Small Business Success Story - Alba Business Solutions
Each year the New York Small Business Development Center recognizes outstanding small businesses in a variety of ways. This Success Story from the Bronx SBDC appears in our 2015 Annual Report . Franklin J. Fabre Alba Business Solutions Bronx SBDC Alba Business Solutions, named for Franklin Fabre’s wife Alba, has provided clients with expert tax services for more than 10 years. Franklin J. Fabre was born in the Dominican Republic and immigrated to New York in 1988 at the age of 16. He graduated from Lehman College in 2004 with a degree in Computer Information Systems, and in 2008 completed an MBA in management of technology from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. After graduating from Lehman, Franklin decided to open his own financial services business. At the beginning, the business focused more on services used mostly by the immigrant community, such as money transfer, international calling cards, and bill payments, but eventually the business prioritized income