Are You Thinking About Starting Your Own Business in 2021?

NEWBURGH – Coming to the City of Newburgh during the winter of 2021, The Small Business Bootcamp, a virtual entrepreneurial series co-sponsored by the Mid-Hudson Small Business Development Center, the U.S. Small Business Administration, the City of Newburgh and the Newburgh Free Library. The four-part series will be presented by Myriam Bouchard, MBA, who is a Certified Business Advisor at the Mid-Hudson Small Business Development Center.

Join them for an informational session on February 4, Thursday, 6:00– 6:30 pm to find out more details about the series by registering at www.rebrand.ly/bizinfosession. The four sessions will be: February 11, Thursday, 6:00-7:30 PM, How to Start a Business- Learn the basics for starting your own business: how to secure funding, types of legal entities, business plan, etc.; February 25,Thursday, 6:00-7:30 PM, New Business Trends in the Pandemic Era-

They will do an overview of the new businesses trends born out of necessity and how existing businesses transitioned and innovated during these challenging times; March 11,Thursday, 6:00-7:30 PM, How To Do a Feasibility Analysis – You have a business idea and want to know if it will work out? Learn how to figure out your break-even point and how much you would need to invest and/or raise to make it work; and March 25, Thursday, 6:00-7:30 PM, Marketing & Sales – You want to start or expand your business and have a shoe-string budget? We’ll review different marketing and sales strategies to help you succeed. These will be interactive with plenty of opportunities for Q&A. Register early at www.rebrand.ly/smallbizbootcamp.

“The City of Newburgh is excited to partner with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), through our program Co-Sponsorship Agreement, and with the Newburgh Free Library and the Mid-Hudson Small Business Development Center, to offer a bi-weekly small business development series. This program has been created to assist City of Newburgh residents, with the tools they need to start their own business,” said Ellen Fillo, Director of Community Development.

“The U.S. Small Business Administration, in a Co-Sponsorship Agreement with the City of Newburgh, has created a series of workshops to benefit the people of Newburgh and beyond. We would like to extend these Free workshops to those who would like to start, grow or expand a business with the help of our Resource Partners, the SBDC, WBC, SCORE and VBOC. We are here to help!” said Sylvia I. Rivera, Economic Development Specialist, New York District Office/U.S. Small Business Administration.