How to Start a Business Without Going Into Debt

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Discover what these 7-figure entrepreneurs did to get started and not owe money to anyone.

How to Create a Tiny Business That Makes Big Money

3-Part Series: Elaine Pofeldt, bestselling author of The Million-Dollar, One-Person Business and Tiny Business, Big Money, will interview some of the entrepreneurs featured in her books to share how they built their successful small businesses.

**This event will be online only**This event is part of the series <a href="https://www.nypl.org/tinybiz" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">How to Create a Tiny Business That Makes Big Money</a>.Elaine Pofeldt, journalist and bestselling author of The Million-Dollar, One-Person Business and Tiny Business, Big Money, will interview some of the entrepreneurs featured in her books or her Forbes’ profiles to share how they built businesses that surpassed seven figures and started without going into debt.Also, they will share how they were able to pivot with agility, creativity, and ingenuity when the pandemic hit, and ended up thriving and growing their businesses in the most adverse of circumstances.Join Elaine in conversation with:<ul><li>Ryan Derousseau, writer, journalist, and author, <a href="https://www.ryanderousseau.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Ryan Derousseau, CFP®</a></li><li>Rob Holdford, CEO and Senior Wealth Advisor, <a href="https://www.canistillretire.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Wealth Management</a></li><li>Tiffany Williams, CEO and Founder of <a href="https://www.ceoinsideher.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">CEO InsideHer</a></li></ul>They will be answering the question: How did you start without a typical bank loan or a line of credit and grow to surpass the million-dollar mark? Sign up for this program and find out their answers to this question. You'll get an inside scoop on how these top entrepreneurs were able to get started and grow without owing money to anyone.Don't miss the opportunity to ask them your questions!

<h3>About the Moderator: Elaine Pofeldt </h3>

<a href="https://www.elainepofeldt.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Elaine Pofeldt </a>is an independent journalist and speaker who specializes in entrepreneurship and careers. She is the author of <a href="https://amzn.to/3ILA8mr" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Tiny Business, Big Money: Strategies for Creating a High-Revenue Microbusiness </a>and <a href="https://amzn.to/3P63zlD" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Million-Dollar, One-Person Business: Make Great Money. Work the Way You Like. Have the Life You Want</a>, where she looks at how entrepreneurs are scaling to $1 million in revenue prior to hiring employees.As a senior editor at Fortune Small Business magazine, she was twice nominated for the National Magazine Award for her feature stories. Her work has appeared in FORTUNE, Money, CNBC, Inc., Forbes, Crain’s New York Business, and many other business publications, and she is a contributor to the Economist Intelligence Unit.Having built traffic for Fortune Small Business Online from a fledgling site to one with 5 million page views a month, she frequently draws on her experience to help clients improve their online presence. She founded Fortune Small Business's National Business Plan Competition and ran it for five years. She has also been a judge in the Crain's New York Business Perfect Pitch Competition at Columbia Business School and Rutger's University's business plan competition. An experienced moderator, she has run panel discussions for New York Entrepreneurship Week and the Crain's Top Entrepreneurs and Best Places to Work competitions.

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