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San Francisco Public Library outlines expanded Small Business Center services and free advising

San Francisco Small Business Commission · December 8, 2025
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Julianne Randolph told the commission the SFPL Small Business Center hosted 44 workshops in 2025 and served 2,188 attendees; the library piloted 129 one-on-one advising appointments and plans to expand advising in 2026 with Zoom and Spanish-language options and continued corridor activations and pop-up markets.

Julianne Randolph, Small Business Librarian at the San Francisco Public Library, gave commissioners an overview of the library's Small Business Center and the resources available to entrepreneurs and small businesses.

Randolph said the center, based at the main library (4th floor), provides free 1:1 business advising, proprietary market-research databases,…

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