Monday, September 28
5-7 pm (curbside pickup)
Taste of West Side Bazaar: Nine & Night
West Side Bazaar, the Grant Street incubator run by WEDI, the non-profit economic development, community building, and education organization, will be showcasing one restaurant's cuisine every other week throughout the fall to expand customers’ palates and help explore the many mouth-watering dishes from their business owners.
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Chef Htay Naing, of Thai Bistro at WEDI's West Side Bazaar, will offer a selection of dishes.The first West Side Bazaar Menu Tour, dubbed “Nine & Night,” offering food from Thai Bistro. Place your order online ($20), and receive a scheduled pick-up time to sample six dishes curbside; you’ll also receive an accompanying information packet on Nine & Night and the dishes you're eating. Learn a bit about the history of Chef Htay Naing and his favorite dishes.
Place your order
Tuesday, September 29
10–11 am
Speaker Series: Transforming Customer Service into Lead Generation
The Buffalo Niagara Partnership, the regional chamber of commerce, presents the next in its speaker series. "Creating new customers can be difficult in this business environment. In this interactive presentation, you will learn how to improve your Customer Success practices and attract new customers using tools you probably already have." Join Paul Greiner from [re]noun creative and learn how customer success fits into brands and relates to the buyer's journey, what tools to use to improve customer interactions, how to become a brand that people share, and more. Contact [email protected] with any questions.
Sign up here: FREE for Partnership Members | $50 – non-members
Tuesday, October 6
2–2:30 pm
Free Webinar: Improving Your Business's Financial Health
Attend this free, 30-minute webinar offered by Pursuit Lending to learn how inventory management plays into your business's 
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financial health, including strategies for generating more revenue during the season, how to effectively manage inventory, and securing funding to meet demand. Panelists include Malini Krishna, assistant vice president & senior consultant, and Dave Hanold, chief lending officer, both of Pursuit.
Sign up here to attend or to receive a recording of the event
Thursday, October 8
6–7:30 pm
Legal Aspects of Contracts and Leases for Small Businesses
SCORE, a nationwide network offering free, confidential, ongoing mentoring, counsel, advice and business guidance, is giving a free webinar, hosted by its local chapter. Learn why having a well-drafted contract or lease can make a considerable difference to your business. Contracts can be complicated and a proper legal review could be the difference between executing an agreement that properly defines and protects the rights, interests, and obligations of your business from a document that fails to properly define the relationship or allow for the remedy of disputes among the participants. Join an attorney from the Western New York Law Center's Small Business Legal Clinic (SBLC), who will address the purposes of contracts and leases and how specific provisions will allow your business to navigate the applicable laws, minimize disputes, protect intellectual property, limit liability, and manage expectations of the parties.
FREE/register here