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.
WIBO offers a myriad of services including its flagship 16-week workshop, How to Build a Growing Profitable Business. Other services include personalized business coaching, legal and accounting clinics, monthly seminars, networking events, and other business support activities. Supporters include the Edwin Gould Foundation for Children, Price Foundation, Bank of New York, Citigroup Foundation, and New York Community Trust to name a few.
Events
42nd anniversary Celebration Fundraiser
May 14, 2008
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What's new
- To be added to WIBO's mailing list, please click here
- COMPLETE AN APPLICATION AND ENROLL TODAY! The next workshops begin Septmeber 2008. Learn sound business practices and create a profitable business plan. Become a WIBO graduate and enjoy the benefits. Visit our success stories, schedule, registration, events, course description, and newsletter pages.
- Click here for more information about business loans, mentoring services, and other important programs to help your business grow.
- Search for products and services in WIBO's Alumni Business Directory.
- WIBO has created a yahoo group for its entrepreneurs. Through this medium, WIBO entrepreneurs can share information and communicate with each other one on one or as a group. Joining is easy. Just send an email to wiboalumni-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. Start posting questions, information, ideas, articles, and events today. Stay in touch with your fellow WIBO graduates. After you join the group, you can send emails to wiboalumni@yahoogroups.com. Join today!
Build a detailed plan
During WIBO’s flagship 16-week workshop, How to Build a Growing Profitable Business, you build a detailed plan—a complete step-by-step book of directions for carrying out every phase of your business, including how to:
- Lay a strong foundation for your business
- Determine and understand your markets
- Develop customers
- Promote sales
- Find & reach people who buy what you have to sell
- Get the most out of technology
- Get people to buy from you
- Use money wisely
- Hire, train and supervise productive workers
- Price for greatest profits
- Make sound financial decisions
- Control costs and taxes
- Get and give credit
- Work with other people's money
- Assure lasting success
