MBA Cohort Spotlights - January 2022 Two Minority Business Accelerator Cohort participants, Matcon Construction Services, Cohort '19, and One Day Came Inc., Cohort '22, landed on the Tampa Bay Business Journal's Largest General ...
MBA Cohort Spotlights - February 2022 Congratulations to 2020 cohort member, OHC Environmental Engineering, on securing two new projects, the TECO Big Bend Power Station and the McIntosh Power Generating Station. Cohort 2023 had a great session ...
Historically clients have purchased electronic security systems to protect their organizations from unforeseen external circumstances. What is not widely known is that companies of all industries and sizes operating around the world lose 5% of ...
Tampa, Fla. – In late 2021, The Tampa Bay Chamber received notice that they would receive grants in 2022 from the Florida Business Development Corporation (FBDC), The W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and The Truist Foundation in support of the ...
The Tampa Bay Chamber received a grant from the Florida Business Development Corporation (FBDC) in support of the Minority Business Accelerator (MBA) program. The Minority Business Accelerator program helps Black and Hispanic business owners who are ...
MBA Cohort Spotlights - August 2021 “Our CLA Tampa office was thrilled to host the 2021 and 2022 MBA Cohorts. It was wonderful for many of our leaders to connect with this great group of entrepreneurs. We sincerely hope the presentation ...
Minority-owned businesses in the United States are just that, a minority. In 2018, minority-owned businesses made up 18.3% of businesses according to the 2019 Annual Business Survey. This is largely due to systemic problems surrounding the economic ...
MBA Cohort Spotlights - July 2021 Congratulations to Cohort '19 member, Danny Persaud, MidFlorida Armored & ATM Services, Inc., on being named a finalist for the 2021 Small Business of the Year awards! The MBA Joint Cohort Luncheon was held ...
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 ...
The Importance of a Reliable Banking Partner for the Road Ahead Chris Kneer SBA Lending Division Head As the owner of a small, minority-owned business, we realize that you may feel overlooked by banks. According to the Small Business ...
The Tampa Bay Chamber is recruiting for its fifth cohort of the Minority Business Accelerator (MBA). This program helps Black and Hispanic business owners who are concerned with their lack of business growth and want to learn how to compete in the ...
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 ...
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 share some of her insight regarding the Chamber’s Inclusive Organization Pillar ...
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 ...
Tampa, Fla. – The Tampa Bay Chamber received a grant from The CLA Foundation, the private foundation of CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen) for the second year in a row to support the Minority Business Accelerator (MBA). The program helps Black and ...
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 ...
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 in your career, or personal past, when you were a part of a selected team and how you felt to ...
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 ...
By Kadian Douglas, CPA, CISA 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 Cybersecurity practice and the Chair of the ...
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 ...
It’s no mystery 2020 has been a strange & challenging year, but little did we know what it would have in store back when I met Avril Stinson for coffee early on. She asked me if I would be willing to speak to the Chamber’s Minority ...
Tampa, Fla. – The Tampa Bay Chamber is recruiting for its fourth cohort of the Minority Business Accelerator (MBA). This program helps Black and Hispanic business owners who are concerned with their lack of business growth and want to learn ...
“Finding a new normal”, is probably the most often used phrase of the last three months. I say it when I talk with my eight-year-old daughter about todays’ world, I say it when I talk with friends about what it means to ...
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 ...
From 2020 Minority Business Accelerator Program Chair, R. Colette Glover-Hannah, Hannah's Shoebox Small Business – COVID-19 Impact Lately, many business owners have found themselves in the midst of uncertainty. A mountain of emails about ...
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 ...
From the 2021 Minority Business Accelerator Program Chair, Ralph Garcia, RGA Advisory Why I got involved. As a young boy in West Tampa, I often would daydream what it would be like to have an important job where you got to wear a suit and tie to ...