The successes, sessions, participants and highlights of the 2022 Minority Empowerment Program.

Catalyst Chamber leaders attended a Fly-In to Washington, D.C. for the annual Catalyst Trip. Attendees met with the Tampa Bay Congressional delegation, department leaders, and the U.S. Chamber for informative conversations about the top issues of ...

2022 Quarter 2 Impact Metrics and Cohort Updates for Cohorts 2022 and 2023.

The Chamber's Quarterly report for Apr. – Jun., 2022.

The Chamber's Quarterly report for Jan. – Mar., 2022.

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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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Quarterly 1, 2021 report for the 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 ...

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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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 ...

Quarter 4, 2020 Report for the 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 ...

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 ...

Report for quarter 3, 2020 for the 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 ...

Quarter 2, 2020 report for the 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 ...

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 ...

Quarter 1, 2020 report for the Tampa Bay Chamber.

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Quarter 4, 2019 report for the 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 ...

Quarter 3, 2019 report for the Tampa Bay Chamber.