MBA Info Session Set for June 30 Since 2017, the Chamber’s Minority Business Accelerator has been working with Black and Hispanic owned small businesses, helping entrepreneurs access financial capital and increase their networks of potential ...
Tampa Bay Business & Wealth Magazine Names Chamber Vice President Diversity, Equity + Inclusion Leader of 2023.
Diversity means business. Minority firms and employees are a growing share of U.S. businesses and the workforce generating $1.7 Trillion in valuable revenue. As a result, the strength of the broader U.S. economy is increasingly tied to ...
Imagine this. It is summer 2019 and you are discovering that men and women across the country are breaking into the entrepreneurship space by packaging their expertise to serve others. They are providing done-for-you services, creating courses, ...
Congratulations to MBA Cohort ’22 participant Lennise Jackson-Germany, Livy O's for being featured on the USF Newsroom and ABC Action News for their participation in Local Restaurant Row at the USF Marshall Student Center! MBA Cohort '22 ...
Congratulations to MBA Cohort ’22 participant David Delancy, President, One Day Came Inc. and MBA Cohort ’23 participant Charles Jackson, President/CEO, Mijan Construction on graduating from the Build with Us @ Suffolk program! ...
Today you’re going to learn how to find a target market of potential customers, so you aren’t wasting precious resources on blitz marketing. So, the two questions you have to ask yourself are: What do people really want to buy from ...
June 28, 2022 Contact: Jacquelyn Bryan [email protected] 813.276.9492 609-784-2926 cell Tampa Bay Chamber Recruiting Next Minority Business Accelerator Cohort Tampa, Fla. – The Tampa Bay Chamber is recruiting for ...
For more than 20 years, I've witnessed the power of relationships. Not just any relationship, but the "right," and I'd even venture to say, "divine" relationships. The right relationships should expand your network and your net worth. The right ...
MBA Cohort Spotlights - April 2022 Congratulations to '22 Cohort member, Tony Selvaggio with eSmart Recycling for being accepted into the Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Scaling Program! '20 Cohort member, OHC Environmental Engineering, ...
MBA Cohort Spotlights - March 2022 Cohort '21 member, Jerel McCants, Jerel McCants Architecture Inc., was featured by FOX 13 Tampa Bay. Check it out here Cohort '22 member, Lennise Jackson-Germany, Livy O's, is hosting a Pre-Mother's Day ...
United One Communications’ (UOC) Story: United One Communication (UOC) was conceived in 2015 by Carl Chaisson with the vision of being the preferred trusted global leader in integrating information technology with innovative solutions to ...
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 ...
MBA Cohort Spotlights - December 2021 Congratulations to Cohort 2022 member, Lennise Germany, Livy O's, on being featured in The KNOW Women of Tampa Bay! Congratulations to 2021 Cohort member, Shaun Womack, Versa Tile & Marble, Inc., on being ...
MBA Cohort Spotlights - November 2021 Congratulations to Cohorts '20 and '21 on completion of the Minority Business Accelerator Program! Pictured: Cohort '20 Chair, Colette Glover-Hannah, Founder, Hannah's Shoebox, Envision Construction Services, ...
MBA Cohort Spotlights - October 2021 Suffolk Construction hosted the MBA joint cohort session for October at their office. View Suffolk's diversity initiatives here. “We thank you for your partnership— Our team truly enjoyed ...
MBA Cohort Spotlights - September 2021 2022 Cohort member, Tony Selvaggio with eSmart Recycling, has shared his thoughts on equality of opportunity in today's world and the Minority Business Accelerator program. Congratulations to Tony ...
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 ...
2022 Minority Empowerment Program Members Optional Solutions Pierson Property Group Aptos Screening Caz Hodge Marketing Skilled Workforce Talent Solutions Swoll Camp Empowering Creative Wise Walk Virtual Solutions Samamed Home ...
Equality of opportunity is a subject I have been passionate about since I started my company. I have seen firsthand the infrastructure gap and disparity in access to basic human rights, not only here in the United States, but in other countries. ...
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 ...
Accounting Young and Sons Tax & Accounting Advertising I Am Tampa Bay Business Service Inclusivity, LLC Vistra Communications AdvancoScience Global Alliance Solution Rat Pack Worldwide Security and Consultant Swim Digital Group The ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Chamber installs new leadership, receives 5-Star accreditation, announces Minority Business Accelerator cohort, presents H.L. Culbreath Jr. Profile in Leadership Award to Alex Sink.