Narra Collective Small Business Week 2025 DAY 2 - Best of Jersey City Fair Celebrate local excellence at the Best of Jersey City! Shop the vendor marketplace, enjoy live demos and tastings, and level up your business with expert-led workshops and mini brand shoots. What's happening: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Vendor Marketplace – Showcasing the best local businesses Live Product Demos – Real-time activations by local makers Food & Beverage Tastings – Sample bites from Jersey’s best 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM Mini Brand Shoot for Businesses 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Small Biz Bootcamp & Consulting Corners Finance & Budgeting HR for Small Teams Brick and Mortar Mastermind Web & Graphic Design Essentials Storytelling Through Photography Sales & Marketing through Social Media    

Regular Price: $80 | Early Bird: $65 Event Overview A curated marketplace featuring Jersey City’s top small businesses, artisans, and service providers. What’s Happening? ✔️ Vendor Marketplace – Showcasing the best local businesses ✔️ Live Product Demos – Get hands-on with new innovations ✔️ Food & Beverage Tastings – Sample bites from Jersey’s best ✔️ Pop-Up Business Services – Marketing, legal, finance consulting booths Best of Jersey City Fair: A vibrant, high-energy marketplace spotlighting Jersey City’s top local businesses, creators, and community partners.

Regular Price: $80 | Early Bird: $65

DAY 3 - Small Business Growth & Innovation Day Features expert business consulting, speed networking, tactical bootcamps on funding and global opportunities, and NARRATIVE IRL — a raw, TED-style storytelling series by small business owners. Cap the day with a live pitch competition for a chance to win a 6-month desk membership at Narra Collective! What's Happening? 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Business Services Consulting Corners 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 2:30 - 4:00 PM NARRAtive IRL - Narra’s reimagines format inspired by TED-style storytelling - real, raw and rooted in the unfiltered experiences of small business owners 11:00 AM - 12:00 NN Speed Networking - Quick, high-impact rounds of connection designed to spark new partnerships, referrals, and collabs with fellow founders and creatives. 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM Bootcamp Funding and Grants 101 - A tactical bootcamp on how to actually find, apply for, and win the funding opportunities built for small business owners. Getting Ready for the World: How Small Businesses Can Prepare for the World Cup 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Pitch Competition - Small businesses and founders present 5-minute pitches to a panel of industry judges. Prize include a 4-month reserved desk membership at Narra   NARRAtive irl: FROM THE GROUND UP Live, unfiltered stories from entrepreneurs who built from grit, clarity, and conviction. AM SESSION Starting When Nothing Felt Ready - the stories of survival mode, slow beginnings, and saying yes—even when nothing around you said it would work. PM SESSION The Future We’re Building - stories of quiet resilience, internal wins, boundary-setting, and redefining growth on your own terms.

Dynamico NYC Business Club x Narra Collective presents Together in Parenthood: Celebrating Every Caregiver (A Parent’s Day Out!) Date: May 9, 2025 Location: Narra Collective RSVP: https://calendly.com/events-dynamico/celebrating-parenthood 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM | Registration & Breakfast Start your day with a warm welcome and enjoy a delicious breakfast served by local small business food vendors. This is a great opportunity to support local businesses while networking with fellow attendees. Take some time to check out our featured vendors showcasing products and services that support parents and families. It’s a great way to fuel up and explore valuable resources for your family. 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM | Opening Remarks – Inez Aznar, Co-Chair of Dynamico NYC Business Club Join Inez as she kicks off the day with a heartfelt welcome. As Co-Chair of the Dynamico NYC Business Club, Inez brings her passion for supporting diverse communities and promoting inclusive business practices to this event. She’ll set the stage for the important conversations and connections to come. Let’s explore what it truly means to celebrate and support parenthood. 10:15 AM – 11:00 AM | Community Roundtable: Balancing Motherhood and Personal Growth: Navigating the Journey Together Motherhood is a journey, and balancing it with personal growth can be challenging. In this interactive roundtable, we’ll explore how to manage it all – from career to self-care. Share your experiences and hear from others as we learn together. 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM | The Art of Laughter Yoga Laughter is the best medicine, and we’re starting the day with some fun! Join us for a lighthearted and energizing laughter yoga session designed to refresh your mind and body, all while bringing some smiles to your face. 11:30 AM – 12:15 PM | Fireside Chat: Parenthood and Finances: Building a Strong Financial Foundation for...

Regular Price: $80 | Early Bird: $65  For parents, business owners, and community members balancing family & work.

Join us for this workshop and take the next step in leading your business to success! 1. Hiring Your First Employee – What Small Business Owners Need to KnowHiring your first employee is a significant milestone, but it can be overwhelming with the legal, financial, and logistical details. In this workshop, we’ll cover the key things you need to know before hiring—how to determine what role to fill, compliance essentials, and best practices for a smooth onboarding process. This session will help you avoid common pitfalls and set your business up for long-term success. 2. Leading Your Team Without Losing YourselfAs a leader, balancing your team’s needs with your own well-being can be challenging. This workshop is designed for new and growing leaders who want to establish structure, communicate effectively, and avoid burnout while building a strong, engaged team. We’ll discuss setting boundaries, fostering a healthy work culture, and implementing simple processes to make leadership feel more manageable. Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your leadership skills and strengthen your business!

A complete, immersive well-being event where we handle all logistics, including mats, food, and materials, so participants can simply come and enjoy. Sign up to Livebloomwell  Yoga Flow (45 min) – Focused on grounding and mindfulness  Light Dinner & Drinks from our partner Le Botaniste  Workshop: “The Benefits of Building Habits” (45 min) + Q&A  Complimentary Gifts for Participants Pricing: Early Bird: $65 Regular Price: $75

This workshop gives expectant parents plenty of tools and resources to care for their newborn–and themselves–during the tender “fourth trimester,” and explores ways to meet the challenges of new parenthood with an open heart and mind. Facilitated by a team of experienced postpartum doulas, the workshop features a parent and their infant, when available, so that participants can benefit from open, real-world discussion and hands-on experience. Register to JC Bump & Baby