Houston Minority Supplier Development Council will be recognizing top minority-owned businesses on December 14, 2011 at the Westin Galleria.
HMSDC will be honoring businesses that have faced hardships and emerged successful.
For more information:
http://affiliate.nmsdc.org/hmsdc/
Duration : 0:0:35
Register now for Houston Minority Supplier Development Council’s (HMSDC) EXPO 2011… Fit for Business
September 21-22, 2011
George R. Brown Convention Center
Meet representatives and decision-makers from over 200 major corporations and 900 minority-owned businesses.
www.hmsdcexpo.org
Duration : 0:0:31
Register now for Houston Minority Supplier Development Council’s (HMSDC) EXPO 2011… Fit for Business
September 21-22, 2011
George R. Brown Convention Center
Meet representatives and decision-makers from over 200 major corporations and 900 minority-owned businesses.
www.hmsdcexpo.org
Duration : 0:0:31
Formerly known as the Disney Entrepreneur Center, the newly-named National Entrepreneur Center will open its doors this week at a new home in Orlando Fashion Square on Colonial Drive in Orlando.
“We are attracting national recognition and international attention so the new name reflects the direction that our center is moving. Our goal is to become a national model for communities to follow when pursuing small business development,” said Jerry Ross, Executive Director for the National Entrepreneur Center. “At the same time, here locally we have a new location that provides free parking and much easier access for all of our Central Florida clients.”
The National Entrepreneur Center is committed to fostering the spark of a new business idea, supporting business growth, and providing resources to small and medium-sized business in Central Florida. The Central Florida business community continues to provide strong support to the Center.
Construction on the National Entrepreneur Center’s 22,000 square foot facility at the mall is nearly complete, with an opening date set for April 25 and official grand opening slated for May 17.
The National Entrepreneur Center provides a single location that houses a variety of independent organizations that provide small businesses with resources, technology, and assistance, including:
?Free One-on-One Business Coaching
?Low-Cost Seminars
?Networking Events
?Access to Software Tools and Business Resources
?Certification assistance for minority owned businesses
?Connections to Procurement Opportunities
?Publicity Opportunities
The National Entrepreneur Center is home to several on-site service providers dedicated to helping clients and their businesses, including the Hispanic Business Initiative Fund (HBIF), Orange County Government, SCORE – Counselors to America’s Small Business, the Small Business Development Center at UCF, the UCF Business Incubation Program (UCFBIP) and the U.S. Department of Commerce.
The Center also hosts on-site community partners that include the African American Chamber of Commerce, the British American Chamber of Commerce of Central Florida, the Central Florida Disability Chamber, the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metro Orlando, the National Association of Women Business Owners — Orlando (NAWBO) and the Central Florida Chapter of the National Black MBA Association.
Since its founding in 2003, the Center and its six service providers have seen more than $125 million in loans facilitated, coached 70,000 businesses and assisted in over 700 new business start-ups.
Duration : 0:4:19
Learn:
- How to qualify for Federal, State, City and Corporate Contracts
- How to access this information
- What you need to do to stand out from the crowd
- Whether you need certification as a MWBE (Minority, Woman Business Enterprise)
- Where to get technical assistance
- Resources to help you compete
Moderator: Savio Chan, President, US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce, Northeast Chapter
Panelists
Felicitas Izar, President, IZAR Associates
Bomi Kim, Director, Opportunity M/W/DBE, New York City Economic Development Corporation
Man-Li Lin, Business Development Specialist, U.S. Small Business Administration
Antonio Tseng, Accounting Manager, NYC Business Solutions, Queens Center
Disclaimer: The information provided at this conference is for educational purposes only, and in no way represents legal, financial or tax advice. Individuals are advised to consult their attorneys, or other professionals for guidance.
Duration : 0:50:25
The UW Minority Business of the Year Awards program recognizes outstanding achievement by people of color in building and growing businesses in Washington state.
Congratulations to the 2010 award winning businesses.
* William D. Bradford Minority Business of the Year – PromoShop Inc.
* NE Washington Minority Business of the Year – Womer & Associates
* SE Washington Minority Business of the Year – Grey Poplars Inc.
* SW Washington minority business of the Year – Exeltech Consulting, Inc.
* NW Washington Minority Business of the Year – R J Richards Construction Enterprises
* King County Minority Business of the Year – Chameleon Technologies, Inc
This recognition communicates the impact of minority businesses on the state’s economy and supports the growth of the next generation of entrepreneurs of color.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER = Daniel S. Fulton, CEO, Weyerhaeuser
Duration : 0:3:0
The MD/DC Minority Supplier Development Council provides a direct link between corporate America and minority-owned businesses is as one of the country’s leading business membership organizations helping increase procurement and business opportunities for minority businesses of all sizes.
Duration : 0:4:44
Become your own best advocate for government contracting by discovering resources available to help you gain a competitive edge in this lucrative but competitive market. Memphis small business owners will have an opportunity to learn about the federal government contracting process. If you are new to the federal contracting process and want to know the basics on how to do business with the federal government, this fair will add clarity to the process.
Duration : 1:25:34
WeAsAfricanshttp://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/users/weasafricansEducationLA, Minority, Business, Development, Agency, Pan, African, Trade, Conference, Hervet, BeugreGoodCauses4Africa interviews LA minority business Dev. Agency at PATC 2010
Duration : 0:2:33
Clarence Low, President of Byte Technology http://www.byte-technology.com speaks with Sachi Koto in this excerpt from the National Council of Asian American Business Associations’ (http://www.national-caaba.org) documentary, “Our Mission, Our Voice”.
The two discuss the effectiveness of corporate supplier diversity efforts along with national and regional trade shows and networking events intended to create opportunities for certified minority business Enterprises. Byte Technology is a Certified Minority Business Enterprise through the NCSDC a regional affiliate of the NMSDC.
Directed, Produced and Edited by Edward Cates, Nuance Marketing.
Duration : 0:3:15