2017-06-23

2017-06-23 四個組織資訊日 PRIME Resource Day

Thanks to the four PRIME grantees for the collaboration to make it a success
 
Starting and Growing Your Business with SBA PRIME Assistance
at Ted Weiss Federal Building, 30th Floor
 
9:30am-10am Registration and Networking
10:00am-11:40am Presentations
11:00am-12:00pm Meeting the Business Advisors
 
Thanks to the attendees for participating the "Elevator Pitch" section
before the presentations

Tammy Wills, Brooklyn Cooperative Federal Credit Union
"Bookkepping Strategies for Stree-Free Tax Filing


Isaac Roldan, CAMBA
"Mobile Marketing"


Jose Taveras, NY Women's Chamber of Commerce
M/WBE Certification for Gov Contracting

Brianna Brandon, TruFund
Financial Empowerment for Small Business Owners

 
I had to add 20 more chairs to accommodate the attendees
I am glad so many entrepreneurs are eagar to learn

Thanks to Tammy for her Power Point file and excellent presentation

Thanks to Brianna for her Power Point file and the informative presentation

Thank Brianna for working with you at the International Franchise Expo

Thanks Isaac for working late to send me the Power Point file
and the interactive presentation


Thanks to Kelly for helping me clean up and bring everything back to the office around 12:40pm
 I had rush to Flushing Library for the seminar at 2:00pm, but I was still late

Thanks to the attendees for waiting for me

"Marketing Strategies" in Chinese
Glad to see many young entrepreneurs

I was exhausted and hungry after the seminar
I didn't have time to eat anything the whole day
even Kelly got lemon juice for me



2017-06-22 理門大學及哈里斯圖書館 Lehman College and Hollis Library

10am-12pm A Chinese delegation from colleges in HuNan Province
visiting Lehman College CUNY on the Concourse
Lehman College is well prepared 
                     10am-11:10am Welcome Remarks, Man-Li Lin
                     10:10am-11:15am SCPS Presentation
                         Jane Mackillop, Interim Dean of Schol of Continuing & Professional Studies 
                         Goher Murtaza, Director of Continuing Education
                         Dorothy Dobson, Assistant Director of Workforce Education Programs
                         Clarence Stanley, Director of SBDC
                         Samira Bahrami, Director CUNY on the Concourse
                      11:15am Tour VR lab
                      11:30am EON instructor Alistair Mountain
                      11:40am Chinese delegation Rep.
 
Having a meeting with Lehman SBDC for planning the International Trade collaboration
 

4pm-6pm "Marketing Strategies" at Hollis Library
 


2017-06-20 新興領袖施萍採訪 Right Management and EL

Right Management


10am-12pm How to Start a Business workshop
for a gorup of professionals in Finance, Management and IT


Grand Central Station to go back to the office

4:30pm-7:30pm Emerging Leaders class session 6 at SIBL

Thanks to George, HSBC,  for being the guest expert

Thanks to Danny, HSBC, for supporting EL

SIBL is a classic building
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2017-6-20 Emerging Leaders Sarah Lu Interview
華人學「美國範」 做中國人生意
聯邦小商業局迷你MBA 三成參加者為華人 青睞美國人做生意的方式
【大紀元20170622日訊】(大紀元記者施萍紐約報導)「不用去找汽車代理,不用討價還價,不用瀏覽廣告,也不需要沮喪。買車應該有更好的辦法!」屏幕上標準的美國英語剛結束,一個瘦瘦小小的華人小伙子就操著對比鮮明的中式英語接著說到:「Carloha(即「懶人汽車」)是一個經營二手車的電商,如果說CarMax是汽車行業的沃爾瑪,那麼我們就是亞馬遜。我相信,10年之後,任何人想買車的時候,第一個出現在腦海的名字就是Carloha!」
華裔電商經營者龍亮620日在SBA的迷你MBA課堂上做公司介紹。(SBA提供。)
雖然他的英語發音不標準,還帶著四川口音,但是他的神態卻非常自信,就像一個典型的在眾人面前侃侃而談的美國人。這個小伙子名字叫龍亮,是二手車網絡商店Carloha的創建人。620日傍晚,他正在聯邦小商業部(SBA)主辦的「新興領導者工商管理培訓班」(俗稱「迷你MBA」)的培訓班上做課堂作業。
「懶人汽車」創建者之一的龍亮在SBA的工商管理培訓班上。(SBA提供。)
迷你MBA 近三成學員是華人
這期的MBA班有15位學員,其中有四位是中國人。學員們來自咖啡店、點心店、雞翅店;賣眼鏡的、賣燈具的;IT業、律師行……以及各種網絡商店。他們從四月份開始上課,到現在已經進行到中期了。週二的課堂練習內容是學員給幾個銀行代表及會計、律師等業內專家演示自己公司的財務計畫。
620日紐約小生意局的迷你MBA全體學員和專家在市商業圖書館內合影。(施萍/大紀元)
重慶小伙子龍亮2012年才來美國,之前他在國內的汽車公司做質量工程師。到美國兩年之後,他就和搞IT和搞金融的兩個朋友一起,創辦了「懶人汽車」公司。經過3年的時間,他們躍身於全美網上二手汽車經銷商的第三名。
龍亮的客戶一半以上是華人,雖然和中國人打交道,但他的理念是「按照美國人的方式做生意」。「你看這期的學員大部分是美國人,他們來自不同的行業,面對不同的問題,解決的方式也不同。」他對記者說。「我就是要學會美國人的做事方式。」
US Health Express高管徐延飛在620SBA工商管理培訓班上。(SBA提供)
聯邦小商業部每年都要開辦一期這樣的小生意企業家MBA學習班,分別就「公司3年目標」、「金融」、「營銷」和「政府合同」等四方面培訓企業領導者。
「我們原來主要是幫助創業者創辦公司,但是後來發現,很多經營多年的企業家也需要幫忙。」SBA經濟發展專員郭曼麗說。「三年前我們才開始在辦這個MBA班。原來這種課堂都是開設在失業率高的偏遠地區,因為學員的反饋很好,我們就決定也在紐約每年開一次。」
SBA與合格的服務公司簽合同,責成他們在全美範圍內聘請老師授課,課程和大學中的工商管理一樣,但卻更加實用化。

另一位中國學員徐延飛也是做電商的,他是「美國保健品母嬰用品零售公司」(US Health Express Corp)的負責人。5年前來美後,他從代購奶粉做起,發現了跨境電子商務的廣闊天地。現在,他是很多品牌如美國雅培(Abbott Global)、澳洲Swisse、美國「童年時光」(Childlife)等的代理商;也是中國很多批發商、零售商的供貨公司;年銷售額已經做到了2,000萬美元。
「在這裡可以學到很多東西,可以跳出來重新看待公司,規劃公司。」他在課堂上對記者說。「平時在公司裡面忙碌,沒有那麼多時間來學習這些;而且還認識這麼多當地的生意人,我感覺非常好。」
關注美國市場 瞄準網上購物
未來的購物是網絡行為,即便食品也是如此。亞馬遜從網上走下來收購全食超市,實體點心精品店Lady M也要反向進入網絡。另一個在課堂上演示公司財務計畫的Lady M的財務主管辛莫內特(Alvarez Symonette)詳細講述了他們公司的成長歷程。他還當場讓大家品嚐了他們的招牌甜點——薄如紙的20層餅構成的Mille Crepes蛋糕和日本綠茶蛋糕。
「我們公司的目標是:做最好的甜點,去更多的地方。最近的目標是,走上網絡,讓網絡銷售達到營業總額的20%。」辛莫內特說,他們最大的客戶群是亞洲千禧一代女性,他們的臺灣分店開張時,門前竟然排了500多人。
辛莫內特表示,食物是僅次於時裝的時尚行業。他們要為客戶提供可負擔的奢侈品。
龍亮對自己公司的期望是:五年內上市。「一直保持高增長率,提高每月的利潤,讓營業收入涵蓋工資和基本費用,其它的費用就要靠新的融資了。」他說。「我總是說,我們公司不是一個汽車公司,是個技術公司。比如我們VR技術能讓客戶在家裡就如同坐在汽車裡一樣體驗;用手點擊手機就能夠收到汽車;所以我們有自信能打敗汽車代理商。」
雖然徐延飛目前的客戶群還是中國人,但是他已經開始轉向美國市場。「中國的政策總有變化,比如,不允許美國某些產品進口;保健品的嚴格認證體系;此外,華人代購生意的競爭也大。」他說。「所以我想做開美國當地的市場。」
要想持續發展 還要學美國人
做為小商業部的華裔專員,郭曼麗總是希望在各種培訓班中能看到更多的中國人面孔。龍亮認為,中國人應該轉變原來的觀念,學習美國人的生意方式。
「華人不來這裡不是語言問題,我的英語也不好。」他說。「關鍵是中國人在美國做生意,還是按照自己的一套做,而不是看美國人怎麼做的。」他總愛笑著對大家說「我不是推銷汽車的,我是推銷我們公司的。
徐延飛也同意這個觀點。「我們中國人不喜歡和外國人打交道,但是,真正要想把公司做大,你就要按照當地的規矩辦事。」他舉例說,中國人喜歡掙現金,少繳稅。「可是獲得政府合同啊、融資貸款啊,都要看公司的納稅證明的。你手裡的現金再多能幹甚麼用啊?人家是看公司財務紀錄來評估你的公司,公司需要可持續發展嘛。」
郭曼麗很高興看到這些年輕的華人企業家擁有如此「美國化的」理念。她說:「中國人要想發展就要走出去,學習和接受美國人的方式。」
責任編輯:艾倫

2017-06-19 社區資源展 United Health Plan Community Resource Fair

 
Michael Chan, NTU classmate



WieJing Shi , 石蔚靜 Caring Kind Org


 
Wai-Yee Chan 陳偉儀, Chinese-American Plannig Council


Learning how to volunteer for the Alzheimer Org


 
I was so touched that a few people brought me coffee, tea and foods


2017-06-17 國際連鎖展第三天 International Franchise Expo Day 3

Saturday morning, taking F train, A, #5, #7 train to Javits Center

Early Sat morning in the empty escalator at the last stop of #7 train:Hudson Yards
Feeling something familiar to what I experienced when I was dying in the hospital in 1984
The endless tunnel with birght light, and I am flying

The subway staton


Javits Center is an interesting place, everythng yet nothing
Yesterday, a huge expo here; but it is empty today
The hall hosting IFE today with 400 exhibitors and 20,000 visitors,
Tomorrow it will be empty with nothing
Life is the same



Three days in this building is like a dream, totally isolated from the real world outside
This time I larned a good lesson:
Do not work with people that I cannot trust

The Freeman charged $495 to bring the materials including SCORE's heaving banner to our booth
from HERE

to the third booth at the third row

I went to talk to the lady at Freeman with my checkbook
I was shocked when I saw the invoice on our booth yesterday morning

Thank KL for introducing Roya to meet me
Roya is a Commercial Specialist at US Consulate Genderal Guangzhou

Franco Perrotta came to tell me that he is sorry that he cannot waive the $495 "manage materials fee"
I am so proud that I can take a photo with him with a smile
Liz asks me what happened. I told her do not say anything,
I am willing to pay the bill because I don't want to deal with a thief who stole my "clipboard" for $1.99
and will make it look like the $495 invoice is all my fault
I just want a peaceful mind that I don't even have to think about/talk about her

1pm-2pm We have a big class on "How SBA can Help Your Business"

 
I talked to James Mastandrea, John Erich, and Steve Gross about the invoice
James said that he cannot help
He just talked about how good he was and how he will work with me
to have a Chinese pavilian next year
He sent a message to me, Roya and the thief after the event
I told his boss that I only work with people that I can trust
I only work with doers, not talkers.
I walked around to visit the exhibitors one hour before the close of the IFE


Thanks to Steve for the oppotunity to be part of the IFE

Thanks to Evelyn, LaGuardia SBDC for working on a Sat.

She is a security guard and I don't know her name
I appreciate her smiles and kind words for those thee days at IFE
when I had the problem with the $495 invoice

The little girl is rock climbing

Photo Master for parties

 
It was a memorable event
I am proud that I am calm and strong
Making the right decision to keep peaceful mind