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Houston Bridal Network - catering to vendors for the wedding industry (07/09) |
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7/9/2009 |
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Social Networking Increases Your Opportunities |
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7/9/2009 |
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PATCA Consultants Mtg-Is Big Brother Watching via Electronic Imaging? |
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7/9/2009 |
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Profitable Exporting for Small Businesses |
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7/11/2009 |
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What Every Startup Needs to Know about Public Relations |
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7/13/2009 |
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Essentials of Human Resource Management |
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7/14/2009 |
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Workshop: Creating a Wellness Program: Do's, Don't and Why's |
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7/14/2009 |
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Clean Tech Breakfast #3: 'World Water Crisis: Tech Based Solutions' |
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7/14/2009 |
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Positioning & Messaging for Sales - Los Angeles, CA |
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7/14/2009 |
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'Clouded Future' Carolyn Lawson CIO, California Public Utilities |
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7/14/2009 |
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Alternative Sources of Funding Your Business Workshop |
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7/15/2009 |
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Alternative Sources of Funding Your Business Workshop |
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7/15/2009 |
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Positioning & Messaging for Sales - San Jose, CA |
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7/15/2009 |
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Mobile Entertainment: Telecom Council Mobile Forum Meeting |
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7/15/2009 |
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Profitable Exporting for Small Businesses |
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7/15/2009 |
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Separate the Bull from the Buzz! Social Media/Networking: Real Case Studies – Campaigns that Worked and Campaigns that Bombed. |
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7/16/2009 |
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PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-East Bay (NEW NAME & NEW VENUE!) |
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7/17/2009 |
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CTech Brown Bag Lunch Series - Session Title: Business Development - Where to Begin |
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7/21/2009 |
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Get Your Sales Sizzling for 2009 |
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7/21/2009 |
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SDForum Quarterly Venture Breakfast with Pillsbury Winthrop |
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7/21/2009 |
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7th Annual Moving Your Business Forward Conference |
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7/22/2009 |
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Master Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Hands-On Workshop |
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7/27/2009 |
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San Jose Search Engine Optimization SEO Training (Basic Class) |
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7/27/2009 |
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Intensive One-Day Training Seminar - Web Marketing |
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7/30/2009 |
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Intensive One-Day Training Seminar - Web Marketing |
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7/30/2009 |
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Product Management University & Certification - San Jose, CA |
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8/4/2009 |
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Northwest Growth Financing Conference |
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8/6/2009 |
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Corporate Governance in Japan: After the Crisis |
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8/7/2009 |
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Houston Bridal Network - catering to vendors for the wedding industry (08/12) |
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8/12/2009 |
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Positioning & Messaging for Sales - Atlanta, GA |
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8/13/2009 |
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Green Software UnConference |
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8/19/2009 |
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Microsoft Word Training - San Jose (1 Day) |
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9/1/2009 |
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BAE Workshop: 8-Week Entrepreneurial Training Series (East Bay) |
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9/9/2009 |
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Houston Bridal Network - catering to vendors for the wedding industry (09/09) |
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9/9/2009 |
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BAE Workshop: 8-Week Entrepreneurial Training Series (Silicon Valley) |
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9/10/2009 |
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Order–to–Cash: Leveraging Credit & Collections to Improve Stability |
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9/21/2009 |
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2009 Business Gadgets and Growth Showcase - ORLANDO |
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9/23/2009 |
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Are you looking to gain more sales, visitors, clients and customers via Internet? |
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10/1/2009 |
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INTERNATIONAL RAMADAN FAIR '09 in NAIROBI, KENYA (10/14/09 - 10/22/09) |
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10/14/2009 |
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Houston Bridal Network - catering to vendors for the wedding industry (10/14) |
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10/14/2009 |
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Business Gadgets and Growth Showcase - TAMPA |
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10/28/2009 |
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WORLD MOTOR TRADE CONVENTION '09, Nairobi, Kenya, Africa's first convention and trade fair for the motor industry. |
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10/29/2009 |
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UC Berkeley Product Management Program |
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11/2/2009 |
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Houston Bridal Network - catering to vendors for the wedding industry (11/11) |
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11/11/2009 |
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Houston Bridal Network - catering to vendors for the wedding industry (01/13) |
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1/13/2010 |
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Houston Bridal Network - catering to vendors for the wedding industry (02/10) |
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2/10/2010 |
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Houston Bridal Network - catering to vendors for the wedding industry (03/10) |
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3/10/2010 |
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Houston Bridal Network - catering to vendors for the wedding industry (04/10) |
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4/10/2010 |
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Houston Bridal Network - catering to vendors for the wedding industry (05/12) |
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5/12/2010 |
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Houston Bridal Network - catering to vendors for the wedding industry (06/09) |
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6/9/2010 |
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Houston Bridal Network - catering to vendors for the wedding industry (07/14) |
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7/14/2010 |
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Houston Bridal Network - catering to vendors for the wedding industry (08/11) |
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8/11/2010 |
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Explains
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U.S. Minority / Women
Business Classification Guidelines |
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Minority-Owned Business Enterprises (MBE)
A business enterprise is classified as a minority-owned business
if the company is at least 51 percent owned, controlled and operated by
one or more individuals from a U.S. minority group such as:
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African Americans:
U.S. citizens having
origins in any of the Black African racial groups.
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Asian Americans:
U.S. citizens whose
origins are from Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia,
the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Trust
Territories of the Pacific or the Northern Marianas, India, Pakistan
and Bangladesh.
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Hispanic Americans:
U.S. citizens of Spanish
culture whose origins are Mexico, South or Central America, or the
Caribbean Islands.
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Native Americans:
American Indians,
Eskimos, Aleuts, Native Hawaiians.
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Female/Woman/Women-Owned Business Enterprises (FBE/WBE)
A business enterprise is classified as a
woman/women-owned business if the company is at least 51 percent owned,
controlled, and operated by a woman or women.
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U.S. MBE/FBE/WBE Certification Organizations |
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To ensure the legitimacy of a supplier ownership
classification, many corporations, government agencies and other entities
require your company to be certified as a MBE, FBE or WBE. Many
entities accept certification status from the following organizations:
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Primary Certification Organizations
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National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC)
and all of its affiliated regional councils
1040 Avenue of
Americas,
2nd Floor
New York,
NY
10018
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Type of certification:
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Minority-owned business
certifications-regional/national
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Processing Fee:
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Fee to vendor
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Validation Period:
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Valid for 1year
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Telephone:
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212-944-2430
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Fax:
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212-719-9611
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Web Address:
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www.nmsdcus.org
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NMSDC Regional
Councils
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Small
Business Administration's 8(a) or Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB)
Programs
409 3rd St. SW
Washington, DC 20416
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Type of certification:
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Minority
and Women owned business certifications
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Processing Fee:
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Validation Period:
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Telephone:
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800-827-5722
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Fax:
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Web Address:
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www.sba.gov
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Women’s Business
Enterprise
National Council (WBENC)
and all of its partner organizations
1120 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 950
Washington,
D.C.
20036
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Type of certification:
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Women-owned business certifications
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Processing Fee:
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Fee to vendor
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Validation Period:
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Valid for 1 year
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Telephone:
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202-872-5515
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Fax:
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202-872-5505
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Web Address:
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www.wbenc.org
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National Women Business Owners
Corporation (NWBOC)
1001 W. Jasmine Drive
Suite G
Lake Park, FL 33403
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Type of certification:
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Women-owned business certifications
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Processing Fee:
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Validation Period:
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Telephone:
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800-657-5066
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Fax:
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561-881-7364
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Web Address:
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www.nwboc.org
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U.S. Pan Asian American Chamber
of Commerce
1329 18th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
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Type of certification:
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Minority owned business certification
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Processing Fee:
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Validation Period:
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Telephone:
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202-296-5221
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Fax:
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202-296-5225
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Web Address:
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www.uspaacc.org
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Other Certification Organizations
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Supplier Clearinghouse
Northern California
Office:
1167 Mission Street, 4th Floor
San Francisco, Ca
94103
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Type of certification:
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Minority and Women owned
business certifications
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Supplier Processing Fee:
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No fee to vendor
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Validation Period:
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Valid for 3 years.
(Vendors certified by other
clearinghouse-approved agencies, such as the NMSDC will have a
shortened Comparable Agency Verification filing process)
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Telephones:
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Northern California
– 800-359-7998
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Web Address:
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www.cpuc.ca.gov
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State of
California
Department of General Services, Procurement Division, Office
of Small Business and DVBE Services (OSBDS)
Office Address:
707 3rd Street, First Floor, Room 400
West Sacramento,
CA
95605
Mailing Address:
P. O. Box 989052
West Sacramento,
CA
95798-9052
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Type of certification:
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For California-based Disabled-Veteran Businesses
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Processing Fee:
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No fee to vendor
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Validation Period:
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Up to 3 years
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Telephone:
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916-322-5060; 1-800-559-5529
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Web Address:
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www.osmb.dgs.ca.gov
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Association for Service Disabled Veterans (ASDV)
for businesses
located OUTSIDE of
California
PO Box 20312
Stanford,
CA
94309
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Type of certification:
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Disabled veteran business certifications
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Processing Fee:
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$138, site visit, if
required, would have additional cost
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Validation Period:
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Valid for 1 year
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Telephone:
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650-949-3751
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Web Address:
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www.asdv.org
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Cherokee Nation, Career Services, Tribal Employment Rights
Office (TERO)
PO Box 948
Tahlequah,
OK
74465
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Type of certification:
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Minority owned business certification
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Processing Fee:
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Processing fee for granted certifications
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Validation Period:
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Valid for 1 year
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Telephone:
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Within
Oklahoma:
800-256-0671
Outside
Oklahoma: 918-456-0671
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Web Address:
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www.cherokee.org/services/commerce
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City of
Chicago
Office of Compliance and Certification
City Hall – Room 403
121 North LaSalle Street
Chicago,
IL
60602-1284
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Type of certification:
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Minority and Women-Owned Businesses
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Supplier Processing Fee:
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Fee to Vendor
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Validation Period:
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3 years
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Telephone:
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312-744-0835
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Web Address:
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www.cityofchicago.org
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State of Illinois Department of Central Management Services,
Business
Enterprise
Program
100 West Randolph,
Suite 4-400
Chicago,
IL
60601
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Type of certification:
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Woman, minority and handicap business certifications
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Supplier Processing Fee:
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None
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Validation Period:
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Valid for 2 Years
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Telephone:
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312-814-4190
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Web Address:
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www.purchase.state.il.us
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North Central Texas Regional Certification Agency (NCTRCA)
624 Six Flags Drive, #216
Arlington,
TX
76011
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Type of certification:
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Minority and Women-owned
business certification
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Supplier Processing Fee:
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No fee to vendor
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Validation Period:
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Valid for 1 year
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Telephone:
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817-640-0606
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Web Address:
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www.ntcrca.org
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South Central Texas
Regional Certification Agency (SCTRCA)
301 South
Frio,
Suite
310
San Antonio,
TX
78207
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Type of certification:
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Disadvantaged, Minority and Women-owned business
certifications
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Supplier Processing Fee:
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No fee to vendor
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Validation Period:
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Varies depending upon the
type of certification; minimum one year
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Telephone:
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210-227-4722; 1-866-439-4722
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Web Address:
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www.sctrca.org
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Texas
Building
and Procurement Commission, Historically Underutilized
Business (HUB)
Office Address:
1711
San Jacinto
Austin,
TX
78701
Mailing Address:
P. O. Box 13047
Austin,
TX
78711-3047
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Type of certification:
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Minority and Women-owned
business certifications
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Supplier Processing Fee:
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Fee to vendor
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Validation Period:
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Valid for 4 years.
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Telephone:
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512-463-6363
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Web Address:
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www.tbpc.state.tx.us/hub
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SBA - Business Plan
Basics |
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Business Plan
Basics
A business plan precisely
defines your business, identifies your goals, and serves as your
firm's resume. The basic components include a current and pro forma
balance sheet, an income statement, and a cash flow analysis. It helps
you allocate resources properly, handle unforeseen complications, and
make good business decisions. Because it provides specific and
organized information about your company and how you will repay
borrowed money, a good business plan is a crucial part of any loan
application. Additionally, it informs sales personnel, suppliers, and
others about your operations and goals.
>>> More info >>>
http://sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html
<<<
Writing the Plan
What goes in a
business plan? The body can be divided into four distinct sections:
1) Description of the business
2) Marketing
3) Finances
4) Management
>>> More info >>>
http://sba.gov/starting_business/planning/writingplan.html
Free Sample Business Plans
Please visit -
http://www.bplans.com/sp/businessplans.cfm
SBA e-Business Institute
(Free Online Training Courses)
Please visit -
http://sba.gov/training/courses.html#busplan
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Additional Entrepreneurial Resource Links |
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Asian Enterprise
—
www.asianenterprise.com
According to its website, this
publication’s goal is to provide “important information to a growing
number of Asian Pacific American entrepreneurs, addressing issues that
impact the Asian Pacific American business community, including WMBE
policies and procedures, access to small business programs, public
policy, legislative and fiscal impacts, procurement and business
opportunities.”
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Hispanic Business News
— www.hispanicbusiness.com
An invaluable resource for members of the
Hispanic business community, this site’s many features include a job
search/resume-posting program, a nationwide directory of
Hispanic-owned businesses, and news on developments in industry and
business.
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Indian Business & Professional Women — www.ibpw.org
This organization promotes networking
among members of the Indian-American business community. Its site
includes information on joining and attending its professional
development seminars.
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Latin Business Association
— www.lbausa.com
This is the website for the largest
organization in the United States that represents and promotes the
welfare of Latino business owners. Formed in 1976, the organization
has members from a wide range of businesses, including financial,
manufacturing, professional and technical industries. The website
includes an online directory of member businesses.
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Minority Ally (Supplier Diversity Initiatives)
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This is the website for the federally
mandated MBDA program, which offers financial assistance to minority
business organizations throughout the United States, as well as
providing business services and support to minority entrepreneurs.
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Minority Business News — www.minoritybusinessnews.com
This site features breaking news of
interest to minority business owners in a wide range of industries.
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National Black Chamber of
Commerce
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United States
Chamber of Commerce — www.uschamber.org
Website for this
organization representing businesses of all sizes and types. The site
is useful even for non-members, as it contains up-to-date news on a
wide variety of businesses and industries, as well as a directory of
links valuable to the business owner.
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United States
Department of Commerce — http://home.doc.gov
This links to
important information of interest to business-owners in general, such
as national programs, assistance, statistics, laws and regulations.
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United States
Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce
—www.uspaacc.org
The USPAACC
“represents Asian and non Asian American businesses and professionals
in business, sciences, the arts, sports, education, entertainment,
community and public service. that represents Asian and non Asian
American businesses and professionals in business, sciences, the arts,
sports, education, entertainment, community and public service,”
according to this website. The site itself includes information on
scholarships, businesses opportunities, and organization events.
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U.S. SBA Small Business Investment Companies (SBICs)
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