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Create your business and financial plans W rite up your plans for a targeted, profitable business. Starting a business can be excit ing, but that excitement may be overshadowed by anxiety if you start this new adventure without detailed re search and plans to guide you along the way. In addition to guidance, a • Branding: This is the personality and messaging behind your busi ness. Maybe you want the public to see your business as innovative and cutting-edge or maybe your business is more about establish ing a trusting relationship with customers. • Market trends: These are the market is everyday families with toddlers, you’ll have to create a mar keting plan to reach them in places they’ll be. This could mean phys ically locating to where they are, like down the street from a school or park, or paying for ads on websites they use most.

Your business plan may also be these costs. You should also con sider speaking with current professionals in your industry, such as vendors, suppliers, and indus try groups. • Break-even point: When your business brings in just enough money to cover expenses. If you need help figuring that out, The whether this is a worthy business opportunity.

Evaluate your financing op tions

There are many ways to fund your business, but you have to choose the one that works for you. “You can put in sweat equity, use credit, raise venture capital, or even solicit funds

business and financial plan can help to attract investors and open up more options for funding your idea.

After you’ve determined that you have a viable business idea and your market research has given you enough insights, it’s important to ap ply this information to your business planning — especially as it relates to money.

Create your business and mar keting plan

Using the results of your market research, you can outline: • Details for your service or prod uct: This means a description of what it is and what the market is for it. challenges facing your potential industry, what’s most popular useful when you reach the stage of hiring staff. You will want to hire

Balance offers a good rundown. Setting up a consultation with an with crowdfunding,” says Dr. Dennis Kimbro, a business professor and

with your competition, and how you plan to address those factors.

people that fit the personality of your business and whose values align

• Objectives: What is your top pri ority in each aspect of your business, including, funding, marketing, and day-to-day operations? • Strategies: How do you plan to accomplish everything? Remem ber to be very detailed.

By incorporating the results of your market research into the over all vision of your business, you can better align your marketing efforts to drive sales and give yourself a com petitive edge.

For instance, if your target with it. Referring to your plan can help guide you in that process.

Understand the financials Next, analyze what it’ll take to

start, grow, and manage your com

pany. A great source for business

finance insights is the Hands on

Banking ® website. Fundamentally,

you should know: • Startup costs: How much you’ll

need to pay to get your idea go ing. Free resources like the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) can help you calculate accountant to help you estimate costs could also be helpful in the long run. • Projections for profitability: Pre dictions about future income. It’s important to be realistic with these: Forbes gives a helpful guide on how to best forecast the revenue your business will likely bring in. This is also where the market research you’ve done can play a big role by helping you determine market size and the de mand for your business.

Once you have these estimates, it will be much easier to pin down best-selling author. “But which way is best for your business?” The SBA suggests considering both your personal and business re sources to help you arrive at the right financing strategy.

For instance, do you have: • Savings that you can draw from to get started?

- Depending on your situation, you may think about investing your own savings. Although this may not pay for everything, doing so shows lenders how much you believe in your own idea. • Collateral to secure a business

loan request?

- If yes, you could be ready for a loan or line of credit from a financial institution. For this option, you’ll want to have a good relationship with your banker so they can assist you in setting it up.

When starting out, all of these questions may not apply to your business just yet. However, if you approach a bank or investors, these are the questions they’ll likely ask. They’re also factors to keep in mind should your business outgrow your initial plan.

As you get closer to launching, your financial and business plans may change, and that’s OK. Re gardless of how they evolve, having a plan in place to guide you on this venture could make all the difference for your success.

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HARLEM COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS BRONX World Science Festival Comes to the Bronx

By Howard Giske O n Sunday, February 9 th the World Science Festival came to Bronx Lehman College, at the Apex Center. The free event attracted hundreds of children and their parents who could attend all day from 10 am to 4 pm.

Big signs from the World Science Festival and leading sponsor Con Edison greeted participants, and many took pictures. Inside, families gathered around exhibits. In the exhibit of “Non-Newtonian Fluids,” a thicker fluid of a cornstarch water mixture was on the ground. Children walked quickly, and barely sank in because of the qualities of the fluid under stress. It is sort of like when the ketchup gets stuck Big slinky Pendulums Wheels

in the bottle because too much of it is trying to get out at the same time.

Another science station was called the “Rotation Station.” Participants found out that if they were spinning and they stretched out their arms, they would go slower, because they would have more inertia. People waved spinning bicycle wheels, or spread out whirling discs on inclined planes to show this.

At the station, “Bernouilli’s Principle, Forces and Flights,” giant metal slinky toys and balloons were used to show various effects. At the “Pendulum Exhibit,” very large circular pendulums bumped into each other and people watched as wave motion went through them over a long process that generated interesting patterns. Upstairs there were two virtual reality stations, where children put on headphones and binoculars, and were taking to another place and time. In the Bronx Children’s Museum Exhibit, plastic garbage was re-assembled

as models of fish and animals. At the Bronx Botanical Gardens Exhibit, children wore large posters like their face was in a flower. In a black energy sink hole exhibit, marbles circled around a representation of a sun, like new planets in their orbits.

It was easy to see that with more national input such as a strong push to send astronauts back to the Moon and on to Mars, that children and people in general would be happy to mobilize around science. The next World Science Festival will be in May 2020. For more information, please see worldsciencefestival. com or on Facebook / worldsciencefestival.

BRONX UPCOMING EVENTS

FREE Weekly Live Entertainment: · Charlies Bar & Kitchen (112 Lincoln Ave): Every other Thursday Live music from 7:00-9:00pm; Sundays Brunch with Live Jazz · G-Bar (579 Grand Concourse): Every Monday Live Entertainment including live jazz, DJs and karaoke 7:00-11:00pm · Marriot’s Residence Inn (1776 Eastchester Road): Every Thursday Local Live Entertainment starting at 6:00pm . The Point CDC (940 Garrison Ave.): Second Saturday of every month Acupuncture, Reiki, Bodywork to assist recovery 1:00-5:00pm . BMHC (1303 Louis Nine Blvd.): Wednesdays Dance with salsa master José Henriquez from 3:00- 4:00pm . NYBG (2900 Southern Blvd): Create Botanical Crafts, Weekdays 1:30- 5:30pm, Weekends 10:00- 5:30pm

February 13-February 23 11:00-12:00pm

Parent and Baby Yoga Geared toward parents and their babies aged 1 month to 3 years old, the hour-long classes are curated to be structured yet stress-free. Parent and baby will engage in breath work, movement, and rest, with an infusion of touch, laughter and play. Parents will stretch and breathe as self-care modalities. It is a medium through which parent and child can bond. Additionally, the class will allow for parent-to-parent connect time. If the child is not yet walking, bring a blanket. Bring your own mat, or rent one for $1. Soft toys will be provided. In Light Yoga and Health. 3626 De Reimer Avenue.

February 9-December 29 9:00-6:15pm

Kundalini Yoga and Meditation on the Full Moon Kundalini Yoga and Meditation classes on the full moon take place even on days that classes are not scheduled. That’s how much In Light Yoga and Health believe in harnessing the energy of the full moon! During the Full Moon there is pressure on the human glandular system. This pressure can make us emotional and reactionary, or this glandular pressure can be used to accelerate healing on all levels. It is the latter that we want to harness. Full moon energy amplifies both positive and negative thoughts and behaviors. In Light Yoga and Health. 3626 De Reimer Avenue. Single classes are $15.

February 13 7:00pm Bochinchado: Bronx Comedy Stage

Enjoy comedy on the evening before Valentine’s Day! Hosted by the hilarious Peaches Rodríguez accompanied by multi-Grammy nominated percussionist Bobby Sanabria, the Bronx comedy showcase will feature Latino comedians Kenny Ortega and Eric Nieves. Parental advisory: Content may include adult language and themes. Material suited for adults only! BMHC. 1303 Louis Nine Blvd. $7 February 15 7:00pm Rock The Bronx: Emerging Musician Showcase

Rock the Bronx: Emerging Musician Showcase is an open mic showcase featuring up-and-coming musicians from all genres, hosted by Marco Soccoli, rock drummer and music industry rep. This edition will highlight female-run bands, featuring Left In The Attic and A Multitude of Drops. BMHC. 1303 Louis Nine Blvd. FREE.

February 15 11:00-3:00pm Bronx Winterfest Join Brady Playground in Bronx Park to enjoy a full day of winter activities at their annual Bronx Winterfest. Activities include winter sports, workshops, dance performances, arts and crafts, and more! Create puppets with NYC Parks Marionette Theatre; practice your hockey skills; sing songs in our toddler section; discover city wilderness with the Urban Park Rangers and warm up with a bit of Zumba. FREE.

February 15- March 29 6:00pm Trump Revolution: Immigration Through photos, words and multimedia, the BDC exhibition, Trump Revolution: Immigration, opening February 15th, documents the current president’s overturning of decades of American immigration policy and law, and its profound effects on American society and the lives of millions of immigrants. 614 Courtlandt Ave. FREE.

February 15 8:00pm Hector Acosta Join artist Hector Acosta for a special Valentine’s Day concert. At the Lehman Center. 250 Bedford Park Blvd West. Tickets start at $50.

February 16 2:00-4:00pm Love Stories of Woodlawn Trolley Tour

Hop on the state of the art, heated Woodlawn Conservancy Trolley and take a ride back in time as we celebrate Love Stories Of Woodlawn. Many of Woodlawn’s most imposing monuments may be taken as glorifications of a powerful family dynasty or displays of wealth and status — but many are also monuments of love. Jerome Ave and Bainbridge Ave. $25.

February 22 2:00-4:30pm Manifestation Through Art

MutShat has curated a workshop that will benefit you in the following ways: creative stress relief, creation of a sacred vision board, knowledge of how to make a personally interactive vision board, and more. 3626 De Reimer Ave. FREE with RSVP.

February 22 8:00pm Bronx Rising! East Meets West

Commemorating International Mother Language Day, an annual worldwide observance held on February 21st to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and to promote multilingualism. Our event will focus on Bengali and flamenco song, poetry, and dance, featuring Ifti Chowdhury, with poets Nadia Q. Ahmad and Samira Sadeque, and the Royal Bengal Tea House, the Bangladesh Academy of Fine Arts, Alfonso Cid, Maria de los Angeles, Adrian Alvarado, and others. BMHC. 1303 Louis Nine Blvd. $5-$7.