Understanding your business financial statements is crucial to improving your business operations.

Knowing where to look for financial leaks and monitoring them, inform and allow for making shifts that will make business more efficient and profitable. How to spot leaks will be covered in the upcoming workshops

This workshop will be conducted by Mr. Brendan Guastella, who is the owner of Soundview Business Consulting (www.soundviewfirm.com), a Brooklyn based firm that specializes in assisting entrepreneurs, start-ups, and other small businesses in the New York metropolitan area.

DATES: PART I MARCH 24, 2010 8:30AM TO 10:30AM (WEDNESDAY)
PART II MARCH 25, 2010 8:30AM TO 10:30AM (THURSDAY)
LOCATION: CAPITAL ONE BANK
356 Fulton Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
RSVP: (718) 368-6790 or log onto our website www.bedc.org
This event was made possible by the New York City Council
For more information please click here.

Have you conducted a survey in your commercial district recently?  Thinking
about how to improve your process for next time?  If so, please join us at
this hands-on workshop about designing and conducting better merchant and
shopper surveys.

Conducting Merchant and Shopper Surveys: Best Practices Roundtable

Date: Thursday, March 4, 2010
Time: 12:00pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Pratt Center for Community Development, 379 DeKalb Avenue,
Brooklyn

This event will feature helpful presentations on designing and conducting
surveys in commercial districts, as well as one-on-one break-out sessions
with the presenters.

Bring your lunch, past surveys and your questions about designing the best
possible survey for your commercial district.

Agenda:

• Jonathan Martin, Professor, Pratt Institute
• Stacey Sutton, Professor, Columbia University
• Vicki Weiner, Pratt Center for Community Development
• 15-30 minute break-out sessions for one-on-one assistance with your surveys

RSVP to Rachel Thieme at rthieme@bedc.org or (718) 368-6783.

We hope to see you there!

Census Day at Moore St. Market

Saturday, February 27th, 2010 @ 12 noon
108 Moore St. corner of Humboldt St.
Brooklyn, NY

easy. safe. important.

DELTA SIGMA THETA
WOODHULL HOSPITAL
BEDC - Moore St. Market
Information- 718 230 3351

For more information please click here.

Thursday, February 18, 2010
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Please join BEDC and Capital One Bank for  an evening of Small Business Networking on Thursday, February 18, 2010.  Don’t miss on the opportunity to meet with other small business owners and community leaders.

Don’t miss this invaluable opportunity to meet with other small business owners and community leaders and have access to resources for your business. Enjoy refreshments, giveaways and the opportunity to discuss your business needs and challenges.

Space is limited please contact Miriam Felix at (718) 827-3100. Click here for the Flyer.

Please join BEDC at our upcoming seminar, Greening Commercial Corridors:
Implementing Sustainable Practices with Small Businesses.

This seminar will introduce commercial revitalization managers to achievable sustainability measures to green their commercial corridors. It will highlight tangible steps that corridors can take to implement such initiatives, and discuss how BIDs and commercial revitalization managers can coordinate efforts with individual businesses to promote sustainability and the corridor.

Date:
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
8:30-10:30 am

Location:
Brooklyn Public Library’s Business Library
280 Cadman Plaza West

If you are a small business owner or are thinking about starting your own business this is a great opportunity to meet one-on-one with an attorney and learn more about the legal consequences of owning and operating a business in NYC.

• Do you need help deciding whether or not to incorporate?
• Do you have questions about contracts?
• Intellectual property rights?
• Are you planning to rent a storefront or renew your commercial lease?

Come and have your questions answered by volunteers of the Neighborhood Entrepreneur Law Project.

Wednesday, April 13, 2010
5:30 - 7:30 PM

Brooklyn Public Library’s Business Library
280 Cadman Plaza West
Brooklyn, New York 11201

Click here to register online. Click here to view the flyer.

Thinking about starting a new business? Want to improve your personal finances? Want to learn how to effectively plan for retirement? In collaboration with members of the financial community, The Moore Street Market is hosting a Financial Fair. Click on the following links to see the English Flier and the Spanish Flier.

Tuesday, Feb 23, 6-7:30pm

Please register online at www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/business or call 718.623.7000 and select option 4.

Tuesday, Feb 16, 6-7:30pm

Please register online at www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/business or call 718.623.7000 and select option 4.

Tuesday, Feb 9, 6-7:30pm

Please register online at www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/business or call 718.623.7000 and select option 4.