This speaker series event is in cooperation with The Workshop in Business Opportunities (WIBO) and Bank of New York.

The topic will be tips for small marketing firms and obtaining financing for start-ups.

Speakers:

Ramon Gil, aside from organizing the Asian-American Entrepreneurs Network, Ramon is also the CEO of Fresh Concentrate, a marketing and graphic design firm specializing in reaching multicultural audiences and a big proponent of "content marketing." Prior to launching Fresh Concentrate, Ramon was creative director at the Earth Pledge Foundation, a non-profit organization on the cutting edge of environmental technology. He is an active community organizer and for five years taught at the Parsons School of Design and is currently a guest instructor on the topic of marketing at the Workshop in Business Opportunities. Ramon has been featured in the Artists' and Graphic Designer's Market, the Society of Illustrators West Annual, Stephen Romaniello's The Perfect Digital Portfolio and most recently in Crain's New York Business, PBS' Asian America and Altra Magazine. In 2000, Ramon illustrated Party Train, a storybook for children with Autism. For more on Fresh Concentrate, please visit www.freshc.com.

Fausto Vazquez-Sosa, of Banco Popular, is a Branch Manager with over 10 years experience in the financial industry. He has helped hundreds of companies to increase their profits by taking advantage of vendor discounts, inject money into their businesses at a lower rate, and better manage their cash flow through carefully selected financial tools.

A big believer in personal service, Fausto Vazquez supports small and midsize companies with a wide range of products and services from Lines of credit to term loans to business accounts and cash management products. He can be reached via email at fausvs @aol.com

WIBO.Org

Founded in 1966 in Harlem, the Workshop in Business Opportunities (WIBO) is a private non-profit organization that is committed to assisting men and women with the drive to become successful entrepreneurs. WIBO’s mission is to enable small business owners and budding entrepreneurs from under-served communities to obtain financial success by starting, operating, and building successful businesses that develop economic power, provide jobs and improve communities.

***Send an RSVP Cc to Natalie Bush at nbush @wibo.org.

Subway: Take the A/C/ 1/2/3/ subways to Chambers Street. Go 4 blocks South to 101 Barclay Street (between Greenwich & Washington).

Schedule:
6:30-7:00 Check-in and networking
7:00-7:45 Speakers and Q&A
7:45-8:30 Wrap up, Raffle and more networking