BOC

Calendar of Events

Location: WAMU Bank
9 DeKalb Avenue (at Bond Street)
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Time: 9:00am - 1:00pm
Date: Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Subway Directions: B,M,Q,R to DeKalb Avenue
Bus Directions: B25, B26, B38, B52
Fee: $30 per session
+ one-time cost of $30 for materials (Materials cover all four sessions of the Marketing for Smarties Series)

"I don’t have time to market," we hear owners say almost every day as they work in their business and never on it.
Here’s an opportunity you won’t want to miss to break the cycle.

Don’t let your business fall into the cycle of non-promotion! If you feel you have no time for marketing, your business will not attract new customers. Without enough new customers, your business does not grow and money becomes scarce. With no money available, you will have to do everything yourself and not have any time to market! Learn how to break this cycle with easy ways to promote your business and gain new clients.

Location: WAMU Bank
9 DeKalb Avenue (at Bond Street)
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Date: Thursday, May 8, 2008
Subway Directions: B,M,Q,R to DeKalb Avenue
Bus Directions: B25, B26, B38, B52
Fee: $25

Business is good, yet you'd like to review your marketing activities to get feedback, ideas, or advice?
Come get a fix at Smarties Quarterly.
Join others who have been through the Marketing for Smarties Challenge.

Location: Sunset Park Library
5108 4th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11220
Time: 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Date: Friday, May 16, 2008
Fecha: Viernes, 16 de mayo 2008
Subway Directions: R to 53rd Street
Bus Directions: B11, B37, B63
Fee: FREE

Representantes del Proyecto de Desarrollo de Negocíos de Ciudado de Niños presentarán información acerca de un programa para ayudarle a empezar un negocio de Cuidado Diurno en casa.

Location: WAMU Bank
9 DeKalb Avenue (at Bond Street)
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Time: 9:00am - 1:00pm
Date: Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Subway Directions: B,M,Q,R to DeKalb Avenue
Bus Directions: B25, B26, B38, B52
Fee: $30 per session
+ one-time cost of $30 for materials (Materials cover all four sessions of the Marketing for Smarties Series)

Location: 260 Powers Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Date: Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Subway Directions: L to Grand Street
Bus Directions: B13, Q54, Q59
Fee: FREE

Learn the basics of QuickBooks.
Join us to learn how to keep good records of your revenues and expenses, create profit & loss statements as well as keep your accounting records organized for tax time.

Location: Papa B Studios
907 Broadway
Brooklyn, NY 11206
Time: 9:00am - 11:00am
Date: Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Subway Directions: B,M,Q,R to DeKalb Avenue
Bus Directions: B25, B26, B38, B52
Fee: $29.95

In this workshop, you will learn what the branding process is, why it's important, and how you can re-brand your business so that customers will better understand and appreciate what your business can do for them.

Location: Brooklyn Business Library
280 Cadman Plaza West
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Time: 8:30am - 10:00am
Date: Thursday, May 29, 2008
Subway Directions: L to Grand Street
Bus Directions: B13, Q54, Q59
Fee: FREE

Join us to hear Hector Davis, Loan Officer of BOC Capital (a micro-lending organization), and speakers from ACCION, talk about how you can keep great credit or repair your credit.

Location: 260 Powers Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Date: Thursday, May 29, 2008
Subway Directions: L to Grand Street
Bus Directions: B13, Q54, Q59
Fee: FREE

If you've ever thought about selling to the government, now is the time! Thanks to a local law signed by Mayor Bloomberg in 2005, City agencies are now buying more goods and services from companies who are certified in the City's Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE) Program.

Location: WAMU Bank
Branch TBD
Time: 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Date: TBD
Fee: FREE

Carl Banks, President of sports apparel, GIII Apparel group, Chairman of Banks Communications, 1993-97 Director of Player Development for the New York Jets, and Chairman Famous58 BBQ Blitz LLC will talk about his life in the fashion biz and beyond.