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skip to content skip to navigation salon du cote de la maison home ownership and organization. welcome to "the living room" home contact us privacy policy terms of service older posts “power up!” awards $25k to would be brooklyn entrepreneurs posted on august 19, 2018 by administrator the “power up!” contest does more than simply give money to individuals with a business plan. it consists of a series of free classes and seminars, most of which are located at downtown brooklyn’s business library branch, with a few extra presented at st. francis college. there is a catch of course: you must be a brooklyn resident and have a library card. since 2003, the brooklyn public library’s business library success council has teamed up with the citi foundation to award three entrepreneurs who submit the best business plans, after attending three of four classes. the classes will “help you write, research and present your business plan” which is then judged by a strict set of criteria. fifteen thousand dollars cash is awarded to first place and five thousand dollars cash is awarded to the two runner-ups. the 2010 competition is closed, with a mere 60 would be brooklyn entrepreneurs competing for the twenty five thousand dollar prizes. for attending three classes, that seems like pretty good odds. the 2011 program will be starting up sooner than you may imagine: the classes for the 2010 program were all scheduled in may and june. there has never been a better time to start thinking more seriously about that business idea you’ve had floating around the back of your mind. check the powerup! website for more information. posted in entrepreneurs , entrepreneurship tagged brooklyn , entrepreneurs leave a comment globalgrind.com attempts to meet the needs of the hip-hop culture posted on august 5, 2018 by administrator think digg or netvibes aimed specifically at one demographic-hip-hop culture. imagine rss feeds and widgets geared to meet the needs of consumers, not necessarily the tech savvy. take ceo and president navarrow wright, former web designer, programmer, and chief technology officer for bet, and combine his know-how with the experience, knowledge and ideas of hip-hop entrepreneur russell simmons. the end result is global grind, a website specifically aimed at the hip-hop demographic and culture in hopes of getting them to gather, collect, share and find data relevant to them in one place-globalgrind.com. what is global grind? in their own words, global grind says that, “it’s the global view of all the content that is relevant in the hip-hop community.” the website, modeled after and pulling components from such social networking sites as facebook, netvibes, and digg, is the vision of navarrow wright and russell simmons. however, unlike websites that are hoping to appeal to the masses, the intended audience for global grind is clear. because they aren’t trying to reach everyone, they have more freedom with their design and features. wright informed lindsay campbell in a recent wallstrip interview that there isn’t one place online that meets the needs of the hip-hop community, and that he and simmons feel that global grind can be that place. wright defines himself as part of this demographic, and is working hard to have the site meet his needs, too. his vision is clear. what makes global grind unique? in a recent interview with lindsay campbell on wallstrip, navarrow sat down and went into detail about the vision for global grind. in addition to their unique and specific audience, global grind is attempting to consumerize widgets and rss feeds, which he feels that up until now haven’t really been understood and utilized by american consumers. they hope to make their site more user-friendly and hands-on, and to meet the needs of their clientele through this attention to detail. global grind is planning a big year in 2008 with a site re-design and added press attention. they are hopeful to draw in the hip-hop community, and were even mentioned in a recent episode of run’s house on mtv. their goal, today’s media geared towards the hip-hop audience and culture, seems clear cut and well designed. you can view navarrow wright’s complete interview with lindsay campbell on wallstrip here. posted in passion , real estate tagged culture , global grind leave a comment upcoming events at downtown brooklyn library: financial first aid! posted on july 22, 2018 by administrator the vast majority of cities and towns in the us have libraries, but few have a library system with as many resources, events, and community support as the brooklyn library system. downtown brooklyn’s branch, however, is something unique and special even within this unparalleled system. the downtown brooklyn branch is not a “regular” library either. called the “business library,” it’s history in fact predates that of the brooklyn library system itself, dating back to 1852. it has, for most of the time since then, served primarily as a resource for businesses, entrepreneurs, and private citizens with business, employment, and money management concerns. considering how many people today have employment and money management concerns, one might expect downtown brooklyn’s business library to be overrun with the unemployed and financially strapped. the library does after all, offer a number of workshops, seminars, and one-on-one counselors to help with these issues. for instance, almost every day of the week for several hours a day the library offers one-on-one sessions with a business counselor and several other days a week offers one-on-one career and job development sessions with another professional. sessions like this are incredibly valuable and in fact can cost hundreds of dollars if sought from the private sector. an event later this week titled “financial fitness series: repairing your credit” is given by citibank representatives on “why a healthy credit rating is important and how to improve your score.” that’s coming straight from the horses mouth, so to speak. so if you are like 90% of americans today and have financial problems or concerns, check out the business library’s “programs and services” tab at its home site here, and see if they aren’t offering something you desperately need. posted in business plan , financial tagged brooklyn library , financial leave a comment jumpstarting your food business posted on may 27, 2018 by administrator a common problem among starting entrepreneurs is the lack of big capital to mobilize resources for a business . however, with the knowledge of bootstrapping, or using minimal capital, a business can still get going. in bootstrapping, costs are reduced to a minimum by scrimping on equipment and other materials yet delivering quality products. here are some ways to bootstrap and get your business going: look at the essentials. limited resources might discourage one to buy expensive equipment on all aspects of production. hence, focus your resources on the most important items. in a cake business, you can use inexpensive cake pans but insist on using the best ingredients and mixer. remember your value proposition. some entrepreneurs unwittingly sacrifice product quality in the interest of saving resources. do not forget the reason why you want to be in business: to provide best quality products. forget that, and you would fail. innovate as you go. copycatting is a good way for starting entrepreneurs. follow as the leaders do, but don’t forget to innovate. in time, your business would find its unique niche. get the money. for a starting business, it is important to get income as soon as possible. market your products to your family, friends, acquaintances, etc. never pass up the opportunity for a sale. try selling to them in the hope that word gets around, and more people would buy your products. don’t forget the cashflow. no matter how profitable your business is, if you’re perennially out of cash, your business would go kaput. manage the cashflow well. try as
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