Sponsors


		herematch is the ultimate business networking tool - a business network connecting real people at real networking events in real time. herematch is a must have free app for anyone attending conventions, conferences, trade shows, seminars, business networking groups, and business networking events. Register at herematch.com. Then download the iPhone or Android app. Check in with herematch, check out with business!

		Webline Designs is a full-service web design and development studio located in Long Island City. Webline has been servicing clients in the greater NYC area for over fifteen years. We are passionate about helping our clients leverage the internet to grow their businesses. Our team combines creativity, technical knowledge, and practical experience when developing custom web solutions for their clients.

		Corbett Public Relations, Inc., is an award-winning New York metropolitan area media relations, social media and personal branding consulting firm. The firm provides a wide array of professional services including media relations, personal branding consulting, social media marketing consulting, special-event development and promotion, government and community affairs, crisis communications, marketing support and business development consulting. The firm's personal branding services establish clients as leaders in their sectors and social media programs drive traffic to websites and enhance profitability. Corbett Public Relations makes clients leaders in their sectors and they are regularly interviewed by local, regional and national media outlets.

		The Kensington Company is a leading merger and acquisitions firm that delivers professionalism, integrity and extensive market experience to every transaction. There are numerous companies in today's market place that attempt to bring business buyers and sellers together. There are few however, that offer their clients the degree of sophistication, experience and resources of our unique firm. At The Kensington Company we have expanded the traditional business brokerage firm model to offer our clients comprehensive services during their individualized transaction process. We are committed to representing our clients' best interests throughout the transaction process, while bringing innovative and creative solutions to the multiple complex challenges as we guide our clients toward accomplishing their "right" transaction. THE KENSINGTON COMPANY HAS THE RIGHT KNOWLEDGE TO LEAD YOU TO THE RIGHT TRANSACTION.

		Crown Advertising is a 20-year old agency dedicated to 21st century marketing. We have helped some of the New York metropolitan area's leading health care, retail, business to business and not-for-profit enterprises make better, stronger connections with the people that matter most to them. We'll use whatever works best to help our clients get into the hearts and minds of their stakeholders, from traditional advertising techniques to the latest in multiplatform marketing, social networking and web strategies. Most important, we take pride in being a valued, trusted member of your marketing team. A resource you can depend on to guide you, advise you, and help you make the most of your marketing budget. That's why one of our trusted clients called us "some of the most user-friendly folks we've ever worked with."

		Established in 1972 by Gunter G. Schmidt, Eastern American Data/Voice Inc. (EADV) is the premier telecommunications service company to the commercial business, public sector and residential markets in the New York Metropolitan Area. Specializing in communications integration and the convergence of voice and data systems, Eastern American Data / Voice offers clients strategy, design, implementation and maintenance of their communication systems. Eastern American Data / Voice also provides both conventional communication products and services in addition to unparalleled expertise with new solutions as Voice-Over-IP (VOIP).



		Sandwire Corp. is a leading technology and business consulting firm serving businesses in the Long Island community since 1997. The company provides a wide range of technology and business consulting services and has distinguished itself as a preeminent technology resource in the region. The company provides businesses with a singular technology resource capable of meeting any company's needs including the implementation, management, and maintenance of a business' computer network, email related services, and website and database development.

		Scotto Brothers commitment to excellence in providing quality products and services to their customers has held true for over four decades. That tradition and pledge continues today with no end in sight.

		Located in the heart of Nassau County, Long Island, The Chateau is the flagship catering facility of Scotto Brothers. Here Manhattan glamor and South Beach style combine to bring you one of the most unique settings for your wedding, social gathering and corporate event.



		The mission of the Chamber is to improve the business climate and quality of living in the New York Metropolitan Area for residents, workers and visitors. It provides valuable services to over 16,000 business and civic leaders who represent the backbone of the Greater New York business community.

Media Sponsors






		The New York Daily News is the largest and most widely-read newspaper in the New York City metropolitan area and second largest local media website in New York. It is the #1 newspaper in Brooklyn with readership of 598,000 daily and 745,200 on Sunday. Founded in 1919, the Daily News has won 10 Pulitzer Prize Awards for excellence in journalism. The Daily News is the fifth largest Sunday newspaper and the sixth largest daily newspaper circulated in the United States and features the largest combined print and online audience of any metropolitan newspaper in the country. NYDailyNews.com is the sixth most visited newspaper website in the United States. New York's Hometown Paper is now also New York's Hometown Everything, available as an iPad app and on Blackberry, iPhone and Android mobile devices.



		The New York Enterprise Report, in print and online (www.nyreport.com) is the monthly business magazine that features "how-to" articles written by experts for small and midsize businesses in the tri-state area. Each issue of NY Report, which is the only media in the New York area exclusively for the leaders of growing small businesses, provides thousands of dollars of much needed expertise making it a must read for those looking to grow their businesses. For a FREE subscription courtesy of Cardinal Trade Group, visit www.nyreport.com/cardinal.

		The Queens Courier's mission is to provide Queens county with the highest quality, award-winning newspapers. We report on the schools, politics, business, social, religious, sports and civic activities in the borough. Tracking the pulse of Queens from people's backyards to the halls of government. Our borough is home to over 2.2 million people—the most ethnically diverse county on the planet! We listen…We investigate… We get involved. We take pride in our grassroots coverage of the events that affect the daily lives of the people we serve.



		*106.1 BLI is "LONG ISLAND'S #1 HIT MUSIC STATION."* We focus on playing the latest and hottest top-selling adult contemporary songs, both rock and dance, mixed with recurrent hits. Our target audience skews women and families with young children, and adults that lead active, fun lifestyles. www.wbli.com

Community Sponsors


		Founded in 1988, ABA is New York Metro's premier professionally managed business development and networking association dedicated to helping small to mid-sized businesses dramatically increase sales by providing dynamic business connections and superior resources.

		The Alternative Board puts together people who run similar-sized, non- competing businesses in peer groups. Members meet every month and bring up issues or opportunities and get practical feedback from the rest of the Board. TAB is a nationwide organization and there are over 120 business owner members on Long Island.

		The Marty Lyons Foundation was established in 1982 to fulfill the special wishes of children chronologically aged three (3) and seventeen (17) years old, who have been diagnosed as having a terminal or life threatening illness by providing and arranging special wish requests.

		Adrian's Network is a highly time efficient and cost effective business networking community. A's Net combines tightly controlled and facilitated "virtual" networking (4-6 networking calls per month), with in-person get-togethers all designed to maximize connections and contacts that can lead to real business. Fundamental to the group are "cyber-introductions", in which business people are put together based upon their synergies and likelihood of doing business together or being a referral source for one another. Free to try and extremely inexpensive to join, with no long-term commitments, A's Net is winning accolades from its members.

		The Hispanic Network LLC is a public relations and marketing firm with a monthly networking group component. Its mission is to "Bridge the Hispanic market and the World." The THN Group is the only networking organization that hands out its roster of attendees so everyone goes home with each others info. This roster is THN's monthly list of warm leads, a treasure to business owners, as well as marketing, sales and community representatives! THN offers brand exposure and continuous lead generation to help its member businesses grow. You DO NOT have to be Hispanic to join. All meetings are run in English.