Better Business Bureau
Mission Statement:
BBB’s mission is to be the leader in advancing marketplace trust
About:
Founded in 1922, the Better Business Bureau Serving Metropolitan New York (BBB) is a private, nonprofit membership organization. The BBB’s mission is to be the leader in advancing marketplace trust. BBB accomplishes this mission by:
- Creating a community of trustworthy businesses
- Setting standards for marketplace trust
- Encouraging and supporting best practices
- Celebrating marketplace role models, and;
- Denouncing substandard marketplace behavior
Our jurisdiction includes all five boroughs of New York City, Long Island and the Mid-Hudson region. Among our services to the community, the BBB:
- Collects and reports information to assist consumers in making informed purchasing decisions;
- Develops programs to encourage firms to regulate their own advertising and selling practices;
- Serves as a neutral third party in settling marketplace disputes through mediation and arbitration;
- Alerts consumers about deceptive and fraudulent marketplace practices and cooperates with appropriate law enforcement agencies;
- Provides valuable consumer information to news media;
- Publishes and disseminates pamphlets on an array of consumer-business topics of interest; and
- Offers seminars on a wide variety of topics relevant to the local community to promote educated consumer purchasing decisions.
The focus of the BBB’s activities is to promote an ethical marketplace by encouraging honest advertising and selling practices. In carrying out this mission over the past eighty years, the BBB has developed and maintained a uniquely trusted reputation in the provision of consumer information and education to the community. Indeed, the BBB is widely regarded as the leading consumer-business organization in the country. As such, the BBB maintains a strong interest in all matters that impact the consumer-business relationship and the concomitant ability of regulatory agencies to safeguard and enhance that relationship.
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Bronx Chamber of Commerce
About
The Bronx Chamber of Commerce was established to strengthen the economic viability and improve the quality of life for the Bronx. Empowered with distinguished leadership, the chamber plays an active, significant role in the economic development of the borough, and formed initiatives and partnerships that have made immeasurable strides in the crucial fields of education, employment, and health. The Bronx Chamber of Commerce is a champion of fostering ethical business practices and ensuring the borough’s future as economically thriving. It acts as the liaison point for Bronx businesses, offering a forum for their principals to discuss common day-to-day operations as well as tribulations, while also facilitating the improvement of their services.
Website
www.bronxchamber.org
Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation
Mission Statement
The Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation (BOEDC) is a not-for-profit corporation under contract to provide economic development consulting services to the Office of The Bronx Borough President (the “Office of the Borough President”). It is run by a Board of Directors.
The mission of BOEDC is to assist existing Bronx based businesses to expand and to encourage additional business to start-up in or relocate to Bronx County. In fulfilling this mission BOEDC seeks to maximize employment opportunities for Bronx residents. BOEDC provides a wide array of programs and services to its clients, including site selection; financing and financial packaging; job training, technical assistance; special projects; procurement assistance; liaison services with government agencies; information dissemination; job development and placement assistance, and minority, women and small business development and capacity building. BOEDC markets the Bronx as a place to conduct business and as a tourist destination. BOEDC the administrator of the Bronx portion of the New York Empowerment Zone (the “EZ”) and as such is charged with development programs and projects, in concert with the EZ community, for funding.
Website
http://bicofny.org/
Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce
About
Founded in 1918, the Brooklyn Chamber is a membership-based, business assistance and economic development organization that leverages the collective strengths of the Brooklyn business community.
The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce provides a wide range of promotion, support and advocacy services to assist Members, attract new investment to the borough and improve local business conditions
Website
www.ibrooklyn.com
Contact Info
Joseph Shaia
Director, Member Services
(718) 875-1000 ext. 132
Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation
Mission Statement
BEDC seeks to create and expand economic opportunity throughout Brooklyn by implementing business and neighborhood development and planning activities to support and create sustainable jobs, industries and communities.
About
Founded in 1979 to stimulate economic growth and neighborhood stability in Kings County, the Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation (BEDC) has evolved into a multi-service, business and community development organization serving over 1000 clients per year. Our expanding and enhanced services are structured to meet the unique challenges facing entrepreneurs in a constantly changing, dynamic urban economic environment. In twenty-four years of service to the business community, BEDC has provided training, technical assistance and counseling to over 20,000 established or potential business owners.
BEDC’s approach to accomplishing its mission is uniquely holistic. We believe economic development is inseparably intertwined with community development and empowerment. Expanding social and economic opportunity in under-served communities is a primary vehicle towards this end. Our activities in this area include seeking resources to support efforts that link entrepreneurs to capital markets, advancing entrepreneurship and enterprise formation in low-income communities, the development and ongoing support of programs and initiatives that help to eliminate all barriers to greater economic growth.
Our professional staff is well equipped with practical and academic experience in all areas relevant to business and community development, marketing, real estate, loan analysis and packaging, certification and procurement. Additional skills such as teaching, counseling and computer knowledge are to be found among the staff. We firmly believe in forming collaborative partnerships with organizations that are pursuing goals similar to ours. In this way, resources are maximized and more people and businesses receive quality services.
Website
www.bedc.org/
Business Outreach Center Network
About
BOC Network is a micro-enterprise/small business development organization with over fifteen years of delivering customized business services to under-served communities and entrepreneurs. The BOC Network also delivers capacity-building services to organizations establishing and operating community and micro-enterprise development programs. The BOC Network specializes in providing customized service to small businesses throughout the city of New York, particularly in neighborhoods where business owners and new entrepreneurs are often unaware and unable to take advantage of mainstream opportunities and resources. The BOC Network is also a resource that acts as a facilitator, putting small business together with vital business information, professional assistance and business-to-business connections.
Website
www.bocnet.org
Co-Communications
About
At Co-Communications, we believe in the power of the message. We use it to drive creative and compelling PR and Marketing campaigns. We use it to attract new audiences and break into new markets. We use it capture lead intelligence and gain prospects. By integrating traditional communication techniques with cutting-edge technologies, we help clients get the right messages to the right audiences, producing results that positively impact their bottom line.
Website
http://www.cocommunications.com/
Constant Contact
About
Constant Contact is revolutionizing the success formula for small organizations through affordable, easy-to-use Engagement Marketing™ tools that help create and grow customer relationships. More than half a million small businesses, nonprofits, and associations worldwide rely on Constant Contact to drive ongoing customer dialogs through email marketing, social media marketing, event marketing, and online surveys. All Constant Contact products come with unrivaled KnowHow, education, and free coaching with a personal touch, including award-winning customer support.
Website
http://www.constantcontact.com
Contact Info
www.constantcontact.com/contact
Crain’s New York Business
Crain’s New York Business is the award-winning news source for New York’s business leaders. Weekly in print and daily online, Crain’s New York Business provides readers with staple editorial features that give insight into every aspect of business in New York. In each issue, these features address the most relevant happenings in the city, with a special insider’s look into the business of finance, real estate, small business, politics, and much more. Crain’s coverage directly affects the top business people in New York who make decisions based on the information and news they get from us.
Website
www.crainsnewyork.com
eMarketing Association
About
The eMarketing Association (eMA) is the world’s largest international association of emarketing professionals. Members include governments, companies, professionals and students involved with the emarketing arena. The eMA provides marketing resources, services, research, certifications, educational programs and events to its members and the marketing community. The eMA works with a number of organizations, companies and governments on issues related to eCommerce, multi-channel marketing and legislative issues. The eMA has members in over 40 countries around the world, and sponsors or manages over 30 events a year. Over 40,000 marketers have enrolled in eMA online corses and thousands of eMarketing professionals and students have achieved certification status.
Membership in the eMarketing Association, recognized worldwide, indicates a commitment to our profession as well as to professional development and achievement. eMA certifications are endorsed by governments, educational boards, colleges and universities, and provide eMarketers with a tangible credential for advancement in our field.
The eMA advocates ethical practices in Search Engine Optimization (SEO), eMail marketing, and web site promotion. Members subscribe to a strict code of ethics prohibiting spam, unethical SEO techniques and other practices that are not in compliance with honest and ethical business practices.
Website
http://www.emarketingassociation.com/
Empire State Development
About
The Office of Community Economic Development focuses on economic development for disadvantaged communities, including small businesses, minority- and women-owned businesses, and economically distressed neighborhoods
Website
http://www.nyfirst.ny.gov
Contact Info
Steve Cohen
Deputy Commissioner & SVP, Community Economic Development
Empire State Development
About
Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce
About
The Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce (GHCC) originally incorporated in 1896 as the Harlem Board of Trade, is now in its third century of continued services to the Upper Manhattan area in general and the New York region in particular.
Our Chamber has served as an anchor of continued stability bridging the periods of urban neglect to the future of urban prosperity. The Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce has in the past thirty years particularly focused on the renaissance and revitalization of upper Manhattan.
Today, the mission of our Chamber is to improve the quality of life for all of our residents, as well as to develop and attract quality business and professional services.
We are pleased that our Chamber dramatically continues to attract an ever-growing local, regional, national and international support base, ranging form single proprietors to fortune 500 Corporations.
Our members consist of those who wish to contribute to and thrive from Harlem’s world-renowned vitality and recognition as a worldwide tourist, entertainment, sports, arts, cultural, educational, historic, religious and health services destination of international diversity.
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Greenwich Village-Chelsea Chamber of Commerce
About
For more than 50 years, the Greenwich Village-Chelsea Chamber of Commerce has served as the leading voice of business in our communities. The Chamber is actively involved in promoting a business climate that encourages growth and prosperity, ensuring the future vitality of our world famous neighborhoods. The Chamber focuses on such diverse areas as government policy, small business concerns, economic development and tourism promotion.
What started out as a few dozen businesses banding together, has now grown into an organization that is hundreds of members strong. Our membership ranges from sole proprietorships to major institutions and organizations. Our diversity is one of our greatest assets, providing our participants with unique opportunities and a strong voice from which to address business issues. The Chamber also offers numerous benefits and services including networking opportunities, business and educational seminars, government advocacy, marketing and promotional campaigns and much more.
Highlighting our neighborhoods, promoting commerce and enhancing the quality of life in our neighborhoods, are top priorities. The Chamber is here to help you and your business succeed!
Website
www.villagechelsea.com
Likeable Local
About
Mission
Our mission is to put a likeable business on every main street across the country!
Website
Manhattan Chamber of Commerce
Mission Statement
Manhattan Chamber of Commerce (MCC) is a vibrant business membership organization comprised of a cross section of 10,000 business members and subscribers ranging from sole proprietors to large corporations and multi-national firms. Connect with entrepreneurs, leaders and executives by becoming an MCC member today and help your business grow. The Chamber supports the business community through advocating for positive business legislation, hosting 3-4 monthly networking events and seminars, engaging active social media presence, expanding marketing opportunities and international outreach. Our mission is to advocate for, connect and educate the business community in Manhattan.
Website
www.manhattancc.org
Contact Info
[email protected]
National Association of Women Business Owners
Mission Statement
NAWBO-NYC inspires and empowers women business owners and promotes and supports the growth of women-owned businesses. As a unified voice for women of diverse industries and backgrounds, the organization seeks to effect social, political and economic change.
Since 1985, NAWBO-NYC has been the collective backbone of the city’s 330,000 women business owners, who generate nearly $65 billion in sales annually. NAWBO-NYC offers facilitated networking, supportive and educational programs, inspirational speakers and other special events to help members grow their businesses.
NAWBO-NYC is a member of the National Association of Women Business Owners, the only dues-based national organization representing the interests of women entrepreneurs in all industries, with nearly 80 chapters nationwide.
Website
http://www.nawbonyc.org/
National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce NY
About
NGLCCNY provides valuable business development opportunities, financial access and educational resources to LGBT and allied businesses in New York. As the official Metro New York affiliate chamber of the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, NGLCCNY is the voice of thousands of LGBT-owned businesses and actively promotes and creates supplier diversity and procurement opportunities for its growing base of corporate partners and business members.
Strengthening Businesses. Building Communities.
Website
www.nglccny.org
The Network Journal
Mission Statement
The magazine is dedicated toeducatingandempoweringBlack professionals and small business owners by providing news and commentary on issues that affect the growth of business and the advancement of professionals in the workplace, featuring successful entrepreneurs and professionals who offer insights on business- and career-building strategies, highlighting business and career trends in key industries, and providing information on valuable resources in the government, corporate and non-for-profit sectors. Each issue of TNJ also contains articles on technology, health, personal finance and entertainment.
Website
www.tnj.com
Contact Info
The Network Journal
39 Broadway, Suite 2120
New York, NY 10006
Tel:212-962-3791
Fax: 212-962-3537
New American Chamber of Commerce
About
NACC is a not-for-profit organization founded in 2005 to advance, promote and facilitate the success of New American Businesses. The backbone of the NACC is the diversity of its member entrepreneurs and small business owners.
The NACC mission is accomplished by the following:
- Implementing and strengthening local and national programs that assist the economic development of New American firms;
- Increasing business relationships and partnerships between the corporate sector and New American-owned businesses;
- Promoting international trade between New American businesses in the United States and Immigrant Countries;
- Monitoring legislation, policies and programs that affect the New American business community;
- Providing technical, networking and other assistance to our member entrepreneurs, small business owners, business associations and professionals.
Website
New York American Marketing Association
About
The New York American Marketing Association provides programming and peer exchange to New York area marketers of all levels and disciplines to foster professional growth and the promotion of best marketing practices.
Website
http://nyama.org/
Contact Info
[email protected]
New York Business Development Corporation
Mission Statement
NYBDC’s goal is to assist, promote and, through the cooperative efforts of our lending partners, advance the business prosperity and economic welfare of the State of New York by providing loans to small businesses including start-up, early stage and mature businesses with a particular emphasis on minority and women owned businesses. NYBDC seeks to offer credit opportunities not otherwise available to small business in order to facilitate access to capital in support of economic development, to create or preserve job opportunities and to stimulate the growth, expansion and modernization of small businesses in New York State.
URL
www.nybdc.com
Contact
212-785-5642
New York Women’s Chamber of Commerce
About
The New York Women’s Chamber of Commerce (NYWCC), the only women’s chamber of commerce in the city and state of New York, is a not for profit charitable 501c3 tax exempt organization dedicated to assisting women, minorities and other disadvantaged individuals, achieve success and economic independence through business, micro-enterprise ownership and self-employment. Furthermore, NYWCC advocates and actively works to create equal and fair business opportunities fostering an environment that nurtures the growth of women and minority-owned businesses in the city and state of New York.
Website
NYC LGBTQS Chamber of Commerce Inc.
Mission Statement
To advocate, promote and facilitate the success of Hispanic and Non-Hispanic business.
About
We are the voice & bridge of LGBT in business in the NYC Area.The 1stever gay/lesbian Chamber of Commerce in NYC.To helpsecure business loans & help you obtain SBA Certification & The NY State Certification & much more!
Website
http://nyclgbtqscc.org/
Contact Info
Rev. Carmen Hernandez, President/Founder
646-401-7918
[email protected]
Office of Citywide Health Insurance Access (OCHIA)
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Mission Statement
The mission of the Human Resources Administration’s Office of Citywide Health Insurance Access (OCHIA) is to expand access to health insurance for all New Yorkers. The office has two key priorities: first, to expand access to affordable health insurance for the City’s small businesses, sole proprietors and working individuals; second, to ensure that uninsured New Yorkers who are eligible for public health insurance programs such as Child Health Plus, Family Health Plus and Medicaid are enrolled.
Website
www.nyc.gov/HILink
Queens Chamber of Commerce
“A Better Business is our Business”
Mission Statement
To promote the general welfare of the borough of Queens, City ofNew York, and to foster its commerce.
Website
www.queenschamber.org
Contact Info
[email protected]
Queens Economic Development Corporation
About
The Queens Economic Development Corporation (QEDC) welcomes you to its official web site. Whether you are dreaming of owning a business, relocating one to Queens, or your company is already a success, the QEDC has somethingto offer you. Working with our community partners and supporters, the QEDC is determined to provide a seamless spectrum of service to Queens businesses, entrepreneurs and visitors.
We focus on improving our three major economic assets:
- Our many commercial districts;
- Existing and startup businesses;
- Tourism and marketing of our Borough
Website
www.queensny.org
SCORE NYC
About
Resources for NYC Small Businesses:
- Providing free one-on-one business counseling at our main office downtown at 26 Federal Plaza and at branch locations in Manhattan, Bronx and Brooklyn (See Locations);
- Offering a series of low-cost seminars and workshops on a wide range of business topics (See Seminars);
- Maintaining a library of basic business information and source materials on legal and financial issues, operations, marketing, the internet and other matters of critical importance to small-business entrepreneurs and managers.
In addition, SCORE NYC has recently entered into agreements with several New York City colleges and universities, including Baruch College of the City University, Fordham University’s Graduate School of Business and the Stern School of Business at NYU, to provide mentors to student and graduate teams entered into annual business plan competitions.
SCORE NYC’s experienced counselors offer business advice on everything from how to prepare a business plan through developing a business strategy and managing cash flow to developing a small business advisory board.
Based on their extensive knowledge and experience, our counselors can provide insight on how to start and operate a business, market its products and services or buy and/or sell a business providing hope for a better future. To view our counselors by area of expertise, click here.
Website
www.scorenyc.org
SmallBizTechnology.com
About
Smallbiztechnology.com educates small business professionals, owners and entrepreneurs how they can use technology as a tool to grow their business. Led by Ramon Ray, technology evangelist and editor, Smallbiztechnology.com ensures that business professionals know what technology and best practices can help drive their business to SUCCESS and GROWTH!
Website
http://www.smallbiztechnology.com
SobelMedia
About
Bill Sobel, the Chief Connections Officer of SobelMedia has been described as a media powerhouse and a master connector. Sobel uses his massive network as a tool to both build his popular events, which draw 150-200 per month and to connect others in the media and technology space.
Most people and companies that Bill consults with have a great product or service but rarely have the access he has to execute meetings with the correct players. In this way, Bill Sobel is a business matchmaker. Some of the connections that Sobel Media has driven include major broadcast and cable networks, Hollywood Studios, Multi-National media companies and film and video producers.
Website
www.sobelmedia.com
Contact Info
Bill Sobel
SobelMedia LLC
12 Desbrosses Street
New York, NY 10013
646-714-2415
[email protected]
Staten Island Chamber of Commerce
Mission Statement
The Chamber acts to improve the economic climate and expand business opportunities on Staten Island.
Website
www.sichamber.com
U.S. Department of Commerce/Harlem USEAC
About
The U.S. Commercial Service is the trade promotion unit of the International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.
U.S. Commercial Service trade specialists in 107 U.S. cities and in more than 80 countries, work with your company to help you get started in exporting or increasing your sales to new global markets. Our services include world class market research, trade events that promote your product or service to qualified buyers, introductions to qualified buyers and distributors, and counseling and advocacy through every step of the export process.
To learn more about how the U.S. Commercial Service can help your company export, contact a U.S. Export Assistance Center near you or call 1-800-USA-TRAD(E).
Website
www.export.gov
Contact Info
New YorkUSEAC
Phone – 212-809-2642 Fax, 212-809-2687
E-mail: [email protected]
Territory � Manhattan below 96th Street,Staten Island
Harlem USEAC
Phone – 212-860-6200 Fax – 212-860-6203
E-mail: [email protected]
Territory – Upper Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens