Published June 24 2014
Growth of small businesses has been identified as a key source for future job creation.
In support of developing small businesses in the Northeastern Louisiana region, the
Louisiana Small Business Development Center at University of Louisiana at Monroe (LSBDC
at ULM) will host a training seminar from 8-11 a.m., on Tuesday, July 8, at the Anna
Gray Noe Alumni Center, located at 4400 Bon Aire Drive, in Monroe.
There is no cost to attend either seminar, but space is limited and pre-registration
is recommended. Register online at lsbdc.org, or call 318-342-1224.
The seminar, “Positioning, Planning & Profiting: A Life Cycle Approach to M/WBE Business
Growth,” will help minority and women-owned businesses identify where they fit in
the business life cycle from start-up to becoming a publicly traded company and then
identify important resources to support their growth at each phase.
The Mid-South Minority Business Council Continuum (The MMBC Continuum) will conduct
the seminars.
The MMBC Continuum is an economic development agency in Memphis, Tenn., that developed
a successful model focused on the growth of scalable minority and women-owned businesses
with the capacity to meet the procurement needs of major corporations and impact job
creation.
The seminars will introduce minority and women business owners to characteristics
and the mindset necessary to position them for growth, while providing best practices
that can help identify and determine how to leverage their existing strategy to grow
to the next level by either enhancing or reengineering their approach to business.
The MMBC Continuum has formed a strategic partnership with LSBDC at ULM, which is
the result of an investment made by the Delta Regional Authority (DRA) to support
their initiative to impact the growth of minority and women-owned businesses in the
DRA footprint.
The Delta Regional Authority is a federal-state partnership that is congressionally
mandated to help create jobs, build communities and improve lives in the 252 counties
and parishes of the Delta.
For more information about the partnership contact Barry Parker, project director,
LSBDC at ULM at bparker@ulm.edu or at 318-342-1198, or Natalie Robinson, vice president and director of communications
and marketing for The MMBC Continuum at nrobinson@mmbc-memphis.org, or at 901-525-6512.
LSBDC at ULM provides a vast array of technical assistance to existing small businesses
and aspiring entrepreneurs. By supporting business growth, sustainability and enhancing
the creation of new business entities, LSBDC fosters local and regional economic development
in Northeast Louisiana through job creation and retention.
