Launch Your Business with Customer-Focused Marketing

Partnering with Grow with Google, CMP will be hosting an online workshop on Launch Your Business with Customer-Focused Marketing on Tue, Oct 11, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT.

As a new entrepreneur, you’ll need more than good products or services to grow your business. It’s also important to have strong customer-focused marketing strategies to reach your audience and turn them into loyal customers.

In this workshop, you will learn how to:

• Create a compelling brand

• Define your audience

• Convert customers

• Build loyalty and advocacy

Register for the workshop here: Registration (gotowebinar.com). Questions can be directed to Yasnil Fabian Montas at YFabianMontas@cmpny.org.

Train and Retain Your Employees

The NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS) launched the Customized Training Grant Program to help NYC-based businesses train and retain their employees. It’s a reimbursable training grant for businesses that are for-profit, operating for at least one year, and able to pay for training upfront.

Businesses identify a problem(s) they are facing and select the training(s) that will help them solve for this problem(s). SBS will reimburse up to 60% of the total training costs in one or more of the following areas:

1. Training on recently purchased equipment or software

2. Training to offer new services/products to reach new markets

3. Training to give current staff new skills to advance into hard-to-fill positions

4. Training to update obsolete skills that are necessary for the business to be competitive

If your business is interested in applying for this program, please contact CMP BOC (Business Outreach Center) at LarryMei@cmpny.org for assistance.

Business Finance Workshops

Want to get an in-depth business financial education in just two days? You are in the right place!

CMP, in partnership with NYC Small Business Services, is excited to bring you a 2-session Business Finance Workshop on Wednesdays, March 11th &18th, 2020, from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM. Budding entrepreneurs and small business owners, please join us for this educational workshop to learn more about business finance!

We will be discussing topics including:

•  Basic financial terms and financial statements

• Difference between a business’s startup and operating expenses

• Value of creating research-based projections

• Methods to determine your pricing and projected sales

• How to use ROI to compare your business’s financials against industry benchmark

• & Many more

Register now while seats are still available! Workshops will be conducted in Mandarin Chinese. For more information, please contact CMP Business Outreach Center at (212) 571-1698 or visit us at 123 Walker Street, New York, NY 10013.

Our Business Outreach Center's (BOC) Upcoming Activities

Small Business Bootcamp: We are proud to present the 24th annual Small Business Bootcamp, a 10-week intensive course designed to assist entrepreneurs in developing management skills and refining business concepts, as well as creating business plans. Course topics range from entity formation and business regulations to financial management and access to capital. Class will begin on Saturday, 9/29, through Saturday, 12/15.

Work for Yourself@50+ Workshop: In partnership with AARP Foundation, CMP is proud to present Work for Yourself@50+ workshop to help older adults learn the ins and outs of successful self-employment. Our next workshop is on Wednesday, September 19th from 6 pm to 8 pm and it will be conducted in Mandarin Chinese. 

Legal Clinic: CMP is holding a Small Business Legal Clinic on Tuesday, September 25th from 2 PM - 5 PM. Volunteer attorneys will be available to provide free consultations on issues related to business formation, contracts and agreements, trademark and copyright, commercial leases and more.  Space is limited and registration is required.

Let us help you make your first step in accomplishing your entrepreneurial ambitions!  For more information and registration details, please contact 212-571-1698.