No Images? Click here As we celebrate National Financial Literacy Month, we encourage you to take part in Start Small workshops and one-on-one consultations to learn everything from separating business and personal finances to developing financial projections. Did you know that 70% of entrepreneurs who joined Start Small in 2019 have met with our financial team to develop robust financial projections? These projections can equip you with a financial template and strategy to better monitor the health of your business and make more informed financial decisions. Pro Tip:  We can help you with financial management, bookkeeping, and financing analysis. If you are an eligible Start Small Business, please book an appointment with our financial department today.   Tuesday, 4/2 - Branding Your Vendor Booth Are you planning to promote your business at a market, fair, or pop-up shop this summer? Don't go unprepared! Come to this interactive workshop to learn how to optimize this opportunity. We'll cover how to design your stand with your brand in mind, retain customers who visit you and the importance of having a credit card payment system. You will leave with a handy guide to help make preparing for markets and fairs a breeze. You will also learn about free and low-cost booths that Start Small Think Big makes available for clients at markets throughout the city! Event Date: Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019  Event Time: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Event Location: SIBL Library, 188 Madison Ave, Room 018 To RSVP: No registration required  Wednesday, 4/17 - Financial Management Workshop Join Start Small and Bronx Business Outreach Center to LEARN the fundamentals of financial management. The session will cover the importance of separating your personal and business finances, best bookkeeping practices, basic information on tax requirements and how to monitor the financial health of your business. Event Date: Wednesday, April 17th, 2019  Event Time: 5:00 PM Event Location: WeWork Harlem, 8 West 126th Street, 3rd floor, New York, NY 10027 To RSVP: Email Jeff at jdeasy@bocnet.org Thursday, 4/25 - Choosing the Right Entity for Your Business Facilitated by a lawyer, this workshop will give you an overview of the various legal structures available to you if you decide to start your own business (for example, LLC, C-Corp, S-Corp, Sole Proprietorship, Worker Cooperative, and B-Corp). This workshop, co-sponsored by BOC Brooklyn, will help you choose the legal structure that works best for you. Event Date: Thursday, April 25th, 2019  Event Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Event Location: 26 Federal Plaza NY, NY 6th Floor Conference Room, ID required.  To RSVP: Email Elaine at elaine.powell.belnavis@sba.gov Thursday, 5/9 - Legal Essentials for Doing Business  Join Start Small and BOC to learn the legal essentials for doing business online. This workshop will cover: Website Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policies, including whether and when you need to use them, what you should include, and what they mean How to avoid copyright infringement issues when adding text and photos to your business website Legal issues related to social media, including website comments sections and employee privacy Event Date: Thursday, May 9th, 2019  Event Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Event Location: 26 Federal Plaza NY, NY 6th Floor Conference Room, ID required.  To RSVP: Email Elaine at elaine.powell.belnavis@sba.gov Sole proprietorship and single-member LLC tax returns on Schedule C (with the owner's personal tax return) are due April 15, 2019. Start Small's Financial Program can assist you with bookkeeping setup and training, financial statement analysis, and answering questions about your tax obligations based on your entity type. Please note that Start Small Think Big does not provide tax preparation services, independent bookkeeping, nor can we advise you on how to fill-out these forms.  If you are interested in discussing these items, please email our Financial Department at financial@startsmallthinkbig.org to schedule an appointment.     Be next month's Refer-A-Friend raffle winner! The next Raffle Prize is a $25 gift certificate to Amazon. Like Start Small Think Big? For every entrepreneur that you refer to Start Small, who is eligible and completes our intake appointment, you will be entered into our raffle. Refer your entrepreneur friends using this link to qualify!   Neighborhood Trust is a non-profit that has been providing financial counseling and financial literacy programs to the greater NYC community for over 20 years. Their newest program, Trusted Advisor, aims to increase the reach and impact of services by bringing financial counseling to workplaces across the country. If you are interested in discussing this service, please email financial@startsmallthinkbig.org.  NYPL's  Fall Financial Planning Day held at the Science, Industry & Business Library will be on April 26, 2019 at 188 Madison Ave at 34th St, from 10am-5pm.  This day long event will offer: 12 workshops on a broad array of financial and life planning issues, free credit crisis counseling, the opportunity to learn how to use some of our financial databases - and more! Visit NYPL.org/fpd for more information.  The 4th training module for the New York StartUp! 2019 Business Plan Competition is scheduled on Wednesday April 3, 2019 from 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM at NYPL. Entrants to New York StartUp! 2019 can win $15,000 to start their business. For more detailed information or to read eligibility criteria, click the link.  Calling all small media and entertainment businesses! AMP NYC is a 3-month accelerator for media and entertainment businesses looking to increase business, elevate brand and expand audience reach. Apply now for Spring 2019 with this link.  Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn for these and other news.   Start Small Think Big 8 West 126th Street, 3rd floor New York, NY 10027   Forward  Unsubscribe