Forging Ahead: Entrepreneurship and Small Business Strategies for the New Economy

"Baruch College and the Flatiron 23rd Street Partnership Business Improvement District co-sponsor the forum to help New York’s hard-pressed entrepreneurs and small business owners revitalize and retool their businesses in a recessionary economy.

The panel discussion focuses on the state of entrepreneurship in New York and the challenges facing small business owners and managers, following welcoming remarks by John Elliott, Dean of the Zicklin School of Business; Stan Altman, President of Baruch College; Jennifer Brown, Executive Director Flatiron 23rd Street Partnership; and Robert Walsh, NYC Department of Small Business Services Commissioner. The panel is moderated by Brian Tracey, Online Editor, Crain’s New York Business

Panelists include:

Jonathan Bowles, Director, Center for an Urban Future;
Steve Cohen, Deputy Commissioner, Empire State Development, Division for Small Business;
Raymond Keating, Chief Economist, Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council;
Edward G. Rogoff, Chair, Department of Management, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College.

The event takes place on November 20, 2009 at the Baruch College Newman Conference Center, 7th floor."