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The Indo American Chamber of Commerce of
Greater Houston
(Established in 1999)
FREE
Outreach Workshop
at
Sri
Meenakshi Temple
17130 McLean Road,
Pearland, TX 77584
Saturday March 17th 2007
10.00am to 2.00pm
Snacks will be served
Workshop will benefit professionals who want to start their own practice or Consulting, small business owners and anyone considering starting their own business.
Areas covered will include:
Applying for a loan to start or grow
your small business
The Benefits of Minority Certification
Starting a small business
Writing a business plan
CITIBANK, CHASE BANK, UNITED CENTRAL
BANK, WELLS FARGO BANK and STERLING BANK
will be present to discuss
How they can help YOU get the Loan YOU
NEED
Opening Remarks by Honorable Tom Reid, Mayor, City of Pearland, Texas
The
US Small Business Administration
District Director Manuel Gonzales,
Richard Huebner of the Houston Minority
Business Council and the local
Service Core of Retired Executives
(SCORE) leadership has committed to
support this effort.
Call the Chamber for details
Indo American Chamber of Commerce of
Greater Houston
www.iaccgh.com
iaccgh01@aol.com
almamach@aol.com
Tel 713 624 7131
Tel: 832746 8372(M)
Please RSVP iaccgh01@aol.com or 713-624-7131 before March 9th, 2007.
The program will bring federal agencies,
business groups and banks under one roof
to give Indian-Americans information on
how to start businesses and expand
existing ones. Interested business
owners will also get information on
guaranteed federal loans and the process
of getting certified as a small,
minority- or woman-owned business.
Service Corps of Retired Executives,
a nonprofit division of the SBA; the
University of Houston Small
Business Development Center will be
present to help community members
looking at starting a new business or
expanding their business with free
consultancy in understanding the
opportunities Houston offers, writing a
business plan, marketing , etc.
Participating agencies will include the
Houston Minority Business Enterprise
Center, which specializes in loan
packaging and minority certification;
the Houston Minority Business Council,
which helps minority-owned businesses
grow; the Small Business Administration,
which guarantees loans and lending
institutions.
A resource guide will be distributed and
will include information from the
following agencies:
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SCORE/UH Small Business Development
Center on how to start a small
business
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US
Small Business Administration on how
to apply for a SBA guaranteed loan
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HMBC
and the City of Houston on the
benefits of certification
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Lending institutions on the
different types of loans they are
offering
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Lending institutions specialize
in different levels of loans and
we will include representatives
from each of these groups.
The workshop will be on Saturday March
17th with registration starting at 9.30
am with a brief opening session with
presentations.
The opening session will be followed by
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Face-to face meetings with
representatives of the
Agencies/Lending agencies.
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Opportunity to visit booths set up
by the participating agencies to
understand the services they offer.
Lending Institutions being invited will
include:
CitiBank (Sponsor), Chase Bank
(Sponsor), Sterling Bank (IACCGH
member),
United Central Bank (sponsor) and the
Houston Government Guaranteed Lenders
Association
Accion Texas will help with Micro loans
and seed capital for start ups
The following will also be invited to
participate in this outreach program:
City of Houston Department of
Affirmative Action.
Agency representatives at IACCGH
Outreach Workshop
Participants at Outreach Program
City of Houston Booth
SCORE Booth
Citibank Booth
Small Business Administration Booth
Subroto Mukerji, President, IACCGH
addressing audience
Mayor of Pearland addressing Audience
Participants
Manuel Gonzalez, Director, SBA,
addressing participants
Richard Heubner of Houston Minority
Business Council addressing audience
Phyllis Graham of Continental Airlines
Mrs. Chandrakala Gupta, Chairperson,
Outreach Workshop
Organization representatives with Mayor
of Pearland, subroto Mukerji and
Meenakshi Temple Representative
Organization representatives with
Chandrakala Gupta, Jagdip Ahluwalia and
Meenakshi Temple Representative
Citibank Representatives
Milton Thibodeaux of Houston Minority
Business Development Council with
participants
Jagdip Ahluwalia, Subroto Mukerji of
IACCGH with Rajiv Bhavsar of United
Central Bank
Raj Mashruwala of SCORE
Mayor of Pearland with Mona parikh and
Sam Kanappan of IACCGH |
