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Are you a Minority- or Women-Owned Business Enterprise developer...

September 26, 2014, 9:24 am
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Are you a Minority- or Women-Owned Business Enterprise developer with a desire to learn the affordable housing business? In partnership with HPD, we’re hosting a free capacity building course for M/WBE developers who seek networking opportunities and exposure to best practices in affordable housing development. Participants will learn effective business planning, financial management, and strategies for winning and managing NYC government-supported projects.

Seating is limited. For more information and to register, visit http://on.nyc.gov/Y3cgm1.

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How To Maximize Productivity For Your Small Business

September 29, 2014, 1:36 pm
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What would you do for your business with an extra hour in the day?

Most of us measure how productive we are by the quality of life and every day success. Entrepreneurs are success driven and strive to make every day better than the next but it’s difficult when you sometimes feel overwhelmed and sinking in quicksand.

Join our workshop on Wednesday, October 22, to increase your productivity by improving your interpersonal skills, maximizing your energy, managing time efficiently and keeping an organized workplace environment.

  • Relationships: Learn how your relationships impact your effectiveness.
  • Energy: Uncover your sources of innovation and motivation – and what holds you back from success.
  • Time: Explore how you spend your days, and how you wish you did.
  • Space: Optimize your workspace for best results.

DATE: Wednesday, October 22, 2014

TIME: 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

LOCATION: NYC Business Solutions Upper Manhattan Center, 361 West 125th Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10027

RSVP: (212) 749-0900, ext. 135 or e-mail Marie Eusebe(please include your name, phone number, business name and address in RSVP).

Photo courtesy topform / shutterstock

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Down to Business: Making Your Restaurant/Bar Last

September 30, 2014, 9:24 am
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Do you own a restaurant or bar? Join us on Thursday, October 2, for a free business course that will get you well on your way of becoming a successful restaurant/bar owner. Class participants will explore the top 10 things they should know in order to continue to grow their business.

The New York State Restaurant Association and Helbraun & Associates, a legal firm that focuses on the restaurant industry, will teach you about:

  • Best practices
  • Warning signs
  • What not to worry about

The rules in the food industry change rapidly; attending this course will help keep you ahead of the curve!

DATE: Thursday, October 2, 2014

TIME: 3 - 5 p.m.

LOCATION: NYC Business Solutions Brooklyn Center, 9 Bond Street, 5th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201

RSVP: http://bit.ly/1BbFdsZ

Open only to operating businesses, no exceptions.

Photo courtesy Gregory James Van Raalte / shutterstock

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Yesterday, the NYC Department of Small Business Services, Kiva...

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Yesterday, the NYC Department of Small Business Services, Kiva Zip, economic development professionals, and partners from the small business financing community held a conversation on small business financing and innovations in social underwriting and capital access. The keynote speaker was Dr. Traci Mach, a senior economist in the Financial Structure Section of the Division of Research and Statistics at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. After the discussion, Katherine Lynch, the program lead for Kiva Zip in New York, provided an interactive tutorial.

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October 2, 2014, 10:48 am
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Via nycedc: New Yorkers, claim your .nyc web domain! Today is...

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We’re celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month by highlighting NYC Department of Small...

October 6, 2014, 8:08 am
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We’re celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month by highlighting NYC Department of Small Business Services staff and services. Read on to learn more about Rodrigo Camarena, a Program Manager in our Business Development Division.

Tell us about your Hispanic heritage.

I was born in Mexico and raised in the US. I’m very proud of my immigrant and Mexican-American heritage.

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What does it personally mean to be able to help New York City small businesses?

To me helping small businesses and entrepreneurs is about furthering economic self-determination and stemming inequality. Owning a small business can be transformative for a low-income family. Small businesses are critical for job creation and local industry. Small businesses can save the world!

What is the coolest or quirkiest thing you’ve ever done?

As a younger chap I trekked through Patagonia on an unseasonably cold winter. Not the best idea in retrospect but definitely a cool experience.

What is your favorite thing to do on the weekend?

Brooklyn’s my adoptive home and I like to keep it local. Whether it’s the Brighton Beach boardwalk, Sunset Park’s Chinatown, or the Red Hook pier, weekends in Brooklyn never let me down.

What is your favorite sport/team?

Team SBS!!

Photo at top of collage courtesy of shutterstock

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Via nycneighborhoods: Out-To-See is a 4-weekend festival at the...

October 6, 2014, 9:24 am
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Via nycneighborhoods:

Out-To-See is a 4-weekend festival at the South Street Seaport in November celebrating emerging talents in art, music, food and craft, with an indoor Maker Gallery, an outdoor Artisan Market, popup galleries, and performances every weekend. Organizers expect 3,000 foot-traffic down in the neighborhood every weekend, with up to 500,000 social media impressions.

Event organizers aim to curate authentic makers and doers to participate in the outdoor Artisan Market and indoor Maker Gallery. Entrepreneurs can apply as a Maker or an Artisan to participate.

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LAST DAY TO SUMMIT APPLICATIONS IS OCTOBER 9

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Did You Know? SBS Offers Services for Spanish-Speaking Entrepreneurs

October 6, 2014, 12:08 pm
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We’re celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month by highlighting NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS) staff, services, and businesses we’ve helped. Currently, SBS offers a wide variety of business services for the Spanish-speaking community.

  • NYC Business Solutions Centers are located near some of New York City’s vibrant Spanish-speaking neighborhoods, including Harlem and on Fordham Road in the Bronx.
  • All seven NYC Business Solutions Centers can serve Spanish-speaking customers with free business services using interpretation services that are available through the City’s Language Line Services.

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  • We are launching the NYC Craft Entrepreneurship Programin Spanish, which helps unemployed and underemployed New Yorkers with craft skills earn supplemental income from selling their craft online.
  • We have started tweeting on SBS Twitter accounts in Spanish to spread the word of SBS’ free services through new social networks – follow the conversation using #SBSEspañol
  • SBS has increased outreach for NYC Business Acceleration services specifically to immigrant communities outside of Manhattan, with outreach materials translated into Spanish and a campaign to promote the program’s recent expansion into the retail and industrial sectors.
  • Latino small businesses can also certify as a Minority-owned business with the City and compete on City contracts.

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  • SBS is expanding free business services to better help the Spanish-speaking community through the Immigrant Business Initiative. SBS will work with a Spanish-speaking community partner to develop and execute forward-thinking solutions to help immigrant-owned businesses that can include business courses, one-on-one counseling, and community based outreach. Details about free services available through this initiative will be announced shortly.
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We’re celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month by highlighting NYC Department of Small...

October 8, 2014, 1:12 pm
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We’re celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month by highlighting NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS) staff, services, and businesses we’ve helped. Read on to learn more about Mexican native Fany Gerson of Dough, who has benefitted from services provided by NYC Business Acceleration, NYC Business Solutions, and Workforce1.

"Dough is definitely worth the trip out to Brooklyn. Trust me. I even shared a box with a few random strangers who admittedly didn’t like donuts…until they took a bite of Dough’s." – Liza de Guia, Food. Curated.

Dough, a celebration of pastry-chef Fany Gerson’s passion for culture and her culinary excellence, opened because there was a demand for artisan doughnuts that was not being met in the NYC market. After opening in 2011, Dough experienced explosive growth, with retail and wholesale demand exceeding their capacity to produce their signature doughnuts.

Fany is a James Beard Foundation Nominee for Baking and Desserts for her cookbook, “My Sweet Mexico: Recipes for Authentic Pastries, Breads, Candies, Beverages, and Frozen Treats.” She has gotten rave reviews for her unique flavors inspired by her Mexican heritage from Gothamist (“one of the city’s most spectacular confections”), The New York Times (“as crazily good as it sounds”), and The Village Voice (“some of the most exciting, delicious glazes in town”), to name a few. Yahoo Travel included them on their list of “The Most Delicious Doughnuts Worth Waiting In Line For" and earlier this year, Grub Street named their donuts #1 in the country!

Fany will be featured on Cooking Channel’s Unique Sweets on November 4 at 7 p.m.

Her next location’s grand opening will be October 15 at 14 West 19th Street in Manhattan. Stop by every morning from 6 – 10 a.m. for your free doughnuts until the store’s grand opening. Follow DoughBrooklyn.com closely for details about a grand opening surprise!

Photos courtesy of Dough

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We’re celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month by highlighting NYC Department of Small...

October 10, 2014, 1:36 pm
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We’re celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month by highlighting NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS) staff, services, and businesses we’ve helped. Read on to learn more about Colombian-American Farid Ali Lancheros of Bogotá Latin Bistro, who has benefitted from services provided by NYC Business Acceleration and NYC Business Solutions.

"What you’ve done for this community is incredible." – Bogotá Latin Bistro customer

Bogotá Latin Bistro is a restaurant dedicated to elevating the status of Latin foods, particularly Colombian cuisine, and culture via food, music, service, and attention to detail. After four years of intense research and preparation on how to run a successful business, Farid Ali Lancheros and George Constantinou Fernandes – both with no prior experience in starting a business – opened Bogotá Latin Bistro in July 2005.

Currently, Bogotá Latin Bistro has about 70 employees, and grossed more than 4 million in revenue last year. Bogotá Latin Bistro is a five-time Inc. 5000 Honoree, winner of the Small Business Person of the Year Award for 2013 from the U.S. Small Business Administration’s New York District Office, and a National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation 2014 Faces of Diversity Awards finalist. Farid and George were invited to the White House earlier this year to discuss Living Wages and employees’ overtime pay.

In May, Farid was featured on the cover of El Diario [video here], and in August he was a guest on ABC 7’s Tiempo with Joe Torres, along with SBS Deputy Commissioner Robinson Hernandez [view Part 1 and Part 2 of the interview]. Additionally, Farid and Bogotá Latin Bistro have been featured in commercials for NYC’s Paid Sick Leave Law (en Español), AMEX Small Business Saturday, ink from Chase, and Google Ad Words.

Photos courtesy of Bogotá Latin Bistro

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Join us on Thursday, November 6, for the 2nd Annual NYC Small...

October 17, 2014, 9:24 am
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Join us at the 9th Annual Small Business Summit, a one of a kind event for small businesses that...

October 20, 2014, 9:44 am
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Join us at the 9th Annual Small Business Summit, a one of a kind event for small businesses that are ready to learn and GROW! Taking place at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City on October 22, 2014, this is a full day event of Learning, Networking and FUN!

The Summit is created and produced by two small business experts and enthusiasts: Ramon Ray, marketing guru at Infusionsoft and editor of Smallbiztechnology.com, and Marian Banker of Prime strategies. They designed the Summit as a way for a community of small businesses to come together, share best practices, tips and strategies so they can learn and grow their businesses.

The Summit is attended by over 400 successful entrepreneurs, small business owners, industry experts and small business advocates. It is the only event of its kind that is run by small businesses for small business!

Here’s what you’ll experience attending the Small Business Summit:

  • A line-up of small business expert speakers who will be sharing their advice on marketing strategies, tools and technology, increasing SEO and more!
  • A day of Networking with other small business owners and entrepreneurs that understand your challenges, can share their experiences and celebrate your success.
  • The chance to win some awesome prizes, donated by some amazing sponsors, that will be given out during the event

As an exclusive benefit to our community, you can register today using the coupon code NYCSBS and receive 20% off the registration fee.

We hope to see you at the Summit!

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Via nycedc: What does innovative development look like for...

October 20, 2014, 10:48 am
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Via nycedc:

What does innovative development look like for communities across the 5 boroughs?

On Wednesday, November 5, get inspired at the 2014 Development Finance Conference. Held at the stunning Four World Trade Center, top industry experts from government, real estate, not-for-profits, finance, law, and business will present insights and share experience on using development finance tools to enable projects, and discuss topics including:

  • Housing Finance
  • Commercial Development
  • Infrastructure Investments
  • NYC’s Economic Outlook

Alicia Glen, Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development, will deliver the morning keynote on the administration’s economic development priorities. The afternoon keynote will be a discussion of the current and future state of housing from Vicki Been, Commissioner of the Department of Housing Preservation and Development.

More than 20 other event speakers will lend expertise on panels that include:

  • Making Projects Possible: Attracting Capital
  • Supporting NYC’s Changing Industrial Landscape
  • Investing in our Infrastructure
  • Case Studies in Innovative Tax Credit Finance

After a full day of programming, don’t miss the opportunity to mingle and network over cocktails! Find the full agenda here.

Learn from leading minds in the field and make your projects a reality!

The 2014 Development Finance Conference is hosted by NYCEDC’s Strategic Investments Group. Seating is limited, so register today.

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The Immigrant Business Initiative is led by the NYC Department...

October 20, 2014, 1:36 pm
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The Immigrant Business Initiative is led by the NYC Department of Small Business Services with support provided by Citi Community Development, to help the city’s immigrant-owned businesses start, operate, and grow. The initiative, with the help of five partner community-based organizations, will design and execute solutions that address needs specific to entrepreneurs in immigrant communities.

The selected community partners are:

Learn more »

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Drive Sales, Referrals and Business Development Using B2B Social Media

October 21, 2014, 1:36 pm
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Drive Sales, Referrals and Business Development Using B2B Social Media:

In this intense, free, hands-on workshop on Tuesday, October 28, 2014, you’ll learn the newest and most innovative techniques for uncovering the right prospects, making a case for your services, mastering today’s technology, building a referral network, and much more.

So bring your Wi-Fi enabled laptop, brochures and capabilities statements, and a description of the types of accounts you’d like to reach out to for this hands-on, free, step-by-step working session.

Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Time: 5:30 – 8:30 p.m.

Presenter: Lloyd C. Grant, Chief Client Strategist, KIP|TMS

Location: NYC Department of Small Business Services, 110 William Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10038

Register To Attend »

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