Events
Jean Kristensen Associates LLC regularly works with organizations across the country to hold events focused on giving MWBEs the tools they need to grow their businesses. Here are some of our upcoming events!
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SBS-APEX: Optimizing NYC Online Business Profiles
Teaching MWBE businesses how to use PASSPort, the MWBE Online Directory, and SBS Connect for government procurement opportunities. We will touch on the key points of each profile, how and when to utilize them, and provide them with tips and tricks.
This workshop will teach MWBE certified businesses how to leverage different NYC profiles such as: PASSPort, the MWBE Online Directory, and SBS Connect for their government procurement journey. Initially, we will talk about how to optimize each profile to best leverage their business. We will touch on the importance of staying up to date and organized within each of NYC Business Profile with an emphasis on topics such as commodity codes and past performance. Then, finally, we will discuss the importance of maintaining an up-to-date profile and strategies to do so.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- Overview of MWBE Online Directory
- Optimizing Business Description and Past Performance
- Commodity Code Enrollment and Responding to Opportunities
- Implementing changes: SBS Connect and PASSPort
- Strategies on Implementing Changes and Maintaining Profiles
TOPICS:
- SBS Connect
- PASSPort
- MWBE Online Directory
- Commodity Codes
- Responding to procurement opportunities
- SBS Connect Profile Strategies
- SBS Connect Profile Management
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
- MWBE Certified Businesses
- MWBE Subcontractors & Prime Contractors
- MWBE Businesses struggling to find procurement opportunities
- MWBEs who would like assistance/guidance with SBS Connect and PASSPort
- New MWBEs
Don’t have a registered business yet?
The NYC SBS offers free business courses to guide NYC entrepreneurs as they start, operate, and grow their businesses. Courses are available on core topics in entrepreneurship, including business planning, financing, and marketing, and are accessible in multiple languages, including Spanish, Chinese, and Russian.
View upcoming live, online courses, hosted by our Business Solution Centers (BSC) which are available through registration on Eventbrite.
Webinar Registration Information
In order to receive a link to join the webinar, your registration form must be fully completed.
A Zoom Registration Link will be distributed prior to the webinar for successful registrations.
If there are any problems with your registration, or you do not receive a link, please contact us directly at apexaccelerator@sbs.nyc.gov.
Reminder
All webinar attendees are required to be registered individually for this workshop.
Multiple tickets may be selected per order; there is a checkbox that will allow company information to be applied to all attendees. Simply update the name, job title, and email address per each attendee.
We invite you to check the NYC Department of Small Business Services Eventbrite page for information on upcoming webinars.

