We are small business consultants and offer coaching and consulting services and intensive business assessments. These services include writing business plans, new business development, business survival consulting, development and implementation of marketing strategies, pricing and sales strategies and business financials consulting.Our workshops vary and include "business planning", "sexual harassment prevention", "managing financial statements", "optimizing customer service", "selling that results in growth", "human resources for managers and supervisors", etc.Launched the Business Plan Academy in April 2011 in New York City. This is an 6-session course, three hours each session where entrepreneurs learn various aspects of business and the interconnectivity of these areas, as they work on writing their business plans which are completed by the end of the course.

Facilitate the following workshops:"First Step to Starting A Business"; "Creating a Business Idea that Works", "Building an Operational Plan", "Food Retail: Operating Like a Pro", "Food Retail: Managing Your Inventory", "Business Finance 1: Getting Started", "Business Finance 2: Planning for Profitability", "Small Business Financing", "Developing a Marketing Strategy", "Creating Marketing Content", "Building Your Own Business Website", "Search Engine Optimization", "Email Marketing", "Social Media Marketing".These workshops are all developed to guide start-up and existing businesses to profitability and success.

Enrollees are trained to complete a strong business plan that is an effective roadmap for their business' progress and which can be shopped with lenders and investors. The workshops focus on business development and include understanding the target market, marketing strategies, pricing and sales strategies, employee relations, projecting and budgeting, breakeven analysis and financial statements. The course runs for six weeks, one day per week, three hours per session. Enrollment is at www.covenant7.com/registration.

Coach business owners in general business areas with a focus in human resources management. This includes development and updating employee handbooks, developing job descriptions, onboarding, employee development, employee training, employee discipline and termination.

An Executive Coach with Columbia University Grow Vendor Development Program. This is a program that was developed by Columbia University that pairs executive coaches with businesses that are vendors of the university, to help them with business development.

Work closely with management to handle all HR needs including job descriptions, recruiting, on-boarding, employee development, payroll, terminations.

Work closely with management to handle all human resources management needs for the company to keep the company in legal compliance. This includes hiring procedures and new employee orientations; terminations; frequent auditing of HR systems, including update and maintenance of the employee handbook, all employee-related files, payroll, and benefits.

Conducted two 16-week entrepreneurial training sessions two times each year since September 2004. Trained and instructed entrepreneurs in various areas of business including marketing, sales, breakeven analysis, financial managment, human resources management, record-keeping and taxes, business entities, etc. Conducted sessions at all WIBO NYC workshop locations including headquarters.A member of the curriculum team for the evaluation and updating of the WIBO workshops.

The Business Tree is a one hour radio program aired live every Friday at noon. The mission of the show is to empower and encourage entrepreneurs and business owners to sustain and grow successful businesses. We will talk about business topics that are relevant to people who are struggling everyday to hold on to their businesses, we will interview professionals who can share their experiences and expertise and we will discuss current news that highlight businesses anywhere in the world. Listeners are encouraged to listen either live or to the archived shows which can also be found on www.covenant7.com and either call in live or later with questions or suggestions for topics they want to hear discussed.

Handled all office management, HR and benefits issues.

Responsible for handling all benefits and employee relations issues for over 500 employees in several states including New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland, Georgia, Virginia and North Carolina.