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2013 National Veterans Small Business Conference

Injuries incurred by service members are cover... The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), in collaboration with other federal agencies and commercial partners, is excited to host the National Veterans Small Business Conference (NVSBC) from August 6-8 at the America’s Center Convention Complex in St. Louis, MO.

Conference activities include:

  • Business Requirement Sessions: learn about procurement opportunities in 2014-2015 directly from federal program managers and contracting officers, as well as commercial customers
  • Dining with Decision Makers: share a meal and informal discussion with potential customers and partners seeking to engage Veteran businesses at networking breakfast and lunch tables hosted by PDMs and Senior Leaders
  • Networking Roundtables: discuss your capability to address federal and commercial requirements with PDMs
  • 2-Day Expo of over 400 Exhibits: connect and learn more about business capabilities and federal requirements at government and industry booths in the Expo Hall
  • Conference Receptions: meet informally with customers and build relationships essential to successful business development
  • Training Sessions: specifically tailored for all stages of business growth

Learn more and register here.

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2013 NMSDC Conference and Business Fair

The National Minority Supplier Development Council hosts its 2013 Conference and Business Fair this year from October 27th to 30th in San Antonio, Texas.  AGi will be attending.

A recent NMSDC offering of late that may be of interest to others includes a collaboration with NuLevel Strategic Solutions, LLC, a minority-owned management consulting firm based in Charlotte, North Carolina. NuLevel has developed a set of online business tools that NMSDC will offer to its certified Asian, Black, Hispanic and Native American minority business enterprises (MBEs) to assist them in assessing financial operating capacity, business health and value relative to their respective industries. These assessment tools will be part of an on-going series called the "Biz-Fit Challenge."

View from above in the San Antonio Convention ...

More information can be found here or by contacting the NMSDC  Office at (212) 944-2430.

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Want to Be a Small Business Mentor?

MicroMentor is launching a new program called the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA) Program, targeting high-school and college students who own and operate high growth potential businesses. The mentoring program is designed to provide GSEA student finalists with access to mentors who can help these emerging entrepreneurs to develop leadership skills and grow their business. Acting as a mentor looks like this:

Your mentoring will consist of face-to-face meetings as well as phone and email communication in a structured, year-long mentoring relationship. Mentors will also participate in a custom training session, and complete surveys to evaluate progress and program results. EO will provide mentors with meeting templates, best practices, strategy tools, and guidelines. Within these formal mentoring relationships, mentees are responsible to create growth objectives and milestones, while mentors provide insight, perspective and support within a safe, intimate environment of idea and experience exchange.

Intrigued? Learn more here.

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Report from the Capital Access Innovation Summit

Image representing New York Times as depicted ... Ami Kassar at the New York Times "You're the Boss" column writes to us about his experiences at the Capital Access Innovation Summit, hosted by the Small Business Administration and the Department of the Treasury, and was intended to "strengthen capital formation for start-ups and small businesses."

While "In the morning, the plenary sessions featured ... carefully scripted messages with a group of about 150 of us who had gathered for the day," he said this about the afternoon break out sessions:

I realized that many of them suffer frustrations similar to my own... The discussions had a different vibe. Instead of contributing to an us-versus-them confrontation, we all rolled up our sleeves and tried to figure out the right things to do.

Head over and read the whole thing to get a better sense of the folks Kassar found most helpful.  The account comes across as both genuine and helpful.

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