Free Finance and Accounting Help for North Country Businesses
Clarkson University’s Shipley Center for Innovation and Point Positive, Inc. will support local businesses and entrepreneurs across the North Country this summer with a series of free workshops focused on how to set up and manage their business finances, accounting, and fundraising.
Each evening workshop will provide a valuable learning opportunity for anyone who owns or wants to start a business of any size. Participants will receive an overview of important financial concepts and tools, take part in breakout sessions with exercises led by experts, and have a chance to win $500 in financial services for their business.
The workshops will be held in-person from 4:30 to 8 p.m. in four locations: July 19 in Lowville, August 2 in Malone, August 16 in Saranac Lake, and September 6 in Potsdam. The series is being organized in collaboration with Adirondack Economic Development Corporation (AEDC), Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA), Naturally Lewis, Franklin County Economic Development, Jefferson County Economic Development, Jefferson Community College, Upstate Venture Connect, the Canton and Watertown Small Business Development Centers (SBDC), and the Chambers of Commerce of Potsdam, Malone, Saranac Lake, and Saint Lawrence County.
In addition to this in-person support, participants will also be given free access to new online entrepreneurship courses being offered by Clarkson University that provide a foundation of knowledge to succeed in launching a business. The courses are completely online and asynchronous, meaning participants can engage with the material at a time and place of their choosing.
Participants will also have the opportunity to connect with resource partners and peers that can assist and support them with their businesses. The workshop will conclude with a networking and social hour and opportunities for additional one-on-one meetings. Food and drinks will be provided.
This workshop series is made possible by the generous support from Adirondack Foundation and New York State's Innovation Hot Spot program.
Participants can register and find additional information at www.pointpositive101.com.
About Point Positive, Inc.:
Point Positive is dedicated to establishing entrepreneurial businesses in the Greater Adirondack Region by giving aspiring professionals the support they need to start or accelerate their business and create jobs that also help our communities to thrive. We accomplish this through mentoring and education, raising awareness about economic vitality and business opportunities, and by assembling angel investors who can provide start-up and growth funding. The investors have expertise, networks, and capital to support and seed sow promising Adirondack businesses from start-up through growth. Learn more at www.pointpositiveadk.com.
About the Shipley Center for Innovation:
The Shipley Center for Innovation at Clarkson University helps entrepreneurs turn their inventions into businesses. As an important entrepreneurial support hub in the startup ecosystem across New York State's North Country region, the Shipley Center helps founders commercialize new ideas and launch new ventures to address global challenges and opportunities. Learn more at www.clarkson.edu/shipley.
