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Providing financing and business training for minority and women-owned enterprises since 1979.
Fall 2022 Business Startup Program
September 12 - November 2, 2022 (5:30pm - 8pm)
A six week business course (to nights a week from 5:30-8) that prepares you for success. You will be able to create a basic business plan, network, connect with business consulting professionals, and opportunity to pitch your business idea for a business grant.
Individual centers will confirm schedules with you.
How the Ibero Business Center can partner with you
When dreaming about starting your own business, do you:
- Feel overwhelmed and not sure where to start?
- Feel afraid of failure?
- Been rejected by banks to finance your start-up?
At IBC we have helped start-up businesses across Western New York and the Finger Lakes Region:
- Create simple, strategic plans to guide the journey of your new business.
- Mentor business owners in all stages to help their business succeed.
- Provide alternative forms of financing to meet your start-up’s cost and take you to a new level.
The process is simple at IBC. Here’s what to do:
- Contact your regional IBC representatives to set an online or in-person meeting.
- Create a customized plan for your business needs.
- Execute your tailored plan into completion.
As an Entrepreneurship Assistance Center (EAC), we assist potential and existing entrepreneurs in the creation and expansion of their business. We are offering a comprehensive, 60-hour hands-on business planning and training course for new and existing business owners. This course is specifically designed maximize the potential success of starting or expanding a business. Entrepreneurs will receive one-on-one counseling assistance, in-class instruction with guest speakers that have expertise in their field and peer support group. A major achievement in this training course is the successful completion of your business plan.
Starting September 2021, our 10-week in-class business training course will be offered at both our locations in the Finger Lakes (Geneva, NY) and Western New York (Buffalo, NY).
Participants in this program will learn the following business concepts:
Principles in Entrepreneurship
Management and Operations
Product Development, Marketing and E-Commerce
Fundamentals of Financial Management, Accounting and Cash flows
International Plaza
IBC is now a partner at the International Plaza in the City of Rochester!
IBC offers one on one business mentoring to make sure that any vendors at the International Plaza launches successfully in our second season starting in May 2022.
Set up time with an IBC consultant to learn more!
Ibero Business Center Locations and Contact Information
Niagara Falls
6951 Williams Rd
Niagara Falls, NY 14304
Ann Enger: ann.enger@iaal.org
716-481-8284
Rochester
817 E. Main Street
Rochester, NY 14605
Agustin Rodriguez: agustin.rodriguez@iaal.org
585-298-1260
Geneva
122 N Genesee St.
Geneva, NY 14456
Tanya Hasseler: tanya.hasseler@iaal.org
315-651-2355
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