The NYSE Big StartUpSM Launches Small Business Connections: Marketing Meets Microfinancing
22 Maggio 2012 - 5:11PM
Business Wire
NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) today announced, in partnership with
national microlender Accion and online review site Yelp (NYSE:
YELP), Small Business Connections: Marketing Meets Microfinancing,
a nationwide small business marketing and financing workshop series
in conjunction with The NYSE Big StartUpSM. The tour, which
debuts in Tucson, AZ, on June 12, 2012, will provide small business
owners across the U.S. with access to local resources to help
finance their entrepreneurial dreams and increase their online
marketing power by learning best practices for engaging with online
review sites.
This is the first small business events component of the NYSE
Big StartUp, a nationwide job creation and business growth
initiative that connects small businesses with established
corporations, such as Yelp. The initiative also includes the
Accion-NYSE Job Growth Fund started with a $1.5 million commitment
by NYSE Euronext, which will provide small businesses and startups
with the capital and support they need to grow. Following Tucson,
the tour will make stops in Houston, Austin, New York, Boston and
Chicago, with additional cities added throughout 2012. The current
schedule can be viewed here.
“The NYSE Big StartUp is a nationwide jobs-growth initiative
that connects young companies and entrepreneurs with corporate
America, by providing small companies with the resources they need
in order to accelerate their growth,” said Scott Cutler, Executive
Vice President, NYSE Euronext. “As our nation turns its attention
to the important role that small businesses play in the U.S.
economy during National Small Business Week, we’re excited to
launch an initiative that will help small and locally owned
businesses grow and succeed.”
“The most frequent questions that Accion receives from small
businesses relate to how they can market their businesses on a
budget,” said Gina Harman, CEO of Accion’s U.S. Network.
“Additionally, national data continuously suggests that access to
capital is a barrier to business growth. The Small Business
Connections tour will bring together leading national organizations
in small business marketing and financing to increase access to
these resources for hardworking small business owners looking to
grow and create jobs.”
The co-branded workshops will be free of charge and will offer
business owners practical takeaways on engaging with major online
social media platforms and obtaining critical business financing
with Accion. Yelp Business outreach staff and Accion loan
consultants will be on hand to field questions and offer one‐on‐one
consultations to participants.
“We not only want to provide insight into online review sites,
we also want to promote opportunities for businesses to join the
conversations that are happening about their company online,” said
Jeremy Stoppelman, Yelp co-founder and CEO. “During these events,
we will share tips on creating and optimizing a company’s online
presence, best practices on engaging with their social media
audiences and handling feedback from online reviewers.”
For more information on the Small Business Connections tour
including registration, visit us.accion.org. Upcoming dates and
locations include:
- June 12, 5:30 PM PST: City of Tucson
Resource Campus, in the Sentinel Building in the Pantano and Santa
Cruz rooms. 320 N. Commerce Park Loop, Tucson, AZ 85709 -
Register
- June 14, 9:00 AM Central: 2310 Yale
Street (Second Floor Seminar Space) Houston, Texas 77008 -
Register
- June 16, 9:00 AM Central: Tech Ranch
Austin: 9111 Jollyville Road, Suite 100, Austin, Texas 78759 -
Register
About The NYSE Big StartUp
The NYSE Big StartUp is a nationwide jobs-growth initiative
designed to connect young companies and entrepreneurs with
corporate America, was launched by NYSE Euronext (NYX) in
collaboration with Accion, Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) and The
Startup America Partnership. The program calls on the nation’s
corporate community to lend support, experience and resources to
startups and small companies to improve procurement, networking,
business development, training, marketing and information sharing.
Yelp (NYSE: YELP), LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD) and Microsoft (NASDAQ:
MSFT) are among the first corporations to participate in this
endeavor. In addition to information and events to be provided as
part of the initiative, a microfinance program called the Accion
NYSE Job Growth Fund, started with a $1.5 million commitment by
NYSE Euronext, will provide small businesses and startups with the
capital and support they need to grow. For more information on The
NYSE Big StartUp and how to engage with the partnership or to
access a list of programs and events, please visit:
www.nysebigstartup.com.
About Yelp
Yelp (NYSE: YELP) connects people with great local businesses.
Yelp was founded in San Francisco in July 2004. Since then, Yelp
communities have taken root in major metros across the US, Canada,
UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Austria, The Netherlands, Spain,
Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Australia, Sweden Denmark and Norway.
Yelp had a monthly average of 71 million unique visitors in Q1 2012
(source: Google Analytics). By the end of Q1 2012, yelpers had
written more than 27 million rich, local reviews, making Yelp the
leading local guide for real word-of-mouth on everything from
boutiques and mechanics to restaurants and dentists. Yelp's mobile
application was used on 6.3 million unique mobile devices on a
monthly average basis during Q1 2012. For more information, please
visit http://www.yelp.com/.
About Accion
As the largest and only nationwide microlending network in the
United States, Accion connects small business owners with financing
and the support it takes to create or grow healthy businesses. We
stand behind every small business owner as they achieve success, so
that businesses – and entire communities – see real and lasting
impact.
With over 20 years of experience, Accion has made over 44,000
loans totaling over $320 million since we opened our doors in the
United States. Additionally, hundreds of thousands of business
owners across the nation count on Accion for the access to
financial services they need to keep their businesses working and
growing. For more information about Accion, visit
http://us.accion.org/.
About NYSE Euronext
NYSE Euronext (NYX) is a leading global operator of financial
markets and provider of innovative trading technologies. The
company's exchanges in Europe and the United States trade equities,
futures, options, fixed-income and exchange-traded products. With
approximately 8,000 listed issues (excluding European Structured
Products), NYSE Euronext's equities markets — the New York Stock
Exchange, NYSE Euronext, NYSE MKT, NYSE Alternext and NYSE Arca —
represent one-third of the world’s equities trading, the most
liquidity of any global exchange group. NYSE Euronext also operates
NYSE Liffe, one of the leading European derivatives businesses and
the world's second-largest derivatives business by value of
trading. The company offers comprehensive commercial technology,
connectivity and market data products and services through NYSE
Technologies. NYSE Euronext is in the S&P 500 index. For more
information, please visit: http://www.nyx.com.
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