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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
3rd Quarter Focus Managing Your Brand Through Community Involvement Quarter three was the busiest quarter yet for the cohort participants, as they focused on various ways of creating their brand through their community involvement, leveraging their ...
2nd Quarter Focus Effectively Managing People, Profits & Processes This quarter, each program participant evaluated the strength of their company's standard operating procedures and the effects they have on their team's behavior and drive the ...