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Grants For Minorities?
$30,000 In Grants For Minorities Never Repay! Get Your Free Kit.
Minorities.GrantFundingSource.com
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www.madisongr.com
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Executive Leadership Council & Foundation
Organization with over 250,000 African-American professional members. Details membership benefits and network opportunities.
www.elcinfo.com
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Latin Business Association
Provides an calendar of upcoming events, seminars and expos for Latin business professionals. Includes a member directory.
www.lbausa.com
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National Minority Business Council
Dedicated to providing business assistance, educational opportunities, seminars, and services to small, minority and women-owned businesses.
www.nmbc.org
National Minority Supplier Development Council
Created to provide increased procurement and business opportunities for minority businesses of all sizes. View news, events and member database.
www.nmsdcus.org
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Minority Businesses Thrive in Orlando, Florida
Orlando is among the nation's best locations for minority-owned businesses. Sign up for more info and download a free overview today.
www.orlandoedc.com
8a, WBE, DBE, MBE $488
Full Service, Fast Results Pay Plan 8A, MBE, DBE WBE Free Marketing
www.BizCentralUSA.com
Grants For Minorities?
$30,000 In Grants For Minorities Never Repay! Get Your Free Kit.
Minorities.GrantFundingSource.com
WF Uniforms and Scrubs
Medical, Work, Restaurant,Schools and Let us do your Logo or Name
www.wfuniforms.com

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Guide to Minority Business Programs

Government agencies and business associations can help you out

By W. Eric Martin, Keyboard pounder & synonym selecter, TwoWriters.net

By most accounts, minority-owned and managed businesses still face an uphill battle for acceptance and an equal footing for government and private contracts. Many organizations — starting with the Small Business Administration (SBA) and branching out to groups both governmental and not — exist to help level the playing field, and by taking advantage of these opportunities, you can:
  1. Network with other minority owners for business leads.
  2. Land business contracts for which you otherwise wouldn't have been able to compete, even if you had known about them.
  3. Receive advice from successful business owners.

Action Steps
The best contacts and resources to help you get it done


Get certified

One of the programs that the SBA offers small disadvantaged businesses (SDBs) is the cleverly named Small Disadvantaged Business Certification Program, which provides benefits -- such as treating a bid as if it were 10% lower -- when the business applies for contracts from certain government agencies.

I recommend: The qualification list for who is and who isn't small and disadvantaged is enormous, but in general if your business is owned and managed by a "socially and economically disadvantaged individual" then you can apply for certification, which takes several steps.

Ask for development

The other SBA business assistance program is the 8(a) Business Development Program. Under this program, 8(a) businesses can team up when they apply for government contracts.

I recommend: The application process for 8(a) status is the same as for SDB certification. Another benefit for 8(a) participants is a mentor-protégé program in which mentors provide technical, financial, and managerial assistance to a protégé company and possibly assigns it subcontract work.

Look for other government assistance

The SBA isn't the only part of the federal government keeping an eye out for equalizing opportunities.

I recommend: The Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) within the Department of Commerce has enterprise centers for minorities and Native Americans throughout the U.S. that provide one-on-one financial planning, marketing advice, and business plan guidance. The regions are Atlanta and the Southeast, New York and New England, Chicago and the Great Lakes area, Dallas and the Midwest, and San Francisco and the West. In addition to an online forum that's accessible everywhere, the MBDA also has Opportunity Committees in these five regions that coordinate federal, state and local resources. Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization programs that try to get contracts to minority run companies can be found at NASA, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the Department of Commerce. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) also has a grant program.

Start networking

Business is always conducted between people, not companies, so the more people you meet, the more information you'll have on hand and the more opportunities you can discover.

I recommend: Networking opportunities abound once you start looking for them, including the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (with links to local chambers), the National Black Chamber of Commerce (with links to local chambers by state), Latin Business Association, and the Asian American Business Development Center. Another possibility is the National Minority Supplier Development Council, which matches 15,000 minority-owned companies with member businesses that want to purchase goods and services; apply for certification if your business qualifies. MBNet.com offers a bartering program where you can exchange items with other minority businesses.

Tips & Tactics

Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide

  • •  Contact your state government and ask about local minority-related development agencies.
  • •  Attend classes on writing grant proposals and contract bids. Don't learn through practice when you can get assistance to make every proposal more appealing.
  • •  Investigate minority organizations for speaking opportunities to make yourself better known in your industry.
  • •  Avoid paying others for information on receiving information on government grants. Government organizations always make this info available for free.

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Government agencies and business associations can help you out.
By most accounts, minority-owned and managed businesses still face an uphill battle for acceptance and an equal footing for government and private contracts. Many organizations -- starting with the Small Business Administration (SBA) and branching out to groups both governmental and not -- exist to help level the playing field, and by taking advantage of these opportunities, you can: Network with other minority owners for ... Read more

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