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BREAKOUT SESSIONS

A.M. Session (10:45 - 11:45)


Turning Ideas Into Business Opportunities: Make Your Dream A Reality

How do you take that great idea and turn it into a real moneymaker? Stop procrastinating and start profiting.

Speaker: Mark Wan, Farmingdale SBDC, Business Advisor

Mark Wan currently works as a business advisor for the Farmingdale Small Business Development Center, where he develops business plans, financial models, and banking relationships for startup and existing businesses. At the SBDC he serves as the primary workshop presenter and has instructed over 40 workshops for over 900 attendees on business startup, business plan writing, marketing, tax issues, and more. Prior to joining the SBDC, he co-founded and served as Program Director of the Fordham University Service Learning Program, which matches the technical skills of qualified business students with the business needs of local nonprofits. He is an alumni of the university twice over, BS and MBA.

Mark serves as a youth leader at a local church, leading middle/ high school students in weekly Bible studies and biweekly service projects focused on living the law of love. The group actively serves many local and national organizations, including Marty Lyons Foundation, March of Dimes, World Vision, and more. Some projects include serving meals in a soup kitchen, hosting a hunger banquet, and entertaining hospitalized children and seniors.