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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