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Rosalind Resnick
President and CEO
Axxess Business Centers, Inc.
212-566-7734
Rosalind@abcbizhelp.com
www.abcbizhelp.com
New York Entrepreneur Rosalind Resnick Launches Axxess Business Centers, Inc.,
America's One-Stop Shop for Entrepreneurial Excellence
First Store Opens in Lower Manhattan at 128 Chambers Street
NEW YORK, September 17, 2002 - Rosalind Resnick, one of New York's leading entrepreneurs,
reaches out to help entrepreneurial startups and small businesses with the launch of Axxess
Business Centers' first walk-in storefront clinic in Lower Manhattan today.
Resnick, who built her Internet marketing company, NetCreations, Inc., from a two-person
home-based startup to a public company acquired for $111 million, plans to open additional
centers in nine other major markets by 2004. Ms. Resnick has pledged up to $1 million of her
own capital to fund this project.
"I believe in the strength and resiliency of New York City's business community and, after
September 11, I made a commitment to helping revitalize downtown New York,"
said Rosalind Resnick, CEO and founder of Axxess Business Centers, Inc. "Our company's
mission is to spearhead economic development by providing startups and existing businesses
with access to high-quality management consulting services and the capital and professional
resources they need to make their companies grow."
Staffed by experienced counselors using Web-based software tools to automate the process of
creating business plans, developing marketing strategies and obtaining financing, Axxess
Business Centers aims to make high-quality consulting services and low-cost financing
available to millions of entrepreneurs -- regardless of gender, race, ethnicity or national
origin -- and enable them to share the American Dream of business ownership.
The center also features seminars, workshops and support groups led by professional
speakers and successful entrepreneurs from various industries and backgrounds.
Topics cover all aspects of building a business and making one's business succeed.
"America's 25 million small businesses employ more than 50 percent of the work force,
generate more than half of the nation's gross domestic product, and contribute the lion's
share of new jobs to the U.S. economy," Resnick said. "Unfortunately, most of these
businesses, particularly companies owned by women and minorities, are destined to remain
small because they lack the capital, management talent, and technical and marketing
expertise to get to the next level."
"Even the brightest idea can't bloom in the dark," Resnick continued. "That's why our
company has marshaled the vast resources of the Internet and the best small business
advisors on the market to offer entrepreneurs top-drawer access to the information,
capital and professional services needed to make a business grow at very affordable hourly
rates." An initial face-to-face consultation with a counselor costs only $49.95.
Axxess Business Center's business hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and
11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday. Seminars led by professional speakers and successful
entrepreneurs from various industries and enterprises, covering all aspects of building a
business and making one's business exceed, will be held weeknights from
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Weekly networking events are held each Friday from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
and entrepreneur support groups are held on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings from
8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
About Axxess Business Centers, Inc.
Founded by New York entrepreneur Rosalind Resnick, Axxess Business Centers, Inc. empowers
small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs to achieve their corporate best by
providing them with fast, friendly and affordable counseling through a nationwide chain of
walk-in centers conveniently located in major metropolitan markets. The first center
launches in September 2002 in New York City at 128 Chambers Street on the corner of
West Broadway in Lower Manhattan. Axxess Business Centers has partnered with Entrepreneur
Media, Inc., publisher of Entrepreneur Magazine, and Palo Alto Software, Inc., developer
of Business Plan Pro(r), to provide interactive content and software tools for its counselors
and clients.
For more information about Axxess Business Centers, visit
www.abcbizhelp.com or send an email to
rosalind@abcbizhelp.com.
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