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Programs and Services Overview
Programs Overview
 The Business Library offers dozens of programs a year to assist with business start-up and expansion, resource navigation, and financial and investment education. Combined with thousands of resources at the Business Library, these programs supplement existing resources and provide an alternative learning experience for the public. Program attendees receive the added benefit of networking with other small business owners and entrepreneurs. All programs are free to the public.
Investigate each program series for more details:
Also check out our current program offerings and join our mailing list for announcements of upcoming programs.
Services Overview
The Business Library offers specialized services to help you achieve personal and professional success. Counselors are on hand four days a week to meet with you. Business start-up information is organized at the Business Library for you to explore. Speak to one of our librarians (telephone reference) for personalized answers to your questions. Tour and learn how to access and use the resources of the Business Library. Job seekers are encouraged to participate in our STEP Program.
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Program Series Details
Financial SeriesThis series held each Spring outlines the different forms of personal investments that are available and how to evaluate the best investment options for you.
Con Edison Power Breakfast SeriesCon Edison has partnered with Brooklyn Public Library to produce the popular Power Breakfast Series since 1997. These free programs promoting growing businesses in Brooklyn are organized under the title Made in Brooklyn and provide opportunities for you to network and exchange information. Past programs have focused on a variety of industries including hospitality and food packaging, film and music, and manufacturing and retail.
Entrepreneur SeriesThe Business Library produces this annual Entrepreneur Series that gives many potential, new and existing business owners the opportunity to learn directly from an entrepreneur who has gone before them and taken the risks to build a business. Speakers empower entrepreneurs by sharing their business start-up stories. Now in its fifth year, this series has drawn hundreds of entrepreneurs into the Library to listen to lessons learned by entrepreneurs who have realized their dream of small business ownership. Entrepreneurs who have presented their stories range from Earl Graves, publisher of Black Enterprise Magazine; Tom Potter, President of Brooklyn Brewery; and Le Cirque’s pastry chef Jacques Torres, now owner of Jacques Torres Chocolates.
As part of the series, the Business Library hosts an Entrepreneur Fair. This fair features an expo where organizations that support entrepreneur activities distribute information and speak with potential small business owners.
Technology SeriesThe Business Library partners with the New York City Technical College to present technology seminars. With the expansion of technology at an accelerated pace, small businesses need insight into what would actually bring their office greater efficiency at the least expense. This program presents the latest technologies through demonstrations and a lecture on the benefits and constraints of each. Programs include the advancement of cellular communication, palm pilot organizing, Internet bandwidth technologies and software options for small business.
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