168136 Resource 149173 155860 149257 1178472000148 1178561862186 Controlled Small Business Opportunities: Business Matchmaking 2007

Regional events planned for Business Matchmaking initiative for the year

If you are a small business owner and are looking for ways to open new doors and expand your business, you’ll be interested to know that there’s still time to participate in a program sponsored by SCORE-Counselors to America’s Small Business and HP. The initiative, Business Matchmaking, is a public-private partnership sponsored by SCORE and HP in cooperation with other leading corporations. It brings together buyers from all federal agencies and many Fortune 500 companies to meet with small businesses offering various products and services. According to SCORE, Business Matchmaking has, through regional events held all across the country and in online sessions, generated more than 50,000 one-on-one appointments resulting in more than $750 million in contracting opportunities for entrepreneurs. The first of four regional Business Matchmaking events took place last month in Atlanta. The remaining three will be held in: Chicago on Aug. 28, Dallas during October, and Little Rock, Ark. on Dec. 11. This past year, Business Matchmaking added an online network. This resource offers web-based educational tools including the Virtual Business Matchmaking Workshop, monthly "webinars" featuring procurement and supplier diversity experts, access to important downloads of articles and links to helpful resources. Complete details on Business Matchmaking, including the 2007 schedule and the new online network, may be found at <A href="http://www.businessmatchmaking.com/">http://www.businessmatchmaking.com/</A>. 10 application/xml false business matchmaking business matchmaking 2007 business matchmaking initiative matchmaking small business small business opportunities Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30; .NET CLR 1.1.4322) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 cmalmstrom false true false false true 189572 false false true false false false true 149173 blog blogsite/FreedomVoice/web