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Ohio MBDA Business Center
Ohio MBDA Business Center
Ohio MBDA Business Center
Ohio MBDA Business Center
Ohio MBDA Business Center
Ohio MBDA Business Center
Ohio MBDA Business Center
Ohio MBDA Business Center
Foster the growth and global competitiveness of
Minority Business Enterprises (MBE).
The U.S. Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Agency’s (MBDA) mission is to foster the growth and global competitiveness of Minority Business Enterprises (MBE).

MBDA accomplishes its mission by facilitating transactions through referrals, business consulting, contract bid/proposal preparation, loan packaging, and/or matching contract opportunities and capital sources (i.e. loans, equity, bonding, etc.).

MBDA helps clients to achieve their growth objectives by connecting them with prospective strategic partners through business-to- business matching, teaming arrangements, joint ventures, or other strategic advisory services.
CAPITAL SOURCING
Access to Capital and Finance Management
  • Commercial lending and banking
  • Financial, credit and risk analysis
  • SBA and conventional loans qualification and evaluation
  • Loan and grant identification and packaging
  • General finance counseling
  • Alternative financing opportunities
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    Contract Opportunity Sourcing
    Access to Contracts

    Provide procurement assistance to help MBEs do business with the federal, state, and local governments as well as private corporations. Our services include:

  • Procurement opportunities identification
  • Solicitation analysis
  • Research contract award histories
  • Post-award contract administration
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    Business Match-Making
    Convening events between Government, Public sector and Private sector partners with our MBDA clients.
    Business Consulting
    To grow your business, you must have sound management practices and processes in place. Our services include:

  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Joint Ventures
  • Organization and structure
  • General business consulting
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    Access to NEW Markets
    We assist you in increasing your market share by identifying new markets or increasing your existing market customer base. Our services include:

  • Government procurement assistance
  • Private sector contract identification
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    Road to success: Cleveland minority-owned firms awarded major ODOT EV contract

    “Opportunities such as this don’t come by often for companies like ours. Minority contractors face many roadblocks.” So says Ike Samson-Akpan, Sr., President, and founder of SAF, Inc., construction company.

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    Ohio Minority-Owned Construction Firms Awarded $495 Million Contract From U.S. Army

    Ohio Minority-Owned Construction Firms Awarded $495 Million Contract From U.S. Army

    Two minority-owned Ohio companies have been awarded a nearly half-billion construction contract with the United States Army. Clemons-Vazquez JV — comprised of Dayton-based Clemons Construction Co., Inc, a Black and veteran-owned small business established in 2005, and Vazquez Commercial Contracting LLC, a Hispanic-owned firm founded in Kansas City, Mo., in 2008, with additional offices in…

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    Road to success: Cleveland minority-owned firms awarded major ODOT EV contract

    Road to success: Cleveland minority-owned firms awarded major ODOT EV contract

    “Opportunities such as this don’t come by often for companies like ours. Minority contractors face many roadblocks.” So says Ike Samson-Akpan, Sr., President, and founder of SAF, Inc., construction company. This summer, however, SAF and fellow minority-owned contractor Alternalite Electric, founded by Jose and Trudy Ramos, knocked these roadblocks down – with the help of…

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    Black History In The Making: LaRese Purnell Of The Real Black Friday

    Black History In The Making: LaRese Purnell Of The Real Black Friday

    Giving back has been an essential part LaRese Purnell’s life since childhood. Even when his family didn’t have a home, his mom made sure they volunteered to help others. Today, that message of giving back informs everything Purnell does — from his role as the Managing Partner of CLE Consulting Firm, an Accounting, Tax and…

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    Black History In The Making: Clevelander Ethan Holmes And The Rise Of An Applesauce Empire

    Black History In The Making: Clevelander Ethan Holmes And The Rise Of An Applesauce Empire

    In 2005 at the age of 15, Holmes launched his first venture from the family kitchen: Holmes Made Foods. “I had to do a chocolate bar,” he says. “I’d always tell people that I was going to be the next Willy Wonka of Cleveland.” But it didn’t take long for Holmes to see that this…

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