Events Calendar
Commercial real estate acquisition for small business owners
This informative session helps small business owners understand the path to commercial real estate ownership. Participants will learn how to assess ownership readiness, evaluate potential properties, navigate the acquisition process, and understand what lenders consider when financing commercial real estate purchases.
NGLCCNY 2026 Summit: Our Economic Impact Learning Session
Join an informational session on the September 16 NGLCCNY Summit: Our Economic Impact. Explore the event schedule, workshop and presentation opportunities, Expo Hall and Retail Market tabling, sponsorship options, and ways your organization can participate.
Use local resources to help your business
Search description: This Ask the Expert session helps small business owners identify local resources that can support business growth. Participants will learn what universities, libraries, trade associations, and community organizations may offer, how to find relevant programs in their area, and how to build partnerships that create lasting business value.
From chaos to clarity: Organize your business with automation
This Ask the Expert session helps small business owners understand how automation can streamline daily operations and reduce repetitive work. Participants will learn practical strategies to connect business tools, eliminate bottlenecks, prevent tasks from falling through the cracks, and focus more time on growth-oriented work.
From Successful to Scalable: The 5 Traits of a World-Class Business
Learn what separates a successful business from one built to scale. Founders will assess their company against five defining traits, identify priorities, and leave with practical tools to support sustainable growth.
Peer to peer check-in
This monthly interactive session helps small business owners stay focused, overcome roadblocks, and build momentum through peer accountability. Participants will define goals, share progress, celebrate wins, troubleshoot challenges, and connect with a supportive network of entrepreneurs.
Demystifying marketing plans
This hands-on expert review session helps business owners create a practical marketing plan that extends beyond social media posting. Participants will work directly with marketing experts in a small-group setting and use a guided question-and-answer framework to begin building an actionable strategy for their business.
Know your audience: Build marketing personas
This hands-on expert review session helps business owners define their ideal customers and create detailed marketing personas. Participants will work directly with a marketing expert in a small-group setting, use a guided framework, and develop one to three actionable personas to improve targeting and marketing strategy.
Adaptive leadership: How to lead through uncertainty
This webinar helps small business owners strengthen their leadership approach in uncertain and rapidly changing conditions. Participants will learn how to distinguish technical problems from adaptive challenges, support team alignment, and build a resilient culture that can respond to volatility with clarity and confidence.
The ultimate AI business blueprint: Combine tools for maximum efficiency
This Ask the Expert session helps small business owners move beyond AI hype and understand how to build practical systems using multiple AI tools. Participants will learn how to connect tools, improve workflow efficiency, automate content creation, support customer service, and use AI to strengthen data analysis and decision-making.
