Event offers ways to boost business

Albuquerque Economic Development Inc., is holding an annual half-day event to provide local professionals with information about how to boost their business.

“Connect To Success: Your Link to Valuable Business Resources” will be held 8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. May 12 at CNM Workforce Training Center, 5600 Eagle Rock NE. Breakfast will be served at 8:30 a.m.

Two tracks will be offered: “Financial Tools for Business Growth” and “Building Your Workforce.”

The cost is $10 for the first registrant per company, with a 25 percent discount for multiple registrants from the same company. Tickets are available online or by calling 505-246-6200.

The SFid Accelerator Santa Fe will have its first Accelerator Demo Day at 5 p.m. April 19 at the New Mexico History Museum.

The five teams completing the inaugural 12-week program are ConvoBox, a smart suggestion box for employee feedback; HoneyMoon Brewery, which makes alcoholic Kombucha; Patrick’s Fine Sodas, probiotic beverages catering to health-conscious consumers; Wyrd, visual survey software for market- ers, designers, and artists; and ZummitLabs, a mobile marketplace for truly social shopping.

Operational funding and support for the SFid Accelerator program was provided by the city of Santa Fe and private philanthropy from the Santa Fe Community Foundation.