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SBS-APEX: Optimizing NYC Online Business Profiles

Name: SBS-APEX: Optimizing NYC Online Business Profiles
Start: 2025-01-29T10:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-01-29T12:00:00+00:00
Location: Online Event

January 29 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

About this event

Event lasts 2 hours

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 Covered

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.