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2021 Annual Report

2021 Annual Report

Posted Wednesday, March 2, 2022 By Tampa Bay Chamber

The Chamber's latest Annual Report is now available! Read the Annual Report Download the Annual Report

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2021 Quarter 4 Report

Posted Wednesday, December 15, 2021 By Tampa Bay Chamber

Catalyst The Tampa Bay Chamber hosted Commerce Lexington, Inc. for a site visit ahead of their planned benchmarking trip to Tampa. The Policy Council and Policy Advisory Committee held an informative update ahead of the 2021 Special Session, ...

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2021 Quarter 3 Report

Posted Tuesday, October 5, 2021 By Tampa Bay Chamber

Catalyst Chamber Chair, Yvette Segura, participated in a stakeholder meeting, re: the Westshore Interchange, with Florida Department of Transportation Secretary, Kevin Thibault. The Chamber participated on an Association of Chamber of Commerce ...

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MBA Impact Report June 21

Posted Thursday, July 15, 2021 By Tampa Bay Chamber

Cohort Spotlight Congratulations to Cohort 2021 Member, Ben Walker, Buyer's Point, for being featured on Amazon's Black Business Accelerator! Cohort 2022 Member, Ursella Slusher, Home Helpers Home Care, participated in the June 23rd hiring event ...

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2021 Quarter 2 Report

Posted Friday, July 2, 2021 By Tampa Bay Chamber

Catalyst The Chamber held a very informative Public Policy Roundtable titled, “The Intersection of State and Local Education Policy” featuring Florida Department of Education’s Jacob Oliva, Chancellor of K-12 Education, and ...

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MBA May 21 Impact Report

Posted Thursday, June 3, 2021 By Tampa Bay Chamber

Q1 Impact Cohort '21 Metrics Summary $1 million+ Gross Sales 2 Jobs Created 5 New Corporate Contracts $175,000+ Secured New Capital 2 Strategic Introductions Made Cohort '22 Metrics Summary $1.5 million+ Gross Sales 29 Jobs ...

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MBA April 21 Impact Report

Posted Friday, April 30, 2021 By Tampa Bay Chamber

From the Tampa Bay Chamber Chair A Chat with Tampa Bay Chamber Chair Yvette Segura Q1 has wrapped, and the Minority Business Accelerator is in full swing. Program Director Avril Stinson, invited current Tampa Bay Chamber Chair Yvette Segura, to ...

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MBA March 21 Impact Report

Posted Wednesday, March 31, 2021 By Tampa Bay Chamber

Minority Business Accelerator in the News Derek Mateos, Matcon Construction Services, Inc. and Ed Narain, AT&T spoke about the Minority Business Accelerator and the Empowerment Program on WFLA News Channel 8. Cohort Spotlight OHC ...

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MBA Impact Report - February 21

Posted Monday, March 1, 2021 By Tampa Bay Chamber

Cohort Spotlight Jerel McCants, President of Jerel McCants Architecture, joined AM Tampa Bay to discuss Hillsborough County shared memorial plans for a long-forgotten cemetery to be built at King High School, specifically at the site of the former ...

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MBA Impact Report Jan. 2021

Posted Monday, February 1, 2021 By Tampa Bay Chamber

From MBA Program Advisor, Sandler Training Clint Babcock, Partner, Sandler Training Tampa Bay Isn’t it great when we have the rare moments in our careers to be around a group of people who want only to learn and succeed! Do you recall a time ...

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MBA Impact Report Dec. 2020

Posted Monday, January 4, 2021 By Tampa Bay Chamber

From Our Community Partner, CLA Kadian Douglas, CPA, CISA, CLA Who is Kadian Douglas, and why I became involved in the Minority Business Accelerator through CLA’s Tampa Bay Chamber relationship? I am currently a Principal in our ...

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MBA Impact Report Quarter 4, 2020

Posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 By Tampa Bay Chamber

Q3 By the Numbers 9 New Jobs Created 4 Vacancies Filled 20 New Corporate Contracts $54,000+ Secured New Capital 6 New Assets Acquired 4 Strategic Introductions Made $2 million Gross Sales Note: The impact numbers shown are ...

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MBA Impact Report Quarter 3 2020

Posted Monday, October 5, 2020 By Tampa Bay Chamber

Q2 By the Numbers 3 New Jobs Created 1 Vacancies Filled 17 New Corporate Contracts $600,000+ Secured New Capital 3 Strategic Introductions Made $1.4 million Gross Sales Note: The impact numbers shown are reported on an aggregate ...

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MBA Impact Report Quarter 2, 2020

Posted Monday, June 1, 2020 By Tampa Bay Chamber

Q1 By the Numbers 18 New Jobs Created 10 Vacancies Filled 23 New Corporate Contracts $2 million+ Secured New Capital 17 Strategic Introductions Made $24,000+ New Assets Acquired Note: The impact numbers shown are reported on an ...

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MBA Impact Report Quarter 1, 2020

Posted Monday, April 6, 2020 By Tampa Bay Chamber

2021 Cohort Orientation 2019 By the Numbers 45 New Jobs Created 9 Vacancies Filled 50 New Corporate Contracts 5 Companies Securing New Capital 10 New Assets Acquired 39 Strategic Introductions Made Note: All impact numbers are ...

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MBA Impact Report 2019

Posted Monday, December 9, 2019 By Tampa Bay Chamber

By The Numbers 22 New Jobs Created 4 Vacancies Filled 42 New Corporate Contracts 5 Companies Securing New Capital (Over $4 million) 6 New Assets Acquired 25 Strategic Introductions Made Metrics for all cohort participants collected ...

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MBA Impact Report Quarter 1, 2019

Posted Monday, April 8, 2019 By Tampa Bay Chamber

Nearly 100 business leaders gathered to celebrate the commencement of the 2nd cohort of the Minority Business Accelerator at the Cohort Kick Off Reception. The event was held January 10, 2019 at Mise En Place. Cohort's Quarter 1 Focus Cohort '20 ...

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MBA 2018 Impact Report Card

Posted Thursday, December 13, 2018 By Tampa Bay Chamber

12 New Jobs Created 71 Vacancies Filled 2 New Corporate Contracts 1 Company Securing New Capital (Over $4 million) 13 New Assets Acquired 33 Strategic Introductions Made All numbers are reported on an aggregate basis for the reporting ...

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