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SUMMARY:MDOT Certification Programs Overview [Webinar]
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nJoin MWBC for a free virtual information session where the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) will overview their four certification programs: \n\nMinority Business Enterprise (MBE)\nDisadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE)\nAirport Concessions Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (ACDBE)\nSmall Business Enterprise (SBE)\n\nThe webinar will cover: \n\nAn examination of the five eligibility standards\nA review of the complete application process\nAn in-depth look at the Uniform Certification Application (UCA)\nHow to connect to business opportunities with the State of Maryland and offer some valuable marketing and business development tips\nQ&A\n\n  \n 
URL:https://marylandwbc.org/workshops-and-seminars/mdot-jun2024/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Webinar,Woman-Owned and Minority Certifications
ORGANIZER;CN="Zeinna Estrada%2C Marketing & Events Manager%2C MWBC":MAILTO:zeinna@marylandwbc.org
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SUMMARY:Montgomery County Resources For Your Business [Webinar]
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nLearn how the Maryland Women’s Business Center (MWBC)\, Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL)\, Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation (MCEDC)\, and the Montgomery County Business Center (MCBC) can help you with your small business. Each organization offers unique resources for all business owners\, from aspiring entrepreneurs to matured businesses looking to expand. Access these resources by joining this FREE information session!
URL:https://marylandwbc.org/workshops-and-seminars/mcresource-jun2024/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Montgomery County,Starting a Business,Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="Zeinna Estrada%2C Marketing & Events Manager%2C MWBC":MAILTO:zeinna@marylandwbc.org
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SUMMARY:Start-Up: How to Have a Solid Legal Foundation for Your Business [Webinar]
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nDiscover all you need to know in order to put your business on the road toward solid legal footing. Ginny Bonifacino\, Esq. will discuss common issues and share tips for structuring and naming your business\, taxes and insurance\, contracts\, and intellectual property. \nAbout the Speaker\n \nGinny Cascio Bonifacino\, Esq.\nPartner\nNazareth Bonifacino Law Benefit LLC\n401 N. Washington St. Suite 470\, Rockville\, Maryland 20850\n240.202.4304\nginny@dmvbusinesslawyers.com \nGinny co-founded Nazareth Bonifacino Law Benefit LLC\, Maryland’s first Certified B CorporationTM law firm. She has over a decade of experience as a business attorney and outside counsel on both coasts with a focus in transactional\, intellectual property\, and employment law. While Ginny’s clients are from all industries\, she often counsels businesses with creative assets they wish to protect and monetize. This enables her to utilize her strong intellectual property background and provide additional value as general counsel.  Passionate about helping women succeed in business\, she has been a volunteer and pro bono counselor with Maryland Women’s Business Center for over 10 years. 
URL:https://marylandwbc.org/workshops-and-seminars/legal-foundation/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Legal Issues,Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="Yesenia Cruz%2C Associate Business Consultant/Trainer":MAILTO:yesenia@rockvilleredi.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240624T100000
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SUMMARY:Prime Contracting in the Small Business Reserve (SBR) Program [Webinar]
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nReady to become a prime contractor with the state of Maryland? Every small\, minority\, women and veteran business owner should consider participation in the SBR Program\, a race- and gender-neutral procurement program that offers prime contracting opportunities on state-funded contracts. This class covers the program’s eligibility standards\, the online certification process\, and the pipeline for identifying SBR opportunities. \nAbout the Speaker\nLisa Mitchell Sennaar\nSmall Business Reserve (SBR) Compliance Manager\nGovernor’s Office of Small\, Minority & Women Business Affairs \nLisa Mitchell Sennaar serves as a Small Business Reserve (SBR) Program Compliance Manager in the Governor’s Office of Small\, Minority & Women Business Affairs. As a coordinating office within the Executive Branch\, the office connects the small business community to greater economic opportunities and has oversight of the state’s SBR\, Minority Business Enterprise (MBE)\, and Veteran-Owned Small Business Enterprise (VSBE) procurement programs across 70 agencies. Lisa is an experienced manager\, liaison\, administrator\, and former small business owner. Her career includes a decade in local television news and talk radio. She works with small business owners daily to connect them to tools that can help improve how they navigate and compete in the state contracting arena. She also conducts external training for small business owners and internal training for state agency partners. \nLisa’s family\, the Jackson Mitchells of Maryland\, left their imprint on the Civil Rights Revolution of the 20th century. Lisa’s great-grandmother\, Dr. Lillie May Carroll Jackson; grandmother\, Juanita Jackson Mitchell; grandfather\, Clarence M. Mitchell Jr; great-uncle\, Congressman Parren J. Mitchell and father\, State Senator Clarence M. Mitchell III founded and led local\, state and national organizations that battled for human rights for Black people. Growing up in this environment emboldened her commitment to making access to opportunities fair through the advocacy and implementation of inclusive policies that leave no one behind. \nLisa is married and the mother of two college students and resides in Baltimore\, Maryland.
URL:https://marylandwbc.org/workshops-and-seminars/sbr-jun2024/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Webinar,Woman-Owned and Minority Certifications
ORGANIZER;CN="Zeinna Estrada%2C Marketing & Events Manager%2C MWBC":MAILTO:zeinna@marylandwbc.org
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