Events
Upcoming Training Programs
Small Business Website Workday
October 20, 2025, from 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (EST)
Join the Pace University SBDC for a no-cost, two-hour, IN-PERSON website editing workshop at the Brooklyn Public Library Business & Career Center, 10 Grand Army Plaza, 2nd Floor. This workshop is an opportunity to work on your small business' website with the assistance of business advisors. We’ll work together to create SEO friendly content, promotions and theming that encourage sales, and briefly touch on marketing strategies for the winter holiday shopping season (YES - you should start preparing now!).
All skill levels, industries, and stages of business are welcome. Be sure to have the username and password of your website handy to participate in this hands-on workshop.
Building a Small Business Website Webinar
October 21, 2025, from 10:00 AM (EST)
This workshop is an opportunity to begin building a website for your small business. We'll start by defining your website goals and sketching out the site on paper. Then, we'll get into how websites happen, choosing a platform, and actually building. All skill levels and stages of business are welcome. Live demos of both Wix and WordPress will take place.
CPA Accounting Clinic
October 22, 2025, from 12:00 PM (EST)
The Pace University SBDC and CPA volunteers who are members of the New York State Society of CPAs will be partnering to offer a CPA Accounting Clinic for New York State small businesses, all at no cost. We will meet one-to-one with NYSBDC small business clients statewide to review specific accounting questions related to their small business. These virtual sessions will address questions in areas such as tax filing responsibilities and tax minimization strategies and provide much-needed industry expertise to complement the free one-to-one counseling services offered by NYSBDC Business Advisors.
Please note that you must be an NYSBDC client to meet with the volunteer CPAs as part of this event, and clients interested in registering for the clinic must submit their questions in advance and all questions should relate to accounting and/or tax issues only.
Please contact Pace SBDC Business Advisor Greg Callender at sbdc@pace.edu to register and if you have any questions.
Non-Disclosure Agreements: When Should You Require an NDA, When Should You Sign an NDA
October 28, 2025, from 12:00 PM (EST)
The Pace University Small Business Development Center (SBDC) will host a webinar with Dr. Jessica A. Magaldi, where she will inform small business owners and entrepreneurs on non-disclosure agreements (NDAs). Attendees will learn about the importance and significance of elements including:
• Risks that an NDA can help mitigate (and risks that an NDA won’t mitigate)
• Understanding key contractual provisions of an NDA
• How to protect your small business with an NDA
• How to protect yourself as an individual who is asked to sign an NDA
NELP Intellectual Property Rights
November 5, 2025, from 5:00 PM (EST)
This presentation will provide small business owners with an overview of intellectual property rights through a discussion of Trademarks, Copyrights, Trade Secrets, and Patents. The webinar will delve into the process of obtaining legally recognized IP protections as well as discuss common IP pitfalls for microentrepreneurs.
Presented in partnership with Brooklyn Public Library Business & Career Center and NELP
Business Valuation
November 6, 2025, from 10:00 AM (EST)
This session explores the key principles of business valuation, giving participants practical tools to assess worth and make confident financial decisions. A clear understanding of valuation is critical for securing financing, planning strategic growth, or preparing for a business sale.
Presenter: Dr. Marcus Braga Alves, Professor of Finance at the Pace University Lubin School of Business
Contracts & Risk Management for Small Business Owners
November 18, 2025, from 12:00 PM (EST)
The Pace University Small Business Development Center will host a webinar with Dr. Jessica A. Magaldi to introduce small business owners and entrepreneurs to issues related to contracts and risk management, including the importance and significance of:
• Contracts and mutual assent
• Risks and responsibilities of the contractual relationship
• Assessing business risk for working with Letter Agreements, Memoranda of Understanding, Letters of Intent, and other less formal contract documents
• Understanding key contractual elements and clauses to mitigate risk and spot issues on which to seek legal assistance
• Working effectively with counsel.
Upcoming Webinars from Partner Organizations
New York SBDC Business Training
For information and registration links to other free webinars offered by the NY Small Business Development Center network click here.
AI Exchange
The AI Exchange will be an alternating monthly program offering live webinars and roundtables on Artificial Intelligence and small business. All sessions are presented virtually.
All sessions are held from 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
Webinar Topics:
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September 24th - AI Strategy Development: How to Get Ready to Use AI
Roundtable discussion sessions will be held on June 25th, August 26th, and October 29th.
Verizon Small Business Digital Ready Program
The Verizon Small Business Digital Ready Program provides small businesses with access to free training, valuable resources, and grant funding opportunities.
To get started, businesses sign up at Verizon Small Business Digital Ready by answering four quick questions, at which point you can access more than 60 free live and recorded training sessions on topics such as social media marketing, financial management, and customer engagement. Further, note that a range of courses are available in Spanish.
AMA: Catalyst Essentials
October 22, 2025, from 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (EDT)
Hear from the team behind the Catalyst accelerator. We’ll answer all of your questions about the program roadmap, application, and eligibility requirements.
Catalyst is open to all pre-seed social impact founders working in education, financial access, health, housing, hunger, and jobs with some nexus to NYC.
Trademark Basics Boot Camp
Each Tuesday (Usually At 2pm ET) from January 9, 2024
This free USPTO event series provides a comprehensive overview of the process for federal trademark registration and maintaining a federal trademark. If you’re a small business owner or entrepreneur seeking to protect your brand and product identities, Trademark Basics Boot Camp is for you.
You can attend the entire series or just the modules that best match your interests, but you must sign up for each module to attend. If you attend all eight modules, you can request a certificate of attendance. To learn more and sign up, select an individual module from the listing below.
FastTrac
Numerous Days & Times
FastTrac® is a series of free multiple-session entrepreneurship bootcamps offered by the NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS) for aspiring and established entrepreneurs throughout New York City.
SBS offers both general and specialized NewVenture™ / GrowthVenture courses.
NYC Department of Small Business Services Webinars and Training
Numerous Days & Times
The NYC Department of Small Business Services’ NYC Business Solutions Centers offer small business training sessions in topics such as QuickBooks and Certifications. You can register for their free events and courses on Eventbrite.