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Small Biz Big Impact Conference

BLOGGING LIVE FROM THE EVENT: This is a great conference set up of 3 panels.



PANEL 1: GETTING TO THE BUCKS
David Rose - newyorkangels.com
Jennifer Wright - ecoincorporated.com
Don DiMartini - nybdc.com
Pravina Raghavan - sba.gov
Steve Kessler - scorenyc.org

PANEL 2: MAKING THE MOST OF TECHNOLOGY
Rasu Jilani - cdtbk.com
Jay Greenstein - ragnewyork.com
Ben Kaufman - quirky.com
Nelly Yusupova - digitalwoman.com
Ramon Ray - smallbiztechnology.com

PANEL 3: PREPARING FOR THE TURNAROUND
Jessica Johnson - johnsonsecuritybureau.com
Lisa Price - carolsdaughter.com
Sarah Endline - sweetriot.com
Rob Walsh - nyc.gov/sbs
Maria Gotsch - nycif.org


I am excited to hear more about Lisa Price which is a small business out of Brooklyn called Carol's Daughter. During the second panel of "making the most of technology" it was fun to hear the debate about where'd or not to create a business plan. Now I am goin to check out Rasu Jilani of Coup D' Etat and Nelly Yusupova of DigitalWoman.com. Did you know about the websites quirky.com that empowers creative people or S.C.O.R.E. NYC where you can have a business counselor for FREE.

The Small Biz BIG IMPACT Conference is sponsored by the Daily News, CUNY, Newtek (the small business authority) here at BMCC.


Robert Lieber, New York City deputy mayor for economic development speaking at the Small Biz Big Impact Conference last year in 2009

Sponsers of the Event:
The City University of New York - cuny.edu
Borough of Manhattan Community College - bmcc.cuny.edu Newtek Business Services - newtekbusinessservices.com

Event Vendors:
North Coast Financial, an office of MetLife - northcoast.metlife.com
NYC Printing 123 - nycprinting123.com
U.S. Small Business Administration - sba.gov
SCORE NYC - scorenyc.org
NYS Empire State Development - empire.state.ny.us
NYC Small Business Services - nyc.gov/sbs

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