Small Business Expo 2023 June 23 2023 – Video interviews Part 1

The New York City Small Business Expo 2023 took place on Friday, June 23, 2023, at the New York Hilton Midtown. The event provided a platform for small and medium-sized business owners to network, access resources tailored to their business needs, and participate in skill-building workshops and seminars guided by industry thought leaders.
The expo aimed to facilitate collaboration, exposure, and advancement in New York City’s dynamic business environment 2

Dialogue from a conversation at the New York Small Business Expo:

Julia: Hi, Julia here with Independent New York News in partnership with Manhattan Business TV. We’re covering New York’s Small Business Expo at the New York Midtown Hilton Hotel. We’ve got a lot of vendors and business providers reaching out to small businesses. We’ve had a networking event, speed networking event. There’s a lot of energy here, a lot of small businesses interacting with providers, and overall, it’s great energy. Please watch our show for the full coverage. Thank you.

Unknown Speaker 1 (representing a Law Firm): We are a general practice Law Firm. We do corporate work, support all types of businesses, and also handle litigation, intellectual property, wills, and estates. We were just curious to see all these small businesses present in New York, to meet new people, and of course, potentially bring some new business to the firm. We are located in Midtown on Madison Avenue and 52nd Street.

Unknown Speaker 2 (representing a digital signage company): My name is Andy Chavan. We have a digital signage company. Everything we do is about digital. Everything we have here is manufactured by us, so everything you see comes in any size, any color. We have digital interactive kiosks, smart mirrors, kiosks with hand sanitizers, and even holograms. We manufacture everything in China but are based in Westchester, New York.

Dialogue from the conversation at the New York Small Business Expo:

Michelle: Hi, my name is Michelle. I own Triangle Social Media. I live in North Carolina, but I’m from New York, and my partner’s at Beacon Creative Lab. We’re two different businesses, but we collaborate a lot because every business needs help with social media, marketing, they need a website, and all the things. Triangle Social Media is five years old, and I’ve been doing social media for about 12 years. I love to help small and medium businesses. So, you know, we have to do social media, we have to market ourselves, it’s critical. We have to do videos and so I help with all the things.

Interviewer: What sets you apart from other social media companies?

Michelle: Most people, or a lot of people, will ask, you know, what is your niche? Who are your clients? And I answer with, “I’m the niche.” So that’s what makes me different. I’m pink and sparkly, and I brought something sad into happy. My sister passed from breast cancer, and so I turned that kind of gradually over the years into my brand, where it’s a positive thing. It makes me happy, it sets me apart, and it kind of stands out.

Interviewer: Are you based in New York, and do you have a website?

Michelle: I’m from New York, I live in North Carolina. I help people anywhere. My website is trianglesocialmedia.com, and my email is Michelle at trianglesocialmedia.com. I’m on all the platforms, would love to connect and meet people and collaborate or support.

Jim Cross (from Perculus): Yeah, my name is Jim Cross. I’m from Perculus. We’re a company that helps small businesses protect themselves from cybercrime. So, we have a suite of services and a risk assessment powered by MasterCards. It’s a cyber-quant assessment that helps businesses assess their risks to cybercrime. We have a suite of services to protect them, and then we have access to an insurance policy to mitigate that risk and backstop them if something bad were to happen.

Interviewer: Are you located in New York?

Jim Cross: No, we’re in Northern Virginia, just outside of DC.

Interviewer: What is your website?

Jim Cross: It’s perculus.com.

Interviewer: Thank you so much.

Manhattan Business TV: “We’re from Manhattan Business TV. Is it okay if we ask you a few questions about the Expo?”

Webworks Labs: “Please introduce yourself and tell us about your business.”

Webworks Labs: “We’re at Webworks Labs, our marketing agency. We’re out of Canada and we’re expanding here into Atlanta and New York. This is our second Small Business Expo. What sets you apart from other marketing agencies? What is your unique asset?”

Webworks Labs: “Our unique asset and our superpower is relationships. We’ve been in business for 10 years. Our first client is still our client today. Our employees don’t leave us, and our clients don’t leave us because we take really good care of them.”

Webworks Labs: “Absolutely. What is the name of your website?”

Webworks Labs: “The name of the website is webworkslabs.com.”

EM Pest Control: “Introduce yourself and your business.”

EM Pest Control: “My name is Eric Middleton, and I’m the owner of EM Pest Control. We’re located in Uniondale, New York, and we’re a full-service pest control company. We take care of everything, even wildlife. We service New York and all of Long Island. What is the name of your website?”

EM Pest Control: “The website is the name of the company, empestcontrol.com.”

EM Pest Control: “What makes your company different or better?”

EM Pest Control: “Well, our customer service. We get rave reviews on our customer service, and our response time is really quick. So, we take care of customers just the same as we want to be taken care of.”

Rebel Media: “Can we ask a few questions about you and your business?”

Rebel Media: “What is your name and tell us more about your media?”

Rebel Media: “I’m Jermaine Chase. This is Rebel Media. What we do is we build brands from the ground up. We help you to tell the right story to attract the people that are most interested in you.”

One Step: “Please introduce yourself and your business.”

One Step: “Yeah, Ron Goren, One Step. What we do is two things. We’ve been around for 38 years, and we are a US-based company, based out of Arizona. I’m locally in New York myself, being in technology and cybersecurity for over 25 years. What we do very well is two things. We prevent IT interruption and we prevent small and medium businesses from going out of business as a result of a cyber breach.”

Interviews from the Expo continued:

Unknown Speaker 1 (from One Step Tech): “So, it includes the tools, technology, the talent, and the methodology. What is the name of your website?”

Unknown Speaker 1 (from One Step Tech): “So, we have multiple websites. We have One Step Tech, we have the retail division, we specialize in fashion retailing, developing e-commerce compliance, point of sale, and we have One Step Secure IT for cybersecurity.”

Nicolette Kilos (from Epic Business): “I’m Nicolette Kilos, and I’m with Epic Business. What services do you offer to other small businesses?”

Nicolette Kilos (from Epic Business): “We offer marketing services like content creation to small businesses.”

Nicolette Kilos (from Epic Business): “Are you originated in New York?”

Nicolette Kilos (from Epic Business): “No, we’re in Edison, New Jersey. We service New York and all the U.S states.”

Moises Sunchaya (from WeWork): “I’m Moises Sunchaya. I work as a leasing associate for our Tri-State portfolio at WeWork. What is your name and tell us more about your media?”

Moises Sunchaya (from WeWork): “I’m Jermaine Chase. This is Rebel Media. What we do is we build brands from the ground up. We help you to tell the right story to attract the people that are most interested in you.”

John Gonzalez (from T-Mobile for Business): “My name is John Gonzalez. We work for T-Mobile for business. What do you help businesses with?”

John Gonzalez (from T-Mobile for Business): “We help small and medium-sized businesses with different types of solutions, whether it’s Fleet Management, cell phones, tablets, Conference Centers, and all sorts of things really.”

Owner of JSU Accounting Services: “We are a CPA firm, JSU Accounting Services. We’re located in 12 different states. I am the owner, and we did a workshop today. Our goal is for New Yorkers to stop paying taxes.”

Owner of JSU Accounting Services: “Absolutely. As soon as there’s a tax law change, we actually have tax attorneys on staff. We make sure that those are being taken into consideration, and the clients get a beautiful email of updated laws.”

Owner of Can Opener Screwdriver Bolts Opener: “We’re Next Level Management and Consulting, based out of Colorado. We help businesses with full-service marketing, everything from website development, search engine optimization, digital marketing, and really help businesses and their clients be better found by their perspective customers, patients, patrons, whatever it is.”

Unknown Speaker 1: “We use proprietary software. Our clients have a full dashboard where they can manage their social media. It posts to six different sites. It’s all AI integrated and driven, so it’s very easy for them to create content and make sure that they have that brand awareness continuously being generated without them taking hours to do it.”

Derek (from Tepin Tasks): “My name is Derek. So, my name is Todd Jones. I’m the owner of Tepin Tasks. We’re a software company, and we do time, task, project, and goal management software.”

Jacqueline Copulas (from Leading Factor): “Hi, my name is Jacqueline Copulas. I’m the owner of Leading Factor. We’re an I.T and business consulting firm. We offer a free business assessment, 30 minutes, learn about your business, put together a plan on how to grow your business, and then if you’re okay with that, we execute it.”

Brianna (from Payroll Funding): “I’m Brianna. I am the marketing channel manager here at Payroll Funding. We’re located in Princeton, New Jersey. We’re short-term lending. We typically work with companies that are about two years or more. Typical revenue is about $800,000 in revenue.”

Ross Goldstein (from Amazon Hub): “My name is Ross Goldstein. I’m a business development executive with Amazon. I’m representing our Hub program today. We partner with small businesses to do last-mile fulfillment within a micro-neighborhood. The idea is that they know their community very well, and we provide an opportunity for them to maximize their resources using existing labor, existing rent.”

Michael Stevenson (from Wise Hire): “My name is Michael Stevenson. I’m with Wise Hire. We’re a platform that helps small businesses streamline the recruitment process.”

Verner Richards (from Promo Effect): “I’m Verner Richards, and we are Promo Effect. We do custom apparel, promotional products. We do all the screen printing, embroidery in-house. We have a little factory in Suffern, New York.”

Paul North (from Source Pass): “So, my name is Paul North. I’m a Senior Solutions advisor with Source Pass. Our organization is an I.T and cybersecurity service company. We help companies with a headcount of about 15 and up within all their I.T needs.”

Dawn Kelly (from The Nourish Spot): “My name is Dawn Kelly, and I’m the owner of The Nourish Spot, a healthy food and beverage company in Jamaica, Queens, New York.”

LJ Finney (from n18 LLC): “My name is LJ Finney. My company is n18 LLC. Our focus is bringing together people and businesses through golf. We also focus on team building through golf.”

Here is a list of businesses mentioned in the dialogues:

1. Tepin Tasks (Software company)
2. Leading Factor (I.T and business consulting firm)
3. Payroll Funding (Short-term lending)
4. Amazon Hub (Last-mile fulfillment service)
5. Wise Hire (Recruitment process streamlining platform)
6. Promo Effect (Custom apparel and promotional products)
7. Source Pass (I.T and cybersecurity service company)
8. The Nourish Spot (Healthy food and beverage company)
9. n18 LLC (Golf-related services and team building)

Hilton Hotel Manhattan New York JUNE 23, 2023 10AM-6:00PM
EST NEW YORK HILTON MIDTOWN – Small Business Expo is New York City‘s BIGGEST business networking & educational event for Small Business Owners & Entrepreneurs.

 

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