Financial Forecasting and Budgeting

Having a solid financial model is crucial in building a successful business. It helps you plan and make important decisions for the future, and is especially important when you are looking to raise money. In this workshop, the instructor will walk you through how to make financial forecasting in the P&L, how to make realistic […]

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2021 StartUP! Competition – Win $10K

The StartUP! Competition is a 4-month program for Queens-based startup founders and small business entrepreneurs who are at the early stages of developing their businesses. The program is run by Queens Economic Development Corporation. We believe that inclusion is an economic imperative and entrepreneurship is open to everyone, regardless of your gender, race or birthplace. […]

Learn from the Winners! The 2020 StartUP! Awardees Discuss Their Businesses

About the Webinar:
Emily Wazlek of Shine Registry, Dianna Rose of Jars of Delight and Kristin Westbrook of Calm City each won $10,000 in the 2020 QEDC Start UP! Business Competition. As we approach the deadline for the 2021 competition you're invited to join a conversation with guests from Resorts World NYC, sponsor of the competition, and gain insight on how they pursued their entrepreneurial dreams. Joining the discussion will be Anita Sirivastava of Biscuit & Chai, our newest sponsor, and Sarah Liu of the QEDC.

Learn more about the StartUP! Business Competition here.

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StartUP! Finalists Announcement

Come join us as we announce the twelve finalists for this year's StartUP! Business Plan Competition!

How to Pitch Your Startup With a Compelling Story

This free webinar is part of 2021 Queens StartUP! Program. Join the finalists and the instructor on how to best tell your startup stories. About this Event Join the Queens StartUP! Competition program to learn how to most effectively pitch to the investors and potential customers. You will learn: Use storytelling techniques in startup presentations […]

2021 Queens StartUP! Competition Final Pitch

Join 2021 Queens StartUP! Competition and watch 12 finalists in four categories pitch their startups and compete for $40,000 in cash prizes.   About this Event Queens is the most diverse borough in the world, so as our founders. The 2021 Queens StartUP! Final Pitch kicks off on April 27, Tuesday at 10AM EST and […]

Go-to-Market Strategies for Startups

How to create a successful launch plan to reach your target customers? You’ve finally built the product and are ready to present it to the customers. But how? It's tough to get the product to the right customers at the right time. That’s why it’s important to have a plan. A good product launch plan […]

Instagram Page Audit

More details to come! This is one of the workshops in the 2022 Queens StartUP Competition Program. This workshop is open to everyone. You do not need to be a StartUP participant to take this workshop. However, if you're looking to participant in the 2021 StartUP program, you are required to take minimum four workshops […]

October Group Office Hour – Marketing

Each month, StartUP! Participants will be able to meet with 2-3 advisors to discuss their progress around the specific topic we have that month. Our October topic is marketing. Each entrepreneur/team has 10-15 mins to talk about whatever is the most urgent marketing question right now. The rest of the attendees can listen and share […]

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What is Website Usability and How it Can Boost or Kill Sales

Website usability, also known as user experience (UX), stands for how people view and interact with your site. Users should be able to immediately recognize the main message of your page, easily figure out how to get from point A to point B and be able to achieve the goal they set out to accomplish. […]

A Live Financial Projections Session with a CPA – For Consumer Startups

Do you know how a CPA helps his/her startup clients prepare the financial projections for potential investors? Do you want to learn the thought process behind all the numbers? During this workshop, we're excited to have Akshay to do a LIVE demo of financial projection with a real startup business. Attendees will get a unique […]

A Live Financial Projections Session with a CPA – For Tech Startups

Do you know how a CPA helps his/her startup clients prepare the financial projections for potential investors? Do you want to learn the thought process behind all the numbers? During this workshop, we're excited to have Akshay to do a LIVE demo of financial projection with a real startup business. Attendees will get a unique […]

Classes are sponsored by the Small Business Association.