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SBA Extends
Partnership with Minority Business
Roundtable to Expand Agency Assistance
to Minority-owned Businesses
Source:
U.S.
Small Business Administration News
Release dated Feb. 14, 2008
The
U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
has moved to broaden its outreach to
minority entrepreneurs by signing a
partnership with the Minority
Business Round Table (MBRT).
The
strategic alliance is part of SBA
Administrator Steve Preston’s
ongoing effort to support small business
development initiatives in underserved
communities. It will allow the
organizations to share resources and
educate minority entrepreneurs on how to
use SBA products and services to
establish and grow their businesses.
“Minority
businesses are one of the fastest
growing sectors in the small business
community, so it is imperative we reach
out and educate them on SBA’s products
and services,” SBA Administrator Steve
Preston said. “MBRT is a national
membership organization for minority
CEOs that serves as a unified voice for
minority businesses. By working
together, we can help more of these
businesses succeed and stimulate
economic growth in their communities and
the nation’s economy.”
“There are
over 5 million minority businesses
employing millions of Americans that
create businesses and jobs in the U.S.
economy,” said Roger A. Campos, MBRT
President & CEO. “MBRT is pleased
to partner with SBA to deliver valuable
services and products to help build the
capacity of this rapidly expanding
economic force.”
The SBA
and MBRT alliance is intended to
strengthen and expand small business
development across the nation for
minority entrepreneurs. SBA will provide
MBRT with timely information on the
agency’s programs, services and resource
partners, and advise them on events that
will impact their mission.
As part of
the resource pooling, MBRT will
cooperate with SBA and its resource
partners to provide information to
members about its business development
programs and services, and share current
SBA news and information.
The
two-year agreement is a renewal of the
partnership between the SBA and MBRT and
was implemented on February 2, 2008.
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