Planning your strategies: the moves you make determine your destiny. (Entrepreneurs Conference).BLACK ENTERPRISE has always prided itself on helping black entrepreneurs and professionals network, often turning brief associations and contacts into valuable contracts that can mean the difference between a business remaining stagnant or flourishing. With an estimated 820,000 black-owned small businesses out of 22 million nationwide, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the latest U.S. Census Bureau Noun 1. Census Bureau - the bureau of the Commerce Department responsible for taking the census; provides demographic information and analyses about the population of the United States Bureau of the Census data, it's important to encourage today's entrepreneurs. At our seminars and town hall meetings, we encourage participants to remain flexible in the face of a sluggish economy Sluggish Economy A state in the economy in which the growth is slow, flat or declining. The term can refer to the economy as a whole or a component of the economy, such as weak housing starts. and forge alliances in an effort to compete on a larger scale. At our upcoming Black Enterprise/ Microsoft Entrepreneurs Conference, we make it happen at a program called The Exchange: Business-to-Business Expo. Last year, Genma Holmes, owner of Holmes Pest Control pest control n → control m de plagas pest control n → lutte f contre les nuisibles pest control pest n , which generated some $90,000 in 2001, attended our 2002 Conference with a backpack containing a list of prospective clients. By the time the Entrepreneurs Conference had ended, she landed one contract and several contacts with potential clients who, she estimates, would help her more than double her company's revenues by the end of this year. That one contract she signed was with Ewing Moving Co., a $20 million, Memphis, Tennessee For the ancient Egyptian capital, see . Memphis is a city in the southwest corner of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. Memphis rises above the Mississippi River on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff just below the mouth of the Wolf River. , moving business, which led her to more business. "That's the power of networking," Holmes said shortly after the deal was made, "having an agenda and aggressively going after new businesses." That's also the purpose of the Entrepreneurs Conference. For more information on our upcoming Black Enterprise/ Microsoft Entrepreneurs Conference, May 14-18, 2003, at the Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville, Tennessee “Nashville” redirects here. For other uses, see Nashville (disambiguation). Nashville is the capital and the second most populous city of the U.S. state of Tennessee, after Memphis. , call 800-543-6786 or visit our Website at www .blackenterprise.com. There's still time to register.--The Editors |
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