Take Your Ideas and Successfully Turn Them Into A Simple, Focused Start-Up Plan For Your Small Business
Key Program Details
When: Mondays & Thursdays & 3 Saturdays
Times: 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, Mondays & Thursdays, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm on (3) Saturdays
Dates: October 4 2021 through December 2, 2021
Saturday Dates: 10/16, 10/30 and 11/13
Cost: $149 (if a U.S. Veteran with DD124 I.D. proof provided, $25)
Never miss a class! All weekday classes are online. A Zoom link will be emailed to you from Sr. Staff Assistant, Darlene Kanuk @ kanukda@sunybroome.edu upon registration with SUNY Broome’s Continuing Education department.
** COVID-19 and in-person classes at the SUNY Broome classroom at the Koffman Incubator, 3rd floor, 120 Hawley Street, Binghamton, NY 13901..
Participants will be required to attest to their vaccination status and provide proof of vaccination prior to the start of the course. This information will be uploaded into the SUNY vaccine portal. “Fully Vaccinated” means an individual has received both doses of a two- dose COVID-19 vaccine or one dose of a single-dose vaccine and at least 14 days have passed since the individual’s final dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
Upon registration, participants will be emailed a digital form to use to submit their vaccination proof. If you are unable to upload your documentation, please provide a copy directly to the Continuing Education office or email to workforce@sunybroome.edu
Participants are required to attest to their vaccination status at least 5 business days prior to the start of the course (or at the time of registration if less than 5 days prior to the course), and if they do not, they will be deregistered and refunded.
No refunds will be given less than 5 business days before the start of the course (per our current refund policy).
All participants are also required to wear a mask indoors at all times.
Saturday sessions offer a choice of in-person or online. In-person Saturday sessions will meet in the SUNY Broome classroom at the Koffman Incubator, 3rd floor, 120 Hawley Street, Binghamton, NY 13901.
Below are the registration instructions to reserve your seat in the class. Don’t delay … seats are limited to 24 for maximum one-on-one assistance for starting or growing your business.
**For Saturday sessions, anyone attending in-person at the SUNY Broome classroom will be required to mask in indoor settings and provide proof of COVID vaccination at the door.
GROWING SUCCESSFUL businesses is our goal for Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Tioga and Tompkins Counties with a solid road map – create your business plan today!
Call the Continuing Education (CE) department at +1 (607) 778-5012 to register. A required email confirmation of payment receipt from CE allows entrance into all program ZOOM sessions (the link to register for online instruction will be on your payment receipt) Informational documents will also be shared prior to the start of the course via an emailed link.
More About Fall 2021 Online Instruction Program
The Entrepreneurial Assistance Center 60-Hour Business Start-Up Program is the quickest and easiest way to harness the myriad of your small business ideas and thoughts and focus upon building and executing your simple, focused start-up plan.
Upon completion of the program, entrepreneurs can expect to be ready to launch their business for 2022! For small businesses already off the ground but looking to formalize a written plan to seek loans/investors to grow their businesses, this is a structured means to clearly articulate attainable and manageable business and sales goals.
The program’s business coach, Cheryl Fabrizi, walks participants through the “must knows” and “must dos” during each two-hour session. The program is rich in information, examples, discussions, resources, connections and group and individual coaching.
Each week, participants will make successful progress towards a simple, focused start-up plan, which is the program’s key required deliverable.
Participants will also receive several hours of scheduled, individualized coaching to assure progress and get answers to specific questions about their business model, products, services, marketing, finances, target customers and more!
More About The Program From Past Participants
Here are just a few comments from past participants when asked how they benefited from the program:
“I wouldn’t think of successfully creating my small business start-up plan any other way! The group and individualized support from program participants and the instructor were great motivators for me to make weekly valuable progress.”
“I’ve tried how-to books, seeking out sample business plans, and conducting endless internet research. I ended up with overwhelming information and unmanageable ideas. The EAC program helped me organize everything, so I was able to confidently move ahead with a manageable plan especially for my business needs and goals.”
“I didn’t need another course to tell me how to develop a plan. I needed a program that provided me with a weekly focus – business model, business and sales goals, marketing, finances, and more. Seeing progress each week motivated me even more to get my ideas into a simple, structured document that I would work and re-work as I learned more about myself, my industry, my competitors and my customers.”
“Thank you, thank you, thank you! I can’t say thanks enough for the self-confidence you helped build in me week after week in the program. I look back and realize that I started with a questionable business idea, and now I have a very clear sense of what I need to accomplish to be a successful entrepreneur to sell my unique and competitive services. And yes, thank you one more time!”
“I went from several years of endless research to successfully committing to a plan I developed in a matter of weeks! This is the best way to get any small business up and selling to customers.”
About Your Entrepreneurship/Small Business Coach: Cheryl A. Fabrizi
Cheryl Fabrizi incorporates 20+ years of business leadership, management, financial performance and marketing experiences and successes for such global brands as Penn State University, Sodexo, State University of New York, Gentex Corporation, QVC and Caesars into learning, coaching and consulting for entrepreneurs and small business owners. Her 15+ years of teaching experience includes adjunct faculty and continuing education instruction for several SUNY campuses and Cornell Cooperative Extension.
Basic Technology Requirements
Zoom Online Classes
- You must have a desktop, laptop, tablet or mobile device with fully working screen, audio, microphone and video camera
- You must have Zoom downloaded on your computer/device
- You must have internet/Wi-Fi to regularly check for communications from the program and instructor
- You should consider a LinkedIn account/profile to build your business credibility and professional network. (A recorded video on the EAC Events webpage will walk you through how to create a LinkedIn Account/profile)
In Person
- In person classes will require wearing a mask unless you present your vaccination card to the staff.
