Free For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs
Small Biz Growth Accelerator
An Intensive 1 1/2 Month Strategy Building Program to Unlock Your Business’ Success and Growth
THIS PROGRAM IS CURRENTLY RUNNING LIVE IN MANHATTAN (NYC) BI-MONTHLY. MORE LOCATIONS COMING 2024.
Rules and Requirements on the Application Page
Minority, Women, Veteran, and Disability-Owned Businesses are Highly Encouraged to Apply.
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Hello, Business Owner and Entrepreneur
Are you tired of looking up six or twelve months later and realizing your business is in the same place? Or has it seen very little growth? Or worst, has there been a decline in the growth of your business? This can be devastating to your mindset, your health, and your wallet. There is a way to break free from this endless cycle, and we can help.
Get ready to kick your strategy into gear. Join #MFSBiz in the Small Biz Growth Accelerator. It’s a one and a half month accelerator for business owners and entrepreneurs doing $100K a year or more in annual revenue and want to double or triple their growth. Overall, this is an intensive strategy program to unlock your business’ success. Participate as you get our best practices, tips, and tricks for planning and executing your growth strategy—all while catching up on the latest trends in marketing, leadership, technology, social media, customer service, finance, and sales. Each master workshop has a 25-business professionals per workshop maximum. You must complete an application to be accepted.
You’ll walk away with an actionable growth plan that guides you through 5 phases: Clear Vision & Values + Key Focus Areas; Breakdown Objectives + Projects/Tasks; Performance Metrics (KPIs): Alignment: with Key Stakeholders: Tracking & Data Insights. In this accelerator, we’ll cover topics including defining your vision & values, scoping key areas of focus (setting priorities), setting metrics goals and evaluating success against those metrics (beyond traditional numbers!), aligning employees around organizational goals, identifying who holds power inside organizations and how to influence those decision makers—key if you want to earn visibility for yourself or your brand!
Rules and Requirements on Application Page
You Will Learn:
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- How to Truly Define Your Vision and Values and Focus Areas
- How to Break Down Objectives into Projects and Tasks That Support Your Vision
- What Is A Good KPI (Key Performance Indicators) To Measure for Your Growing Business?
- How to Measure Alignment Across Team and Key Stakeholders to Increase Growth Success
- How To Track Your Progress By Developing Valuable Insight From Your Data
What You Will Get Out of The Program:
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- A Template Structure for Creating Goals
- Frameworks for Helping You Actually to Decide What You Want to Work On.
- A Baseline Structure of Governance to Help You Manage and Track Your Strategy.
- Six Virtual Open-Office-Hour Sessions (OOH) to Ask Questions and Wrap Up the Program
- Accountability through Peer Support
Program Overview:
Master the art of crafting a profitable business strategy in this comprehensive accelerator. Your time here will be spent understanding what it means to develop clear goals by breaking down objectives into achievable sub-projects and making sure each task counts for success towards those overall objectives.
We’ll also cover important topics like prioritizing tasks based upon your anticipated level of contribution or risk level; learning how to set strategic intentions without becoming bogged down in logistical details; dealing with distractions both big and small; why simplifying can help sharpen performance where detail-oriented micromanagement drains energy from employees, etc., including thinking about different ways we evaluate the success of individuals or teams differently (such as productivity vs. effectiveness). The duration of the accelerator program is 1 ½ months.
What’s Included:
- Two 3-hour in-person workshop-style classes
- Six additional virtual sessions (Open-Office-Hours) for Q&A, workshop accountability, and peer networking
- Strategy-Building Expert
- Strategic Planning Template
- 5 Action Plan Workbooks
- Financial Literacy Program
- Accessibility Training Program
- In-Depth Software demos
Rules and Requirements on Application Page
Hear What Past Attendees Had to Say
Upcoming Accelerator Dates & Locations
The program is free, but you must apply to get accepted. Click “APPLY HERE‘ to see the rules and requirements on the application page. You must meet all requirements in order to apply. Please apply to only one of the accelerators below.
NEW YORK
Venue To Be Announced Soon
In-Person Dates: TBA
Location: In-person – Manhattan
Time: 5 pm – 8 pm EST
Two In-Person Classes: Dates and Time to be announced
Two Virtual Q&A Sessions: Dates and Time to be announced
Program Duration: 1 ½ Months
Rules and Requirements on Application Page
New York Public Library (Business Center)
In-Person Dates: January 24, 2023, & February 28, 2023
Location: In-person – 455 Fifth Avenue, Fifth Floor – New York, NY 10016
Time: 5 pm – 8 pm EST
Two In-Person Classes: Jan. 24 2023, & Feb. 28, 2023
Two Virtual Q&A Sessions: Date and Time to be announced
Program Duration: 1 ½ Months
Rules and Requirements on Application Page
New York Public Library (Business Center)
In-Person Dates: March 28, 2023, & April 25, 2023
Location: In-person – 455 Fifth Avenue, Fifth Floor – New York, NY 10016
Time: 5 pm – 8 pm EST
Two In-Person Classes: March. 28, 2023, & April. 25, 2023
Six Virtual Open-Office Hours (OOH): Every Monday from April 3, 2023 – May 8, 2023, from 6 pm – 7 pm EST – Optional Attendance
Program Duration: 1 ½ Months
Rules and Requirements on Application Page
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY
Venue To Be Announced Soon
In-Person Dates: TBA
Location: In-person – New Jersey
Time: 5 pm – 8 pm EST
Two In-Person Classes: Date and Time to be announced
Six Virtual Open-Office Hours (OOH): Date and Time to be announced
Program Duration: 1 ½ Months
Rules and Requirements on Application Page
STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT
Venue To Be Announced Soon
In-Person Dates: TBA
Location: In-person – Stamford, Connecticut
Time: 5 pm – 8 pm EST
Two In-Person Classes: Date and Time to be announced
Six Virtual Open-Office Hours (OOH): Date and Time to be announced
Program Duration: 1 ½ Months
Rules and Requirements on Application Page
WASHINGTON DC
Venue To Be Announced Soon
In-Person Dates: TBA
Location: In-person – Washington DC
Time: 5 pm – 8 pm EST
Two In-Person Classes: Date and Time to be announced
Six Virtual Open-Office Hours (OOH): Date and Time to be announced
Program Duration: 1 ½ Months
Rules and Requirements on Application Page
Partner Testimonials
What our partners have to say about your accelerator presenter, Jimmy Newson
I have the utmost pleasure working with Jimmy for over two years here at DMWF (Digital Marketing World Forum) – in-person and virtually. A delightful and charismatic speaker with an abundance of marketing knowledge. His sessions are not only delivered in an easily digestible fashion, so the audience is not overwhelmed, his personality is an infection on the stage! Jimmy is always on hand to lend his support and expertise to enhance our delegates’ experience at our conferences. We love working with Jimmy and having him speak at DMWF events for years to come.
Jimmy is an absolute expert when it comes to developing and implementing digital marketing strategies for producing increased profitability within your business. He is a powerful speaker who is not only motivational but effectively communicates complex information in an easy to understand way. I have seen Jimmy address large and small audiences both virtually and in-person – he always delivers dynamic, high-energy performances with extremely valuable content that can be put to use immediately within your organization. I have learned a lot from him that has benefitted my business significantly and I highly recommend checking Jimmy out if you have the opportunity. You’ll be glad that you did!
Jimmy is highly engaging, energetic and extremely knowledgeable across a variety of marketing disciplines. He delivers valuable and actionable content, which is exactly what our organization needs to better help our community of under-resourced entrepreneurs. We are immensely appreciative for Jimmy’s support of our organization and the time and expertise he’s contributed to help our small businesses.
Obviously the two major traits found in great speakers are: 1) are they knowledgeable in their chosen subject and 2) are they engaging when they speak. Let’s start with number one. For my digital marketing event, madconNYC, we needed not only great speakers, but experts in a given digital marketing discipline to provide advice and answer the burning questions of our participants. Jimmy is so knowledgeable that not only can he speak intelligently on NUEMROUS marketing topics, but he really is a true “expert” in different disciplines. His advice is proving to be invaluable to our event customers. Now let’s look at number two. Jimmy’s delivery, demeanor, and dynamic personality ensure he can a) make the connection with our audience and b) hold their attention. I know many people who have number one OR number two, but not many that embody both. Jimmy does. And I say this from personal experience having worked directly with him. He’s so good we asked him to be both an Expert AND a thought-leadership speaker! In short, Jimmy is both the bee’s knees AND the cat’s pajamas!
Official Event & Program Sponsors
Get started with building a more resilient business through engaging events, power training, actionable strategies, and powerful networking opportunities. This is out-the-box thinking at its best. Monthly and Yearly Memberships Available.
Social Impact Partners
Strategic Alliance Partners
Media Partners
Interested in Sponsoring Single or Multiple Locations?
Why Become A Sponsor?
The main reason to sponsor with MFSB is that we can get your brand in front of the SMB and entrepreneurial community to help you reach your business goals and increase your bottom line.
A key strategy at MFSB is to seek out great opportunities that create triple-win partnerships with our small business community, you, our valued partner, and Moving Forward Small Business.
We’re focusing heavily on innovation, technology, and business growth strategies to help our small businesses and entrepreneurs grow, make an impact, and become the leaders of tomorrow. But with your help and support, we will be able to do that more efficiently and effectively.
We have a lot of opportunities when it comes to partnering.
A Sample of our sponsorship opportunities include (customized for your goals and objectives):
- Lead Generation
- Membership Community Access
- Zero-Party Data collecting through custom intake forms, surveys and social media
- Database Marketing
- Product Demos/Integration into Training and Programs
- Awareness, Visibility and Branding to the small business and entrepreneurial community
- Alignment with company objectives and goals
- Customized engagement and contests opportunities
- And more…
Please let us know what type of partnership you are interested in by emailing us at partnership@movingforwardsmallbusiness.com or calling us at +1-646-643-7881, and let’s have a conversation.
When it comes to partnerships and sponsorships, you are our valued partner. So, we talked about your goals and your target audience to make sure that we create a custom and solid strategic relationship where everyone wins.