Dr. Pamela Williamson and the WBEC-West Team have revolutionized the way women business enterprises learn and expand their businesses. Combining a blend of simple step by step hand held instructions toward certification. This means that Dr. Williamson and the WBEC-West Team have aided more women business owners and entrepreneurs become certified then anyone else!
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The mission of the Center for Minority Business Development is to accelerate the development of county-based minority businesses; to expand the minority entrepreneurial community through a focus on capacity building and develop strong business leaders.
Visit our website at http://www.cmbd.biz or call 301-583-5205 for more information
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Feature Topics:
• Technology as a strategic asset
• Technology as an enabler of a business operation
• What is your technology strategy?
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Whether you are fundraising or developing strategic partnerships, your business plan is an important document that conveys a message to the reader about your company. Watch Robin and Jim interview Jill Johnson of The Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership (IFEL) on the process of putting together a business plan.
A business plan is a formal statement of a set of business goals, the reasons why they are believed attainable, and the plan for reaching those goals. It may also contain background information about the organization or team attempting to reach those goals.
A business plan makes entrepreneurs analyze their business, set a focus and goals. Putting together a business plan will often outline areas overlooked in your initial analysis; give you an idea and ways to minimize risk. Your business plan is your communication tool for which third parties, like lenders, use to analyze your business. Lenders will usually require a business plan in doing their due diligence in the loan approval process.
The Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership (IFEL) supports economic development through entrepreneurship. IFEL mission is communities by accelerating the growth of the small business
sector — the business segment that has the greatest potential to positively impact job creation and wealth building. We have a particular outreach effort targeting women and minority business
owners who often lack sufficient access to business capital.
Jill Johnson, the CEO of IFEL is a strategic business consultant with over 15 years of
strategic, operations and finance experience. Jill has worked as an analyst at Goldman, Sachs mergers & acquisition division, a senior business plan writer at the Business Planning Institute, serves on the advisory board at the Rutgers — Newark Small Business Development Center and has a degree from Harvard University.
If you are ready to take your vision to the next level and need help
developing a roadmap to get there, contact Jill at
Jill Johnson
211 Warren Street
Newark, NJ 07103
973.353.0611
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John Robinson, Executive Director for the National minority business Council talks to Dominic Carter on NY1’s Road to City Hall.
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Cong. Rush and other members of the Financial Services Committee fought and secured the inclusion of provisions in the final Wall Street Reform legislation that President Barack Obama will sign into law:
• Creates the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to protect taxpayers from predatory tactics
• Establishes Offices of Women and Minority Inclusion in each federal financial agency
1. In addition to this bill’s well-publicized plans to establish over a dozen new financial regulatory offices, Section 342 sets up at least 20 Offices of Minority and Women Inclusion. The Treasury, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the 12 Federal Reserve regional banks, the Board of Governors of the Fed, the National Credit Union Administration, the Comptroller of the Currency, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau…all would get their own Office of Minority and Women Inclusion.
• Authorizes the SEC to issue rules on proxy access
• Strengthens the Neighborhood Stabilization Program
• Provides Emergency Assistance for Unemployed Homeowners
THE FOUR MAJOR VICTORIES IN THE WALL ST REFORM BILL:
Last night the House passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform bill. The legislation now must pass the Senate. Because there were a ton of CBC members (Waters, Watt, Meeks, Towns, Cummings, Rush) involved in the process they scored, led by Maxine Waters, on several major fronts.
1. OFFICE OF MINORITY AND WOMEN INCLUSION: Women- and minority-owned firms were largely overlooked for the contracting opportunities made available by the government’s historic intervention at banks and other financial institutions. Congresswoman Waters authored an amendment, adopted by the House-Senate conference, to create Offices of Minority and Women Inclusion at each of the federal regulatory agencies — including the Department of the Treasury, the Federal Reserve and the Federal Depository Insurance Company, among others — in order to ensure the racial, ethnic and gender diversity of the work force and senior management. The offices would also increase the participation of minority-owned and women-owned businesses in the programs and contracts of each agency.
2. CHAKA FATTAH scores $1 BILLION for help for Unemployed Homeowners:
While the first wave of foreclosures was driven by subprime and predatory loans, current foreclosures are increasingly being driven by unemployment. Congresswomen Waters has introduced a national program to assist unemployed homeowners by providing them low-interest loans to help them pay their mortgages. The program is based on a successful program that has helped many Pennsylvania homeowners avoid losing their homes. The financial regulatory reform bill will provide
$1 billion for this purpose; the Treasury Department has committed to providing an additional $2 billion for the program.
3. NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION PROGRAM: created 2 years ago through Congresswoman Waters’ efforts — enables local governments and non-profits to purchase and rehabilitate foreclosed and abandoned properties and sell those homes to low- and moderate-income buyers.
NSP has made significant investments into communities nationwide, and the need for NSP funding is growing. The financial regulatory reform bill includes an additional $1 billion in funding for NSP.
4. PROTECTING HOME OWNERS FROM SCAM ARTISTS: Waters worked with Americans for Financial Reform and the American Bar Association to include language in the final financial regulatory reform bill that would regulate attorneys providing financial services or products, such as loan modification and debt settlement services, to be regulated under the newly-created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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Lorraine Fisher has been a certified WBE for more than 2 1/2 years, and her partnerships with other WBEs have proven to be the most valuable benefits of being certified. Watch her testimonial to learn more.
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minority business owners talk about the benefits of being certified by The New & York New Jersey Minority Supplier Development Council.
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If youre thinking about launching a business in the 2010, watch this special video episode of WOMEN CREATE featuring Michelle Aspesi, founder and CEO of The Bella Cottage. Michelle shares the secrets of her success; an important lesson she has learned; and why being an entrepreneur is important to her. Special bonus a tour of The Bella Cottage studio. See where and how The Bella Cottages beautiful furniture and home décor items are made.
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If youre thinking about launching a business in the 2010, watch this special video episode of WOMEN CREATE featuring Michelle Aspesi, founder and CEO of The Bella Cottage. Michelle shares the secrets of her success; an important lesson she has learned; and why being an entrepreneur is important to her. Special bonus a tour of The Bella Cottage studio. See where and how The Bella Cottages beautiful furniture and home décor items are made.
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