The Pace SBDC is co-hosting a Business Entity Formation Webinar with the Neighborhood Entrepreneur Law Project (NELP) and the Brooklyn Public Library. During this virtual event, volunteer attorneys will explain the advantages and the liabilities of different forms of business structure, such as incorporation, partnership, and sole proprietorship.

Join the Pace SBDC and the US Small Business Administration (SBA) New York District Office for this IN-PERSON event at 1 Pace Plaza in the student center. This event is a free small business financing panel & networking session for existing small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs to provide practical strategies to finance their small businesses.

The forum will include two panels featuring financial institutions and alternative small business lenders, who will highlight what they look for when evaluating a loan application, typical loan terms, and the documents needed to apply. This panel will also include an in person opportunity to meet one-on-one with lenders to assess the source of capital that is best suited for their business needs.

The Pace University SBDC and CPAs from the New York State Society of CPAs will be partnering to offer a CPA Accounting Clinic for New York State small businesses. Through this effort coordinated by the Pace SBDC, CPA volunteers 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 no later than June 11th. Importantly, please note that all questions should relate to accounting and/or tax issues only. Please contact Pace SBDC Business Advisor Greg Callender at gcallender@pace.edu to register and If you have any questions. And as a reminder, all Pace SBDC services are offered at no cost.

Do you or anyone in your family live with a disability? Are you thinking of starting a business?

Join us to discover if owning a business is for you. This webinar will discuss: This webinar will discuss the different types of business formations, tax and legal requirements, record keeping, and employer obligations.

NELP's virtual legal clinics provide microentrepreneurs with free personalized legal advice on business-related matters from volunteer attorneys during a 45-minute consultation. Please note that the Neighborhood Entrepreneur Law Project does not assist with non-profit entity formation, litigation, collection matters or disputes.

This presentation will provide small business owners with an overview of intellectual property rights through a discussion of Trademarks, Copyrights, Trade Secrets, and Patents. Led by the Neighborhood Entrepreneurial Law Project (NELP) and held in partnership with the Brooklyn Public Library’s Business & Career Center and the Pace Small Business Development Center, the event will delve into the process of obtaining legally recognized IP protections as well as discuss common IP pitfalls for microentrepreneurs. Presentations will be held in-person at the Brooklyn Public Library’s Central Library location at 10 Grand Army Plz, Brooklyn, NY 11238 in the Event Room of the Business & Career Center on the 2nd Floor. Registration is required.

The Pace SBDC is hosting a Small Business Enterprise Risk Management webinar. Led by Richard Kravitz, Editor in Chief of The CPA Journal, the presentation will provide small business owners and entrepreneurs with the tools and techniques to identify, combat and mitigate both tangible and hidden risks within their organization, including:

1. Systems Risk

2. Human capital risk

3. Supply chain, geopolitical and distribution risk

4. Reputational Risk and Social capital risk.

The Pace SBDC is partnering with the City Bar Justice Center’s Neighborhood Entrepreneur Law Project and Brooklyn Public Library to host a Small Business Legal Clinic, providing an opportunity for entrepreneurs to receive free legal advice during a 45-minute consultation with a volunteer attorney

The Pace University Small Business Development Center hosted 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.

Pace SBDC hosted another website building workshop! This was an in-person, no-cost, two-hour event at the Thomas Yoseloff Business Center at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library at 455 Fifth Avenue in midtown Manhattan.

This workshop gave entrepreneurs an opportunity to begin building a website for their small business. The workshop started by defining their website goals and sketching out the site on paper. Then, went into choosing a platform, determining workflow, and the actual website building. All skill levels and stages of business are welcome at these events!