MUCH LIKE THE COLLEGE COMMUNITY, SUNY ADIRONDACK ALUMNI ARE A MICROCOSM OF OUR BROADER COMMUNITY.

They come in as students, searching, find themselves here, then bring their gifts out into the world as caring agents of change. In this quarterly magazine, we celebrate all the ways our alumni shape our world, close to home and afar, with their hearts always rooted right here at SUNY Adirondack.

Adirondack, a community college of the State University of New York, does not discriminate against any employee, applicant for employment, intern, whether paid or unpaid, contractor, student, or applicant for admission or other members of the college community (including but not limited to vendors, visitors, and guests) based on a individual’s race, color, national origin, religion, creed, age, disability, sex, gender identification, gender expression, sexual orientation, self-identified or perceived sex, the status of being transgender, familial status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, veteran status, domestic violence victim state, criminal conviction or any other category protected by law. The College adheres to all federal and state laws prohibiting discrimination and sexual harassment in public institutions of higher education.

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OUR STARTUP ADK PARTICIPANTS ARE …

Artists

Environmentalists

Ice Cream Makers

Landscapers

Marketers

Mountaineers

Real Estate Agents

Sawyers

Tourism Professionals and so much more!

35 Is The Average Age

OF THOSE WHO START BUSINESSES IN THE U.S.

2.3 MILLION SMALL BUSINESSES IN NEW YORK STATE

33.2 MILLION SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE UNITED STATES

43 PERCENT OF SMALL BUSINESSES ARE OWNED BY WOMEN 19 PERCENT ARE OWNED BY MINORITIES & 6 PERCENT ARE OWNED BY VETERANS

EIGHT OUT OF 10 SMALL BUSINESSES

IN THE U.S. ARE SOLE PROPRIETORS

THE AVERAGE SMALL-BUSINESS OWNER EARNS

3 PERCENT MORE THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE MEAN WAGE

NEARLY 13 MILLION JOBS IN THE U.S. WERE CREATED BY SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE PAST 25 YEARS www.jennyhutchinsonart.com

Jenny Hutchinson’s artistic talent is irrefutable. She is a highly sought-after regional artist, arts educator and administrator whose consulting services are in high demand.

But when it came to business acumen, Hutchinson knew she could stand to learn a thing or two.

“I had a lot of know-how, but there were things in terms of getting my business on paper that I didn’t quite know how to do,” said Hutchinson, a Queensbury native whose artwork has been exhibited at venues throughout the Adirondacks and Capital Region.

So she registered for SUNY Adiron- dack’s StartUp ADK, an eight-week, 16-hour course focused on business planning that provides aspiring entrepreneurs information about marketing, market research, bookkeeping, tax issues and cash flow, financial projections, legal considerations, human resources, business insurance and more. to be clear on what

The class walked Hutchinson through examples of how to complete those tasks and provided one-on-one time with the instructor to guide her.

“When you’re figuring this out by yourself, it’s easy to let a long time go by and not take care of these things,” she admitted. “Weekly meetings have a way of holding you to it, and the class held me to keeping a schedule and meeting goals to formalize these processes.”

After a 2016 exhibition at Albany Center Gallery, Hutchinson said she