NY Business Expo 2012 is a disruptive and interactive B2B trade show that focuses on showcasing innovative products and services from startups and small businesses in the tri-state area.  The event will take place at the 69th Regiment Armory on November 14th and 15th.  The show includes five components: Show Floor, Startup Central, Small Business Classroom, After Party, and StartEngine Demo Day.  Sign up today to become part of the EXPO experience! For more details, visit the About page.

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Show Floor (12:00 PM - 6:00 PM, 11/14 & 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, 11/15)

The Show Floor is a highly participatory and interactive program that highlights businesses, products and services that will help you increase your bottom line. This part is open to all the expo attendees for free.

For a list of current sponsors and exhibitors, follow this link.

All booths are sold out for this year's show. We appreciate your feedback. Please fill out this form.  Call 347.586.9326 for general qusestions.

Conference Component (a.k.a. Small Business Classroom, 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM, 11/14 & 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, 11/15) 

Small Business Classroom offers excellent resources to help business owners become more skillful with social media, technology, sales and marketing tactics, etc.

If you like to learn by surrounding yourself with exceptional mentors, teachers and change makers, then Small Business Classroom is for you! Don't hesitate. Register today. For the two-day conference, price starts from $100. Price will go up once the Early Bird price ends. If you are a student and would like to attend, you should send copies of your photo ID and Student ID to info@nyebn.com.

For the full schedule, check out http://nybusinessexpo.net/schedule/. Sponsorship opportunities for indivdual Small Business Classroom sessions are available if you have products that can help small business owners succeed. Email us at contact@nyebn.com for more info.

Agenda:

• 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm, Wednesday, 11/14 -The Impact on Communications in the Digital Age By Basil C. Puglisi Walter H. Sanchez William J. Wright & Richard Greenwald (Room 1)
• 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm, Wednesday, 11/14 - Equity Crowdfunding: Why It’s A Game Changer for Startups and Small Businesses By Ryan Feit (Room 2) 
• 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm, Wednesday, 11/14 - Dreaming of the Big Win By Dan Porter (Room 1)
• 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm, Wednesday, 11/14 - War Stories from Startup Life: Lessons Learned By Sam Hamadeh (Room 2)
• 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm, Wednesday, 11/14 - Boost Sales - Give Your Customers Travel Incentives By Steve Kessler (Room 1) FREE REGISTER HERE
• 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm, Wednesday, 11/14 - Attention, Startups: Here's How To Fail Less By Bob Dorf (Room 2)
• 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm, Wednesday, 11/14 - EBooks for Everyone: Why digital book publishing is the next frontier for content Matthew Cavnar (Room 1)
  
• 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm, Wednesday, 11/14 - The Dirty Little (and Not So Little) Secrets of Entrepreneurship By Carol Roth (Room 2)
• 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm, Wednesday, 11/14 - The Entrepreneur's Secret Weapon: Membership In A Business Group By Matthew Weiss, Shep Sepaniak & Julia Pimsleur (Room 1)
• 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm, Wednesday, 11/14 - The Angel Angle in Early Stage Ventures By Avi Fogel (Room 2)
• 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm, Wednesday, 11/14 -  3 ways to use crowdfunding to fund your existing or new startup By Maurice Lopes (Room 1)
• 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm, Wednesday, 11/14 - History of Mobile Advertising By Nihal Mehta (Room 2)
• 10:00 am - 10:45 am, Thursday, 11/15 - What You Should Know About A Startup Accelerator? By Adam Rothenberg (Room 1)
• 10:00 am - 10:45 am, Thursday, 11/15 - Thursday, 11/15 - The Next Great Entrepreneurial Opportunity: How to Identify Market White Space By David Teten (Room 2)
• 11:00 am - 11:45 am, Thursday, 11/15 - What Every Small Business Should be Doing But Isn’t: A Quick Start Guide to a Disaster Preparedness Plan By Pete Lamson (Room 1) FREE REGISTER HERE
• 11:00 am - 11:45 am, You are so lucky... By John Frankel (Room 2)
• 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm, Thursday, 11/15 - How To Redesign The Future Of Your Business by Cindy Gallop (Room 1)
• 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm, Thursday, 11/15 - How to start up successfully as an entrepreneur By Lori Hoberman, Adam Enbar, Ben Uretsky & Marc Michel (Room 2)
• 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm, Thursday, 11/15 - Come join the text Revolution and WIN BIG By Tom Dudley (Room 1) FREE REGISTER HERE
• 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm, Thursday, 11/15 - Competition vs Cooperation By Sam Liebowitz (Room 2)
• 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm, Thursday, 11/15 - Mastering the VC Game By Jeff Bussgang (Room 1)
• 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm, Thursday, 11/15 - Stand Up Comedy Techniques to Develop Top Selling Skills By Tim Davis (Room 2)
• 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm, Thursday, 11/15 - How to Be Liked - Not How to Get Likes By Peter Shankman (Room 1)
• 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm, Thursday, 11/15 - Leadership vs Leading: Is There A Difference? By Julian Sturton (Room 2) FREE REGISTER HERE
• 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm, Thursday, 11/15 - Run Entire Social Marketing Campaign in Four Hours a Week By Mary Agnes Antonopoulos (Room 1) FREE REGISTER HERE
• 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm, Thursday, 11/15 - How Social Media is Changing Everything and How you need to Change with it By Chris Dessi (Room 2)
• 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm, Thursday, 11/15 - You Have a Business That Needs Marketing -- Now Promote it! How to Promote Your Business and Turn Buzz to Leads By Miranda Tan (Room 1)
  
• 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm, Thursday, 11/15 - Cracking The Gen Y Code: Selling & Marketing to a Generation That HATES to be Sold To By Brad Szollose (Room 2)

Startup Central (12:00 PM - 6:00 PM, 11/14 & 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, 11/15)

Startup Central is a key component for this Expo. It features experienced entrepreneurs and investors in a one-on-one mentoring environment. Startup Central is free to attend, but we require you to at least work in the consumer web, software or hardware industry to talk to our mentors. Students are welcome too!

Technology has become an essential part of everyone's life. Technology web startups play a major role in shaping the the entire tech industry. We want to extend an invite to folks working in the startup industry. NY Business Expo 2012 will be the first NY-based trade show to include a startup Demo Day, co-hosted by StartEngine. We bring something totally refreshing to the startup ecosystem on the east coast. You will be meeting amazing people here!

For more info on Startup Central, check out http://nybusinessexpo.net/mentor/

After Hour Parties (7:00 PM - 9:30 PM on 11/14 & 11/15)

Open bar. Cool people. Unlimited networking. It just can't get any better! If you missed any Small Business Classroom or Startup Central sessions during the day, this would be your opportunity to catch up with our mentors, speakers and exhibitors. Besides, you will be able to meet hundreds of small business owners and startup entrepreneurs here.

The after party is sponsored by Wichcraft. Cocktails will be served and hor d’oeuvres will be passed around.

* Please note that the location for the After Hour Parties is NOT the Armory! See details below:

When: 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM, 11/14 & 11/15

Where: AlleyNYC