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NYC Small Business Resource Center
Smallbiz.nypl.org links business owners to events, information, & tools to help growing businesses.
Small Business Events & Training Calendar NYC
Services Directory-Help for your Business
Need Help Starting a Business? Find Programs and Agencies that can help you in the Smallbiz Services Directory.

Love Food Trucks? Want to Start Your Own? Learn How from a Co-Founder of Rickshaw Dumplings, David Weber May 2, 2013 at 6pm.

Liz Lynch - Lead Generation Leverage: 3 Keys to Getting Maximum Clients. May 8, 2013. 6-7:30 pm.
Your Business: A Commitment to Going Green and Bottom-line Profitability. George Brennan, CEO of Telesis Solutions. May 9, 2013, 6-7:30 pm

Learn with lynda.com and expand your skills! lynda.com is now free at SIBL. Bring your headphones!
Announcing @NYCBigApps 2013! NYC challenges software developers to create cool apps that solve BigIssues for the City.
Business Recovery! Need assistance recovering from damages caused by Hurricane Sandy? NYC.GOV can assist you.

Winners of the 2012 New York StartUP! Business Plan Competition!
Dwayne Samuel and team for Curatio HCS
Photo credit: Michael del Castillo
Useful Business Links
- NYC.GOV Business Solutions! Get Free Help to Start & Run your Small Business
- Register for JumpStart NYC, a three-month educational program to help mid-career professionals apply their knowledge, skills, and experience as they seek employment. If you’re a NYC-based small company, find out how to put this talent network to work for you by bringing highly-skill professionals into your company for a short consulting engagement.
- Asian Women in Business Annual Procurement Opportunities Conference. Thursday, June 6th at BNY Mellon from 8:30am to 3:00pm. Register to Participate in workshops and meet buyers from corporations & governmentagencies. Vendors must be prequalified by May 27.
- Businesses and Organizations: Join the NYC Business Innovation Challenge. The Competition will challenge businesses and organizations in New York City to propose and implement innovative and sustainable programs and business models that will help foster upward income mobility for low-income and/or low-skill and middle-skill workers.
- The Federal Reserve needs your input on a Survey of small business credit. If you own a small business please complete the survey!
- Furman Center for Real Estate & Urban Policy Data Search Tool. Find demographic neighborhood data and subsidized housing data.
- Compare your business with your Competitors
- Protect Your Data from Disaster - Executive In Box/Crain's New York Business
- Try out the SBA's new Size Up Tool to Analyze Your Business!
- Check out the new New York Works for Business
- Need funds to start your business or creative project in a low income area? Try the New York City Council's new Kickstarter Page.
- New Business Owners! Check out the IRS small business tax center to learn about tax requirements for your new business
- NYC launches new health insurance website for small business owners
- Need a place to meet with a client in Midtown? small meeting rooms- FREE USE. Click to request a room.
- Urban Interns: Find Part-Time Assistants or Part Time Jobs
- Need NYC statistics? Visit NYCdata
