lung cancer.”
Our Team at Export SBDC
Our specialty center team is dedicated to empowering your small business.
Our business advisors at the Export SBDC at the World Trade Center San Diego are highly skilled in their fields and industries as well as knowledgeable in specific business topics.
From 2016-2023, the San Diego & Imperial SBDC team helped strengthen our regional small businesses.
Export SBDC at World Trade Center San Diego Location
The Export SBDC is located in San Diego within the World Trade Center.
Due to precautionary measures, no in-person appointments are occurring or being scheduled. One-on-one appointments online or via phone are being provided during this time. Reach out to schedule your appointment.
San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation
1100 Market St, Ste 438
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 234-8484
[email protected]
Sponsors
We are grateful to the sponsors who have continued to support SBDC programs and entrepreneurs across San Diego and Imperial counties.