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February 26, 2005

Workshop for Contractors

Forwarded by Mark Gydesen

The SUNY Brockport Small Business Development Center is pleased to be co-sponsoring a workshop with the Rochester Housing Authority. The 2005 Contractor's Workshop is designed to help small contractors improve and increase their business. Attendees will be able to learn about how the SBDC, Rochester Housing Authority, and US Small Business Administration can work with you to help your business succeed! There will also be presentations on HUD regulations and requirements for your business to obtain bonding.


The workshop is divided into several sessions over a 2 day period. Here's the breakdown!


2/26/05
Bidding and Estimating - 8:30-10:50
HUD Regulations and Paperwork - 11:00-11:50
Complimentary Lunch - 12:00-12:50
Small Business Administration session - 1:00-1:50


3/2/05
Bonding Overview - 6:00-6:50
Small Business Development Center session - 7:00-8:45


All of the workshops will be held at 675 West Main Street in Rochester (the Housing Authority’s office). You're more than welcome to attend all sessions, or only one or two if you would prefer. If this workshop sounds like something you might be interested in, please call Tom Hubert at the Rochester Housing Authority by February 16th. His phone number is 585-697-6167.


Best Wishes,
Rebekah


Rebekah Greene
Front Office Coordinator
SUNY Brockport Small Business Development Center
350 New Campus Drive
Morgan 3
Brockport, NY 14420
Phone: (585) 395-2334
Fax: (585) 395-2467
E-mail: sbdc@brockport.edu

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February 25, 2005

Need-to-Know about Intellectual Property

Presentation by Thomas R. Fitzgerald

Sponsored by the Rochester Professional Consultants Network

Most consulting engagements generate intellectual property. Learn how ownership begins and how it may be transferred. You'll learn the differences between patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets as well as highlights of statutory protections. A typical consulting agreement will be reviewed ant key terms will be explained.

Tom FitzGerald is a member of the bar in New York and the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. He's been in private practice in Rochester since 1992. Prior to 1992, he was inside counsel for several large corporations, including Texas Instruments, General Signal, GE, and Pitney Bowes. He helps his clients secure statutory and contract protection of their intellectual property.

Location: Brighton Town Hall
Open to the public; $8 for non-members; $5 for members, payable by cash or check at the door.

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February 23, 2005

Small Business Meetup

The Rochester Small Business Meetup Group will be holding its monthly meeting on Wednesday, February 23, 2005 at 7:00 p.m. at:

Atlanta Bread Company
1663 E Henrietta Rd
Rochester, NY 14623
585-427-2930

Meetings are free and open to the public. Please come!

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February 22, 2005

RYP's Casual Conversations

The Rochester Young Professionals are pleased to invite you to our monthly networking event at Lola's Bistro, at 630 Monroe Avenue. If you have always wanted to get out and network, but have found that the formal networking events are a little overwhelming, this event is for you. We'll be meeting at Lola's Bistro, a casual, comfortable spot in the Upper Monroe area of the City. There is no charge to attend this event, but we kindly ask you to patronize Lola's while you're there! You need not RSVP, just show up and have a good time. Hope to see you there!

Date & time:February 22, 2005 at 6:00 pm

Location:Lola's Bistro
  630 Monroe Avenue
  Rochester, NY 14607
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For more information, go to http://www.rochesteryoungprofessionals.org/pages/events.html.

Contact: RYP Events

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February 17, 2005

RYP Movie Night at Little Theater

Join us this evening to see Hotel Rwanda at the 6:55pm showtime. RYP Members can RSVP in advance to Craig Conte to get $5 tickets to this show and time. Please RSVP by Wednesday the 16th to let us know you'll join! We'll meet at the Little Cafe at 6:45pm, then enjoy the show. After the show, we'll go to Java's for some coffee, desserts, and great conversation. Look for your hosts for this event, Craig Conte and Christopher Burns, in the Cafe.

Date & time:February 17, 2005 at 6:45 pm

Location:Little Theater
  240 East Ave
  Rochester, NY 14604
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For more information, go to http://www.rochesteryoungprofessionals.org/pages/events.html.

Contact: RYP Events

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February 16, 2005

Business After Hours

In cooperation with the Monroe County Bar Association, Business After Hours is scheduled for Wednesday, February 16, 2005, 5:00-7:00 pm at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Admission is $10 RBA/MCBA Members/ $20 Non-Members which includes Networking and Hors D’oeuvres. Cash Bar will be available. In addition to networking with RBA & MCBA members, this is your chance to further showcase your business by participating in the Business After Hours Mini Trade Show. Space is limited, and is assigned on a first-come first-serve basis. Mini Trade Show Registration $100.00 Please RSVP to Becky Brown, RBA Membership Director via email at Becky.Brown@RBAlliance.com or via phone at 585.244.1800.

Date & time:February 16, 2005 at 5:00 pm

Location:Crowne Plaza Hotel
  70 State St
  Rochester, NY 14614
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For more information, go to http://www.rochesterbusinessalliance.com/scriptcontent/va_custom/events/calendarofevents.cfm.

Contact: Becky Brown

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#1 in Rochester's Top 100 to Speak to the August Group

Manny Marcano, president of EMA Design Automation in Henrietta, will be presenting to the August Group at the Brighton Town Hall. EMA was selected as the Democrat & Chronicle's #1 company in its Top 100 fastest growing privately held companies in the greater Rochester metro area for 2004.

In this informal presentation, Manny will discuss EMA's growth, and history, as well as present the August Group with a unique proposition.

EMA is looking for August Group members that have the passion and drive to start a new business.

For more information contact John Baily with the August Group.

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February 15, 2005

Event Submission Form

I've finally added an event submission form that can be used by visitors to the site to add their events to our catalog. It seems to work pretty well (at least to my mind) but I'm curious to see how the rest of the world views it.

Just so you know, submissions do not go directly onto the calendar. Instead they are posted in a draft mode, waiting for my approval. I will only approve those that seem to me to be of general interest to local entrepreneurs. (I am biased in favor of networking events and against technology events.)

Also note that there are limits on some of the fields. Titles, for instance, are limited to 40 characters, so that they don't overflow the space available for our weekly calendar. URLs are similarily limited to 100 characters. (I never really considered this to be a limit until I encountered a page in my testing that had a URL over 150 characters long. Why would anybody do that?)

One final note: Pressing the button on the form shows you a copy of your posting as it will appear on the site. You need to press the button on that second page in order for it to be submitted. Please take the time to proofread your submission before sending it on!

I hope you find this to be useful. I'm looking forward to lots of events appearing in our calendar!

Kurt Schweitzer

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February 12, 2005

A search engine for money

I attended a presentation last Friday at the Rochester Professional Consultants Network regarding sources of funding for training. It suggested a new idea that I'd like to explore.

Innovations Rochester has identified connecting new business owners with sources of money as a significant barrier to creating small businesses in the Rochester area. We are looking at the possibility of directly providing funding (through micro-loans modeled after the Grameen Bank ideas), but could also provide valuable assistance by simply helping entrepreneurs find people willing to fund their ideas.

It occurred to me that this is very similar to what a job bank does. Replace Job Seekers with Entrepreneurs, and Employers with Money Providers, and you'll start to see this picture:

It's basically a search engine for money. I'd appreciate any comments you might have about this idea, especially if you'd be willing to help out - either by helping write the software, or by identifying local funding sources and their criteria.

Your thoughts?

Kurt

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February 11, 2005

Miller resigns HTR incubator post

The Rochester Business Journal is reporting that High Technology of Rochester Inc. program director Alana Miller has resigned from the organization.

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February 08, 2005

Business Start Up Checklist

This Business Start Up Checklist at Business Know-How is a good reminder of steps you need to go through to start your business, but misses a few things such as retaining an attorney and an accountant. Combine it with my previous post for a more complete list and a timeline to use as a guide.

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12 Months to Startup

Entrepreneur.com has an interesting article giving step-by-step instructions to start a new business. 12 Months to Startup not only suggests what to do each month, but also includes links to resources to help you through each step.

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February 07, 2005

Study shows best places for small business

Study shows best places for small business - bizjournals.com lists the best cities and towns for small business, as rated by American City Business Journals. The highest ranking city in New York is ... (drum roll please!) ...

Poughkeepsie, NY!

The methodology that they used for ranking is based on four factors:

Think Rochester will have better luck next year?

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Top Ten States for Small Businesses in 2005

Here's a blog article that made it into the national media. SurePayroll Announces Top Ten States for Small Businesses in 2005 contains state rankings that were mentioned on the radio today, mostly because New York was not in the list. I tracked it down simply so I could find out where I should be starting my next business.

What do you think of these rankings?

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February 05, 2005

Money

Looking for money? Greater Rochester Enterprise has put together a list of funding sources for small businesses that you should probably investigate. Some day we'll put together a table comparing their funding criteria, but for now you'll just have to do your own research.

Good luck!

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