Frank Aguirre

City of Los Angeles - New Business Tax Exemption. A brand new business or a business that relocates from outside the City is exempt from paying the first year business tax provided the business obtains the Tax Registration Certificate from the City by the end of the second calendar month of the business start date. http://finance.lacity.org/content/NewBusinessExemptionFAQ.htm #startup #entrepreneurship #smallbusiness #microbiz #empresa #losangeles (at Los Angeles Mayor’s Office)

Mayor Eric Garcetti's Office of Economic Development & EC Hispanic Media - El Clasificado workshop on the Franchise Business Model #lamayor #losangeles #smallbusiness #entrepreneurship #ssdn #ssdnexpo #elclasificado #univision #gabrielaTeissier (at Los Angeles City Hall)

Please mark your calendars for May 1-7, 2016 for National Small Business Week. 2016 will mark the 53rd annual commemoration of America’s small business community by SBA, other Federal agencies, and partner organizations. To ensure continuity, SBA has decided that NSBW will always be celebrated the first week of May. More information about events and sponsorship opportunities will be available on www.sba.gov/nsbw as it becomes available.

Los Angeles Mayor ERIC GARCETTI accepting the “Startup in a Day – Dream Big” Challenge Prize today w/ Maria Contreras-Sweet, the head of the U.S. SBA. The prize is an investment that directly impact Los Angeles’ small business community. Mayor's Priority = make it easy to do business in Los Angeles. @lamayorsoffice #lamayor @ericgarcetti @SBAgov Administrator @MCS4Biz announcing #LA received $250,000 prize for @WhiteHouse #StartUpInaDay #WHDemoDay! Spurring #innovation. (at Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator)

Los Angeles Mayor ERIC GARCETTI accepting the “Startup in a Day – Dream Big” Challenge Prize today w/ Maria Contreras-Sweet, the head of the U.S. SBA. The prize is an investment that directly impact Los Angeles’ small business community. This event follows an announcements made by President Obama as he hosts the first-ever White House Demo Day, which will celebrate the important role entrepreneurship plays in America’s economy. #LosAngeles #smallbusiness # smallbiz #lamayor @lamayorsoffice #sba #lasba @challengegov #WHDemoDay @whitehouse @startup @lamayor @mcs4biz @LACIncubator #entrepreneur #entrepreneurship #microbusiness #microbiz @lamayorsoffice #lamayor @ericgarcetti @SBAgov Administrator @MCS4Biz announcing #LA received $250,000 prize for @WhiteHouse #StartUpInaDay #WHDemoDay! Spurring #innovation. Did you hear? #LA #California received $250,000 prize from @SBAGov to propel #innovation & #entrepreneurship! - http://go.usa.gov/3AJhx #WHDemoDay Congrats @LACIncubator on winning $50,000 prize from @SBAGov Growth Accelerator Competition - http://go.usa.gov/3AJh5 #SBAAccelerates #WHDemoDay -- Frank J. Aguirre Business Development Specialist Office of Economic Development Mayor Eric Garcetti City of Los Angeles 213-978-0663 [email protected] 200 N. Spring Street, 13th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90012 Facebook Twitter

Www.womenfoundersnetwork.com #entrepreneur #smallbusiness #smallbiz #womenbusiness #venturecapital #pitch #fastpitch

Branding - A brand is the idea or image of a specific product or service that consumers connect with, by identifying the name, logo, slogan, or design of the company who owns the idea or image. #branding #marketing #smallbusiness #smallbiz #promotion (at Pacoima Branch Library - Los Angeles Public Library)

On my way to #napa flight delay, listening to podcast. Entrepreneurial Gap - "I'm very proud of what I have done and simultaneously un-impressed by it" ~ Paul Anthony Troiano, founder & CEO of RumbleFish. #entrepreneur #hacktheentrepreneur #entrepreneurgap #smallbiz #smallbusiness @jnastor (at Burbank Bob Hope Airport (BUR))

Dr. David Hayes-Bautista speaking at CALL on Servant Leadership. He is currently Professor of Medicine and Director of the Study of Latino Health and Culture at the School of Medicine UCLA.

Meeting Great People @ LA Latino Chamber of Commerce Business Awards Gala - Richard Montanez - Exec VP PepsiCo, author of "A Boy, A Burrito, and A Cookie - from Janitor to Executive" and known as the Father of Latino Segment Marketing. When he was a janitor, the President of PepsiCo announce to throughout the company that if anyone had great idea that they should contact him. Richard called the Pres to describe his idea to put chili in Cheetos and within 2 weeks the president and marketing executive flew to Frito-Lay Rancho Cucamonga plant to listen in 1976, that's great leadership. Reminds me of my boss and great leadership @ericgarcetti #LAMayor

Wacha know about going out? (at The Short Stop)