Minority Business – Minority Owned Business

This month’s business message as well as the NMBC’s ringing of the New York Stock Exchange Opening Bell.

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New unemployment figures for July 2011:
- 9.2 million unemployed
- 18,000 new jobs created

The NMBC urges the President of the United States and United States Congress to agree on a new debt ceiling bill as soon as possible for the sake of all Americans and the global economy.

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Starting this month, the National minority business Council will share monthly business messages addressing business owners and the current economy.

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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.

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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.

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Publisher Gregory Newson announces the search for talent to help bring the minority businesss Directory to a national scale.

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“Mystics, Militants and State Builders: The Battle for Muslim Loyalty in Southeast Asia”
Feb. 24th, 2009
The ISSS is a several-part lecture/presentation series in which a variety of individuals come to speak on behalf of the international community, informing and discussing a variety of diverse topics including human rights, activism, personal journeys, and citizenship on a global front. All of our speakers bring their unique experiences through their varied backgrounds – doctors, university professors, lawyers, & international scholars, just to name a few – to the public once every two weeks here at Webster University.

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Aired 12.9.09 (Clip 3)- Glenn talks with Harry Alford of the National Black Chamber of Commerce about how Obama doesn’t seem to concerned with helping black/minority owned businesses.

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“Mystics, Militants and State Builders: The Battle for Muslim Loyalty in Southeast Asia”
Feb. 24th, 2009
The ISSS is a several-part lecture/presentation series in which a variety of individuals come to speak on behalf of the international community, informing and discussing a variety of diverse topics including human rights, activism, personal journeys, and citizenship on a global front. All of our speakers bring their unique experiences through their varied backgrounds – doctors, university professors, lawyers, & international scholars, just to name a few – to the public once every two weeks here at Webster University.

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“Mystics, Militants and State Builders: The Battle for Muslim Loyalty in Southeast Asia”
Feb. 24th, 2009
The ISSS is a several-part lecture/presentation series in which a variety of individuals come to speak on behalf of the international community, informing and discussing a variety of diverse topics including human rights, activism, personal journeys, and citizenship on a global front. All of our speakers bring their unique experiences through their varied backgrounds – doctors, university professors, lawyers, & international scholars, just to name a few – to the public once every two weeks here at Webster University.

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