Special News Flash
137,500 hours … 13,225 clients …$86 million … 4,500 jobs
If these numbers don’t mean anything to you we invite you to explore
Baruch’s Lawrence N. Field Center for Entrepreneurship,
one of Zicklin’s amazing academic centers.
Did you know that November 20, 2008 was proclaimed Lawrence N. Field
Day by Manhattan Borough president, Scott M. Stringer in honor of
the Field Center’s 15th anniversary? To find out more, read the
latest edition of
News from the Field. Among other things, you
will find the following Field Facts from the Last 15 Years:
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Honoring its core mission to provide free counseling and business expertise, the Field Center and the Baruch College Small Business Development Center (SBDC) have provided 137,500 hours of counseling to 13,225 clients.
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With the help of the SBDC, the Field Center has secured over $86 million in economic impact loans and played an active role in creating or preserving 4,500 jobs in the metropolitan area.