AS PREPARED FOR DELIVERY Friday, August 27, 2010 CONTACT OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS 202-482-4883 Thank you, David, for the kind words and for your terrific leadership of the Minority Business Development Agency. On behalf of President Obama and all of us at the Department of Commerce, I join David in welcoming everyone to the 2010 […]
Since 1983, every president has issued a Presidential Proclamation designating a National Minority Enterprise Development (MED) Week to recognize the contributions of the minority business community to the U.S. economy. This year President Trump will proclaim National MED Week October 22 – 28, 2017. Learn more about our programming at the NMSDC Conference(link is external).
Leah Brown was one of Atlanta’s regional MED Week Winners last year. And, here’s where she stands this year. Leah Brown is classified by Inc Magazine’s Fastest-Growing Privately Owned Firms as the #1 fastest growing African-American business, as one of the top ten women owned businesses, as 5th in healthcare and as #92 on the
Since our earliest days, hardworking entrepreneurs have driven our Nation’s prosperity. During Minority Enterprise Development Week, we recognize the contributions that minority owned businesses make to our economy and our way of life, and we strive to ensure that small business owners have access to the resources they need to achieve the American Dream. The
A new website will try to close the long-standing communications gap between agencies and small businesses. The White House will launch BusinessUSA.gov before the end of the calendar year in an effort to make it easier for small firms to find all the services the government offers. “It will be an online portal that will
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Release Date: September 6, 2011 Contact: Tiffani Clements (202) 401-0035 Release Number: 11-49 Internet Address: http://www.sba.gov/news WASHINGTON – One of 10 small businesses from around the country will be selected as the National Minority Small Business Person of the Year at the 29th annual Minority Enterprise Development (MED) Week conference, hosted jointly in
