Accion, NYSE Euronext and Yelp Bring Online Marketing Insight and Financing Program to Bay Area Entrepreneurs on November 5
17 Ottobre 2012 - 9:31PM
Business Wire
On Nov. 5, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: NYX), Accion and
Yelp will be teaming up with the Northern California Small Business
Development Centers (SBDC) to bring the NYSE Big Start Up Small
Business Connections workshop tour to San Francisco.
The event was created to give local entrepreneurs a leg up
through their startup phase with insider tips and tricks on the
effective use of social media marketing and accessing capital. San
Francisco is the tenth stop of the Small Business Connections tour
and the program’s West Coast debut, with Los Angeles and San Diego
to follow. The free evening program will be held at the New York
Stock Exchange San Francisco in the Mills Building at 220
Montgomery St., from 6 to 8 p.m.
The workshop will include presentations from industry experts,
followed by an opportunity for the audience to get answers to
important questions that apply to their business as well as a
networking session with experts and participants. Yelp’s Manager of
Local Business Outreach, Darnell Holloway, will highlight important
topics marketing topics like how entrepreneurs can work with major
social media platforms to engage customers online and navigate
online reviews. Yelp, which was founded in San Francisco in 2004,
continues to grow as a trusted resource for consumers, with a
monthly average of 78 million unique visitors in the second quarter
of this year and more than 30 million reviews on the site
worldwide.
Continuing the conversation on to financing, an SBDC financial
expert will provide an insider’s prospective on what lenders are
looking for, what an entrepreneur needs to prepare before they
approach a lender and how the SBDC can help.
“Working capital and securing financing are difficult for any
business, but particularly for startups navigating the world of
lending for the first time,” said Al Dixon, director of the San
Francisco Small Business Development Center. “Our financial
business advisors have been through that themselves and work
one-on-one to help both new and existing small businesses navigate
the process and avoid unnecessary pitfalls.”
Nationwide micro-lender Accion, the SBDC and Yelp staff will be
present throughout the workshop to answer questions and offer
personalized consultations to participants.
“Small Business Connections” is the first small business event
tour from the NYSE Big StartUp, and was launched by Yelp, Accion
and NYSE in June 2012. The Big StartUp is a nationwide job creation
and business growth initiative that connects small businesses with
corporations, such as Yelp and also integrates the Accion-NYSE Job
Growth Fund. This program was started with a $1.5 million
commitment by NYSE Euronext, to provide small businesses and
startups with the capital and support they need to grow.
The Small Business Connections tour has been a high-impact
resource for local small business owners. So far tour attendees
have reported learning an average of three new marketing techniques
and meeting an average of three other entrepreneurs who could help
them expand through new channels.
About the NorCal SBDC Program: Small Business Development
Centers of the Northern California (NorCal SBDC) help individuals
manage the growth of their businesses. Our sole focus is on helping
entrepreneurs improve their bottom line. Our expertise can help
take the mystery out of business management and allow companies to
focus on the issues most critical to their success. Our Business
Advisors have years of experience and know what it takes to operate
profitably and grow a business in Northern California. SBDC
services address: business plans, financial projections and
budgeting, operating challenges, purchase or sale of a business,
funding your venture, loan packaging, and more. All private
coaching/advising services are offered at no cost to the
client.
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, Norway, Finland, Singapore and Poland. Yelp had a monthly
average of 78 million unique visitors in Q2 2012 (source: Google
Analytics). By the end of Q2 2012, Yelpers had written more than 30
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
7.2 million unique mobile devices on a monthly average basis during
Q2 2012. For more information, please visit http://www.yelp.com or
send an email to press@yelp.com.
About Accion: As the largest and only nationwide micro-
and small business lending network in the United States, Accion
businesses. Accion serving the East Coast and Online lends in Miami
and offers business loans between $500 and $50,000 along with
training, networking and other support services to hardworking
entrepreneurs. Historically, Accion serving the East Coast and
Online has lent over $132 million.
Since 1991, the five members of Accion’s U.S. Network have
collectively made over 44,000 loans, totaling over $320 million.
Additionally, over 400,000 business owners across the nation have
turned to Accion for financial and business advice via workshops,
online tools, and one-on-one consultations. Globally, Accion
(www.accion.org) is a pioneer in microfinance, reaching millions of
individuals through its international network of partners. For more
information on Accion in Miami, please visit www.accionusa.org or
call 646-535-2254.
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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