SOLANO BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS DIRECTORY

 

Services For Solano's Businesses

 

 

 

CENSUS - SOLANO COUNTY: quickfacts.census.gov

 

CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE: For important networking

 

Benicia Chamber: 707-745-2120

 

Dixon Chamber: 707-678-2650

 

Fairfield-Suisun Chamber: 707-425-4625 the chamber for the county capital. 

 

Vacaville Chamber: 707-448-6424

 

Vallejo Chamber: 707-644-5551

 

Solano Chambers of Commerce

 

 

CORPORATION FORMATION

 

An attorney can do this for you, or help you to do it yourself. 

 

Easy affordable way to form your corporation online: StartingMyOwnCompany.com

 

 

CREATIVITY & BAY AREA ARTIST RESOURCES:

 

 

FINANCE FOR YOUR SMALL BUSINESS:

 

Solano's highest concentration of professionals in finance, law and real estate are at California Business Center, 1652 West Texas Street, Fairfield. Check out the building directory, or visit the second floor.

 

Fairfield also has numerous banks. 707-428-5000.

 

 

GOVERNMENT: City & County

 

Fairfield

 

Getting a Business License: Fairfield Finance Dept. 707-428-7509.

Suisun City Finance Dept. 707-421-7328

 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

Us Dept. Of Commerce

 

Technology Trade & Commerce - CA State Agency.

 

 

INVENTOR'S ASSISTANCE:

 

Database of patents.  Search to see if someone else filed a similar invention.  Successful patents have usually been filed in both the following databases.   US Patents:

 

West European Patents:

 

Financing for inventions:

 

Intellectual Property Rights - For those with an awarded patent. 
World Patent Rights.  707-435-0500

 

Patent Attorney: William Bernheim, of Bernheim, Butierrez, Levin & McCready. bglm@bernheimlaw.net

707-446-8700

 

World Patent Rights, In Fairfield, the heart of Solano County, California.

 

LAWYERS:

 

Solano's highest concentration of professionals in law, finance and real estate are at California Business Center, 1652 West Texas Street, Fairfield. Check the building’s directory, and visit the second floor.

707-428-5000

 

 

LIBRARIES - FAIRFIELD - COUNTY CAPITAL:

 

Public Library & Book Catalog.  Offers on-Line Databases. Requires local library card number for free access. 

 

 

LIBRARIES - OTHER:

 

San Francisco Public Library.  Business reference desk.  415-557-4488. They often answer brief questions over the phone.

 

Hastings Law Library:  415-565-4750.  Hours are restricted for non-students.

 

Librarians' index to the Internet

 

Stanford and U.C. Berkeley Each have different libraries open to the public, without borrowing privileges.

 

Other Bay Area libraries:

 

 

NEWSPAPERS - CALIFORNIA:

 

Solano County: DailyRepublic

 

Sacramento: SacBee

 

San Francisco:

 

 

PUBLIC RELATIONS:

 

Get the word out about your professional business on or after your launch.  mailto:happel7@aol.com

 

 

RECRUITING LOCAL TALENT:

 

Talent is cheaper in Solano because it is in the outer Bay Area.  People prefer to avoid commuting and may work for about a third less than the inner Bay Area.

 

Employment of people with disabilities: http://www.geocities.com/scmayors_web01

 

The most cost effective strategy might be to advertise in the local newspaper help-wanted section.  Ads are read both in paper form, and on-line at the DailyRepublic.

 

 

RESEARCH & STATISTICS:

 

Association of Bay Area Governments:

 

Federal government's large article database. Reasonably priced access.

 

Free Marketing Research Reports:

 

Stanford related web sites:

 

Solano and other CA county profiles from CA Dept of Finance http://www.dof.ca.gov/html/fs_data/profiles/pf_home.htm

 

Solano Economic Development Corp:  Non-profit organization funded by Solano County government, Local city governments, etc.  Under new innovative management. sedcorp.org

 

Search engines and databases with a California state focus

 

Technology Trade & Commerce - CA State Agency:

 

US Dept of Commerce:

 

ROAD CONDITIONS - BAY AREA:

 

Don't lose credibility by arriving late, or hoping to reschedule a business meeting.  Check ahead for travel conditions, especially in those congested regions just outside our Solano County.  Help reduce congestion by taking part in Car-pooling, Park & Ride, or Mass transit. Calif. Transit  800- 427-7623. Or try http://news.bayarea.com/trafinfo

 

 

SALESMANSHIP:

 

Bring out your natural charm and enthusiasm. Studies show you will close more deals when people realize you are honest and dedicated.

 

Free magazine: http://www.salesvault.com/-

 

Honest Selling.  http://www.honestselling.com/-

 

Let's Talk Sellinghttp://www.letstalkselling.com/-

 

Thousands of free tips and links: www.Selling-Tips.com

 

 

SAN FRANCISCO:

 

Best things to do in San Francisco and the east bay including restaurants, hikes, plus several 100 other things for those with moderate to liberal interests: BestOfTheBay.com

 

 

SELF-EMPLOYMENT:

 

 

SOLANO COUNTY GOVERNMENT: http://www.co.solano.ca.us/

 

SOLANO COUNTY FAIR: http://www.scfair.com/

 

 

SPACE ORGANIZING FOR BUSINESSES:

 

Have you organized your time management and activities?  Strategic Organizing Solutions can help.

707-425-4767

 

 

TRENDS & PREDICTIONS:

 

Current and future statistical predictions: http://www.sedcorp.org/

 

Research on-line archived issues of The Daily Republic free at http://www.dailyrepublic.com./ This meaty paper can tell you where we may be going.  E-Mail them your views mailto:drnews@dailyRepublic.com