Blog – Workshop in Business Opportunities

WIBO Marks 60 Years of Building New York Business Owners, Names Dr. Stacie N. C. Grant and the Gutenstein Family as 60th Anniversary Gala Honorees

October 27, 2026 No Comments

The Nov. 19 Gala at Metropolitan College of New York’s Bronx Campus celebrates six decades of free entrepreneurship training and the alumni businesses it helped build NEW YORK, NY, Oct. 26, 2026 The Workshop in Business Opportunities (WIBO), the New York nonprofit that has trained more than 18,000 entrepreneurs since its founding in Harlem in

Sixty Years, One Lesson for Women Founders: Learn the Numbers Before the World Tells You Your Worth

October 22, 2026 No Comments

By Dr. Stacie N. C. Grant, Chair, WIBO Board of Directors October is Women’s Small Business Month, and this year it lands in a special season for WIBO. In 1966, our founders opened a classroom in Harlem with a simple belief: ownership should not depend on who you know or what you inherited. Sixty years

AARP promotes Entrepreneurship!

September 17, 2026 No Comments

The Workshop in Business Opportunities was recently featured in an article from the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) discussing ways and resources to start a business. Want to Work for Yourself? These Courses Can Help New training options can help you start a business later in life Gail Snow Moraski was nearly 54

Alumni Precious Williams Featured in Amsterdam News

September 10, 2026 No Comments

Glowing Up Delta: From Spelman College to Shark Tank to Audacity! What does it look like to have Audacity at 47? You are looking at it. Like many of my sorors of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., I have succeeded despite the odds. I was told “no” so much, I stopped hearing those words and still

WIBO on TV!

August 31, 2026 No Comments

Earlier this month, Ramon Gil, long-time WIBO alumni, volunteer and Director of Community Engagement & Development, was interviewed by Daren Jaime on Bronxnet TV’s OPEN. They talked about how WIBO has been committed to building pathways for entrepreneurs in underserved communities for over 60 years. The episode dropped on Wednesday, August 26. You can watch

Social Impact Heroes Helping Our Planet

August 13, 2026 No Comments

Why and How Dr. Stacie NC Grant Is Helping To Change Our World As part of my series about “individuals and organizations making an important social impact”, I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Stacie NC Grant. Dr. Stacie N. C. Grant is the Board Chair at WIBO. She is a New York State