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Mentees and Mentors,

We appreciate your interest in mentorship. Please be advised that after March 31, 2024, the Business Mentor NY Program will cease to operate. However, you can continue to access mentoring services by contacting Entrepreneurship Assistance Centers in your area at esd.ny.gov/eac-directory to obtain one-on-one counseling with your current business idea or small business.

If you would like to continue offering pro bono mentoring services to entrepreneurs or small business owners, please email us at nylovessmbiz@esd.ny.gov with your core business skills, experience or education and your preferred service area.

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My full assessment

Set up and Planning

  • Performed a competitive analysis
  • Assessed the value of the market
  • Interviewed potential customers
  • Created a prototype
  • Tried to sell to customers
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Market Research

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Finances

  • Very Confident
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Sales

  • Very Confident
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Operations

  • Very Confident
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  BMNY

Jean Neftin Entrepreneur

Location New York, New York, United States of America
Venture Industry Fashion/Clothing/Accessories
Languages spoken
  • English
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What I need help with

My background as an entrepreneur

My current challenges

We don't know how we should go about increasing our sales volume. Should we search for a retailer to partner with or just concentrate on internet sales. We started selling the knee pads on Amazon and our own website www.KneeBees.com

We have one customer Micro Kickboard (famous scooters) and they sell some varieties of our knee pads on their website http://www.microkickboard.com/striped-knee-sleeves


About my venture

KneeBees Inc Started 2011

Dear Mentor,

We are a tiny company from New York, KneeBees, Inc (founded in 2011)

Inspired by a birth of my daughter, I invented knee pads for toddlers and children and just received a patent in the summer of 2015. (Patent number; US 9,066,544)

Our operations, fulfillment and customer support are very good.

We do not have any debt as I am a strong believer in not taking on debt until the business model is proven.

Countries of operation: United States of America