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NITRO! Bootcamp 2019 & Our Experience

Who is StartupCincy

�A community of entrepreneurs, BigCos, educators, investors, creatives and enthusiasts. Our mission is to build a sustainable, tech-based economy for our city, our region and the entire Midwest. Collectively, we are Greater Cincinnati�s startup community and we're here to create a new future. We are StartupCincy.�

StartupCincy is a network of entrepreneurs, enthusiasts, investors and businessmen in the Greater Cincinnati area that strive to help small businesses and startups in the area to start, learn, grow and thrive by hosting events, providing networking opportunities, and learning experiences to give business owners the tools they need for unbridled success.

In keeping with StartupCincy�s mission in this area, one of the events that they host is the NITRO! Bootcamp, which is an exciting opportunity for small businesses in the Greater Cincinnati area.

What is NITRO Bootcamp

To quote the website at www.startupcincy.com/nitro/, �NITRO! Bootcamp is a free first-of-its-kind event set to power up minority and women-owned small businesses by providing access and training on today�s top business technologies. We know managing a business is no small feat��there isn�t a lot of spare time to go around. That�s why we�ve talked to the experts and discovered the best tech for empowering small businesses to grow and succeed.�

NITRO! Bootcamp is an excellent opportunity for small businesses that were started and are run by minorities in the Greater Cincinnati area to meet and to get acquainted with tools that can give them the upper hand in today�s market.

On February 23^rd, the team at Cintrifuse�headed by Maurice Coffey, Executive-in-Residence (from Proctor & Gamble) and assisted by Dani Clark of Untold Content�ran this event for the community of StartupCincy. In so doing, they hosted a full day of training sessions on different aspects of running a business, like accounting, communication & organization, billing, payments, inventory & shipping, document cloud storage, project management, and freelancer creative services. This sort of high-intensity curriculum is the perfect battery to get a small business into gear to build and to surpass all expectations in business.

Each year 25 companies are selected to participate in this event and are given the opportunities to network, learn, grow, and establish more business in the coming year.

Why DUBTEL Was Chosen

DUBTEL�a small tech company in West Chester, Ohio�was founded by John Opoku who is originally from Ghana.

DUBTEL has grown considerably in just the last 2 years with projects and ideas in the pipeline to help small businesses grow and thrive all over the country.

With the software development, consulting, and hardware solutions that DUBTEL provides, other businesses can make their visions a reality. Keeping other small businesses going and thriving is part of what DUBTEL does, so taking part in StartupCincy�s NITRO! Bootcamp is part and parcel to its mission.

Having the input and tools offered by NITRO! and its many partners gave DUBTEL a direct look into how we can help small businesses streamline their processes, track accounting transactions and communicate more effectively. Understanding these technologies and business tools helps us not only to improve and drive our own success, but to help our peers to do the same.

Opening Statements for Saturday�s Event

Attendees were greeted with opening statements from high-profile guests such as State Representative for District 33, Sedrick Denson and Ohio State Senator Cecil Thomas. The message was clear: Ohio is calling, pushing, and providing for technology as a solution for accelerated growth and kickstarting of minority-owned businesses in the Greater Cincinnati area.

True to that vision, NITRO! Has worked tirelessly to address this need and to close the gap between small businesses and the technologies that will throw their growth into overdrive. All sponsors, Tech Partners, Steering Committee members and associated outfits are committed to this purpose and are working together to create a united front as a means to that end.

The Tech Partners and Steering Committe

Thanks to all of the partners involved, 2019�s NITRO! Bootcamp was able to provide attendees with a veritable powerhouse of business acumen.

Part of the break-out training to those in attendance on February 23^rd, Tech Partners of the program gave talks on business tech that can give small businesses the leg up they need to really kickstart their success. This year�s partners included Google Suites, Xero, Fuze, Gusto, Primary Hosting and StartBlox; each partner had an experienced, knowledgeable representative in attendance to give a comprehensive look at what each partner could do for small businesses.

Among the numerous benefits of attending this event is that it is the perfect platform on which to network with local business and with local reps for national businesses who steer and support the event. NITRO! Bootcamp was steered this year by companies like J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Cintrifuse, The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Greater Cincinnati Urban League and several other businesses and outfits.

One of the members who spoke on Saturday was Shelly Bell of Google Suites. The bio provided by NITRO! states �[she] is a system disruptor and business strategists who moves ideas to profit while empowering people to live more authentically. Google recognized Shelly�s ability to engage an audience and as a result, she serves as one of eight Google Digital Coaches working to bridge the digital divide for Black & Latinx business owners. Shelly Bell has been covered by Forbes, Entrepreneur.com, NewsOne, Adweek, the Washington Business Journal and more. Her magnetic energy attaches an undeniable movement of social impact to any initiative she�s a part of and makes her motto ring true in every interaction � �Resist the Urge to be Average!��

Shelly used all her experience and talents to help this group to understand how Google Suites could send their business into a whole new bracket of success and left a lasting impression on those who heard her speak on Saturday. Thank you for your input and your support, Shelly!

A Lasting Impression

All the businesses, partners, coalitions and individuals that were represented or that were in attendance at the 2019 NITRO! Bootcamp were able to show what they know about small business, technologies, business tools and management technology and to take in more of the same.

Each speaker made an impression on everyone in attendance and got every one of the chosen participants thinking with these technologies and tools that will help foster growth within their companies and their affiliates.

With events such as these, businesses like DUBTEL, Verb Digital Media, Wealth-Minded Women and others who were in attendance, are given a platform on which to succeed and tools with which to bolster their efforts and the efforts of other minority-owned businesses in the Greater Cincinnati area.

Smart Businesses Run on QuickBooks

If you run a business, maintaining your records and keeping all your financial information in order is essential. If you run a small business, QuickBooks is made especially for you and for businesses like yours to thrive and grow without having to worry about your software keeping up with you at every turn.

QuickBooks was created with businesses like yours in mind. Because of this, it is tailormade for small businesses to manage vendor accounts, accounts receivable, payroll, taxes, accounts payable, check writing, and so much more. These aspects of your business can eat up countless billable hours from either you, your staff or an outside party, without the help of an in-house accounting software.

Thanks to the flexibility and the completely customizable nature of QuickBooks software, you can always be certain that the software you are using is exactly the right one for you and for your business. Because that information is so essential to running your business, you can rest assured that your information is kept secure with QuickBooks�s automatic backup feature, which allows you to schedule backups of your data, so nothing is ever lost.

QuickBooks Can Support You No Matter What

Intuit, the publisher for QuickBooks, recently made the bold statement that they were pushing to get their active subscriber count to ten million in the coming months. This means that that all their focus and resources are going into being able to support those ten million active users.

With a company that is gearing up for dedicated support on that scale, you can be certain that, no matter what issues arise in your business, you will always have exactly what you need from Intuit to manage your business and your software, no matter what.

Using QuickBooks Encourages Forward Thinking

When you bring a software into your company that is not proprietary, it encourages you as a business owner or as someone in business management, to reach out for solutions outside of what you may already have.

This opens the door for using other software and technologies that can boost your productivity, sales and overall success. Currently, technology is a nearly bottomless wellspring and with all this technology comes the potential for solutions that can kick your sales into overdrive, as well as technologies that just aren�t workable for you.

As a business owner, finding the solution which would work best for you and for your business can be intimidating. Bringing in a software that is so trusted by millions of users and which is recommended as the gold standard for business management, is a great place to start.

Verified Success

The Village Cheese House, a locally-owned delicatessen in Palo Alto California, was established in 1959. In 2007, it was purchased by two business partners who immediately brought the business into this century by getting everything into QuickBooks.

The business ran efficiently, sales went way up, and the small deli thrived for the next five years. In 2012, the deli had been so successful, one of the new owners was able to buy her partner out of their half of the business.

The Village Cheese House will be celebrating 60 years in 2019 with thriving business and unbridled success, thanks to the seamless business management experience that QuickBooks provides for small business owners and retailers globally.

Find out more about The Village Cheese House [here].

DUBTEL & QuickBooks: A Match Made in Heaven

DUBTEL, the fully-integrated point-of-sale solution, meshes perfectly with QuickBooks and is sold with QuickBooks integration and support. If you run a retail or food service business, this is the point-of-sale solution that will keep your business running smoothly without missing anything like tax, inventory, payments, bills and so much more.

Not only does DUBTEL integrate seamlessly with QuickBooks, but it comes with a proprietary mobile app for your business as well as an e-commerce store built for your business. All these solutions work together in real time and no updates are ever missed between any platforms. Your business becomes fully accessible to today�s on-the-go consumers with this solution and leaves you to do the important things like building relationships with your customers and vendors.

If you already have QuickBooks set up and running for your business, then your startup with DUBTEL only becomes that much smoother. The ease with which DUBTEL integrates with your software will shock and delight you.

Don�t get lost in the details. With our point-of-sale and your QuickBooks software working in tandem, you can focus on the finer points of servicing your customers and doing the things that make your business so unique. Visit DUBTEL and request a demo today so you can see how DUBTEL and QuickBooks can work together to skyrocket your profits.