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Do you live in Queens? Are you looking to start a business? Would a $10,000 grant and some free instruction help? Do you already have a business that you want to build? Or are you one city license away from going big time with your construction skills? The Queens Economic Development Corporation has just announced its fall programs, which aim to help small business owners, budding entrepreneurs, and home improvement contractors.

Much more information and many more photos appear after the jump.

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First up is the Queens StartUP! Business Plan Competition, which begins on October 6th. This ninth annual undertaking, sponsored by Citi Foundation and organized in cooperation with Queens Library, will award three businesses $10,000 each, while providing technical assistance, resources, and training to all partakers. Contestants must attend four seminars at Jamaica Central Library between October 6th, 2014 and January 24th, 2015. These free seminars — All About Business Planning and Research; Business Operations and Management; Creative Sales and Marketing Strategies; and Developing Financial Statements — are offered at various times to fit participants’ schedules. After attending the fourth session, applicants will write a business plan and submit it to a panel of judges, who will select the winners.

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Next is the Entrepreneurial Assistance Program, which runs from October 7th to December 16th. Offered since 1991, EAP is a comprehensive, hands-on training course targeted to new and existing business owners. It is specifically designed to minimize the risk and maximize the success of starting or expanding a business. Participants will learn the following: How to write a compelling business plan; How to conduct industry research; How to market and sell a product; How to legally structure a business; How to develop financial statements; and How to finance a business.

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QEDC will also offer the next English version of its highly successful Home Improvement Contractor Training course in November — or sooner if demand is high. Also given Spanish and Chinese, HICT prepares contractors to pass the NYC Department of Consumer Affairs licensing exam. It consists of three classes led by an experienced teacher, who also takes students as a group to the licensing exam at DCA headquarters in Manhattan. The lessons will be accompanied by free, one-on-one business advisory services, such as consultations on permits and licensing, business development, avoiding liability, procurement, and access to capital.

Click here for more information or call Michael Gillen at 718-263-0546.

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Photos: QEDC


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