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

10 West Martin Luther King Boulevard,Chattanooga TN 37402

23 May, 2022

Description

Come join these free in person Roundtables. Each month we will discuss topics and how they uniquely affect the minority business owner. Come join us for Part 2 of Breaking Down the Success Code for Business Funding!!! This special session will be hosted by EPB of Chattanooga and will feature Ken Jones, Senior Director of Procurement, Vendor Relations & Minority and Women Owned Business for EPB, Consultant, Linda Bullard, owner of LSMB Business Solutions, LLC. and funders from Smart Bank, TVFCU, Bright Bridge and CoLab and more! Doors open at 5:30pm. Please enter into the building at the corner of Market Street and MLK Blvd. Parking is available at your own expense in the attached garage or on street. 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 affect 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 Entrepreneur Business Owner highlight, discussing their journey 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. A socially distanced, Covid conscious, in person environment that will feature a free evening snack or lite meal as available. Masks will be requested per the host facility rules and if needed will be supplied for all attendees while supplies last.