Success Stories_Business Outreach Center (BOC)
OPEN FOR BUSINESS: ACHIEVING AN AMERICAN DREAM

Established in 1992, the Business Outreach Center (BOC) provides assistance to small businesses and new entrepreneurs in the community. Our mission is to strengthen the minority and immigrant communities through small business development and community networking. Since 1992, we have provided individualized business services to over 3,000 clients, hosted approximately 300 workshops and seminars with over 12,000 attendees. Additionally, we have secured over $3.8 million in loans and grants for our clients.

The BOC provides free consulting to help answer business questions and move businesses forward. We have ducated, experienced professionals who have the answers and access to resources for specific business needs. Our Counselors work with business owners to successfully guide them through the process of growing their businesses and followup with them as they progress. We are committed to understanding clients¡¦ business issues and making them our business and our priority.

Special features of BOC

¡E ¡§Business American Style¡¨ classes, which teach the basics of running an American-based business
¡E Entrepreneurial Assistance Program which has helped more than 100 businesses increase their sales by $2.2 million and create over 185 jobs
¡E Experienced counselors who can offer assistance on a wide range of topics
¡E Free workshops, seminars and one-on-one counseling

For more information, please contact
Ms. Pearl Chin at (212) 966-7328
or pearlchin@cmpny.org

Ms. Pamela Yuen immigrated to the United States 53 years ago when she was sixteen years old and began her first job mopping floors and changing bed sheets for World War II veterans. Since then, Pamela has become a dedicated entrepreneur, striving to realize the American Dream. She started her first business selling silk flowers on the street corners of Chinatown in 1958.

In 1995, she and her husband decided to open the ¡§USA Beauty School¡¨, which teaches former seamstresses and other low skilled workers how to become beauticians, manicurists and masseuses. Slowly her business began growing, but after September 11th, Pamela faced many financial challenges and did not know how her business could continue to survive.

Pamela came to Chinatown Manpower Project¡¦s BOC in February 2002 to apply for a World Trade Center Business Recovery Grant after her business was affected by the events of September 11th. Our Business Counselors assisted her with the application and she received a grant of $9,152. She was able to use the grant to offset her monthly fixed expenses. In addition, she secured a $63,000 SBA loan on November 14, 2003. We also assisted Pamela in applying for the Small Firm Attraction & Retention Grant from Empire State Development Corporation.

With the assistance of Chinatown Manpower Project¡¦s BOC, USA Beauty School generated $375,574 in gross sales in the past year¡Xa substantial $127,744 increase over the previous year. Furthermore, she has hired four new employees, now managing a total of nine full-time employees and six part-time employees.

¡§With the help of BOC, I am able to take my beauty school one step further. I am able to bypass barriers and receive the resources that are out there.¡¨
 
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