Start Up, Stay Up, Scale Up Monthly Minority Business Owners Roundtable

5811 Lee Hwy,Chattanooga TN 37421

27 February, 2023

Description

Come join us for the first Minority Business Owner Roundtable of 2023 !!! We invite you to come celebrate and share your successes since becoming a part of the roundtables. We also want you to invite new and aspiring minority business owners and entrepreneurs to come and find out about the new and exciting plans for the upcoming year!!! There will also be a time for all the attendees at the roundtable to network and share information about their businesses and to discuss the impact that these roundtables have made in establishing relationships and building the essential social capital necessary to move their businesses forward! Of course ,as always, we will have an extensive question and answer and comment period so please feel free to come prepared to ask questions and to share your business experiences with your fellow minority business owners and gain peer to peer knowledge as well. Remember this is your business community and we are always stronger together! Again, the roundtables are free and open to the public. Please invite your friends and other aspiring business owners and entrepreneurs to register and attend with you. Doors open at 5:45pm and the roundtable will begin promptly at 6pm! Please be on time and come prepared to make phenomenal connections! Seating is limited to 75 attendees. Parking is free and available on site. Featured Entrepreneurial Spotlight: Demetria Jordan: Owner DNS Creative Spaces & Business Center A light meal will be provided by Cornelius Lathan, Owner: The Bistro This is a Supplier Diversity Initiative. Monthly General Roundtable Description: The purpose for the Start Up, Stay Up, Scale Up, Monthly Minority Business Owners Roundtables will be to address topics each month that focus on the different stages of business- Start Up, Stay Up, and Scale Up and how these topics uniquely impact the minority business owner . The topics identified will be based on the needs of the attendees and the goal will be for business owners to leave with tangible tools that will make them feel inspired, supported and empowered to move their businesses forward! Each Roundtable will feature: A consultant led topic around the Start Up, Stay Up and Scale Up phases of business that uniquely affects the minority business owner. A time for participants to register their businesses with the City of Chattanooga’s Supplier Registry on site and sign up for Doing Business with the City Sessions. Also, other entities will be invited to be on site periodically to talk to attendees and to enroll in their supplier diversity programs as well. An Featured Entrepreneurial Business Owner Spotlight, discussing their journey, business and their products. Products will be given for registered attendees to sample as are applicable and available. A question and answer period so that we can tailor what is presented to the needs of the attendees.