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Houston's greatest energy resource is entrepreneurial energy!
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Independence Day!
I love this time of year!
Reminds me of when I was a kid, with school out, warm weather, summer fun, and long days.
I grew up a military brat, with parades for July 4th!
Independence day was a very special celebration.
And, oh yeah, my birthday month!
Couldn't get much better than that!
I remember I was 12 years old when I discovered another form of independence.
It was financial independence.
I had a paper route with money coming in and money going out, and learning how to manage those activities to build a surplus.
Achieving financial independence is among the things we teach in The Co-Op today.
Successful regard$,
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(At 30,000 LinkedIn c
ontacts.)
"Business success is having fun, making money and doing good."
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What you learn in 6 months with The Co-Op
will last a lifetime with your business.
Connect ~ Learn ~ Grow ~ Prosper
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Houston CrossRoad$ Business Building Breakfast
Wednesday, July 8th, 2020
Motivational Message:
"Get Help"
Paul A. Barela, Past Chairman
Services Cooperative Association
Featured Speaker:
"Do Something New"
Andrew Bermudez ~ Something New
7:30 AM to 8:30 AM
Virtual Meeting "Houston Crossroads" via Skype
OR
Traditional Full Seated Breakfast Meeting
in private room
Corner Bakery Cafe 9311 H Katy Freeway
Check-in starts at 7:00 AM
Attend the meeting remotely via Skype, enjoy the speakers, introduce yourself and we'll also send you contact information on everyone present so you can do your follow-up, all for only $5.00!
Pay
here then connect to Houston Crossroads
on
Skype
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Business Showcase:
"Work Smarter and Grow Faster!"
Tailored Development Methodology ~ Mentor ~ Advisory Board
Professional Development Coach ~ Mastermind Group
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Business of the Week:
Virtual Assistant
Should you be in this type of business,
please attend for special recognition!
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SENIORPRENEURS
Are you 65+, have an idea and want to consider it
as a part/full time business?
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Featured Networking Group:
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Want a second opinion of your business or idea?
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How smart are you? Take the test and find out!
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38th Annual Entrepreneurial Workshop
&
Houston Heroes Luncheon
Date to be announced!
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Mentoring Mondays ONLINE via Skype
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Effective Social Media Strategies Webinar
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C. Dean Kring turns 77!
(And all his friends tell him he doesn't look a day over 90!)
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Real Estate Wholesaling Webinar
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Virtual:
Mentor,
Advisory Board,
Master Mind Group,
Professional Development Coach
Custom Tailored Development Methodology
Friday Forum via Skype
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Tuesday, July 14th ~ 5:00 PM to 08:30 PM
VIRTUAL EVENT
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"SHOW N TELL N SMILE N SELL"
38th Annual Fall Trade Show & B2B EXPO
Green Wednesday Celebration
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Don't miss this!
Ethics and integrity workshop
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On This Day In History - July 8th
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1497
Europeans begin their first direct ocean voyage to Asia
In what will be the longest known sea journey of its time, Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama pilots an armada of four ships and 170 men out of Lisbon's harbor south to Africa's cape and then east towards India, a vast Asian subcontinent on the cusp of global trade and colonization.
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1853
Bearing a treaty of trade from US President Fillmore,
Commodore Matthew Perry enters Japanese waters, steaming his black ships towards Edo, the capital city of a country closed to the outside world for more than 200 years. This first contact will lead to further "gunboat diplomacy."
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1947
Papers report a peculiar crash in New Mexico desert
Newspapers report the capture of a "
flying saucer
" at a ranch near the town of Roswell and question the US military's story about the crash of a weather balloon. In the 1990s the military will finally reveal that a top-secret nuclear test-monitoring balloon was recovered at the site.
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1994
After ruling as North Korea's supreme leader for 46 years,
Kim Il-sung dies and his son takes the reins of power in the East Asian nation.
Kim Jong-il's rule will be marked by a pervasive cult of personality, a devastating famine, nuclear arms development, and increasing isolation.
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For Entrepreneurial Knowledge
Recognizing Industry
Leaders:
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Services Cooperative Association
Market Expansion ~ Business Development
Entrepreneurial Education ~ Professional Growth
Since 1983!
We operate entirely without grants, gifts, donations, contributions
or public funding. We don't have our hand out and we are NOT
your tax dollars at work!
We're independent business owners,
entirely self-funded and very proud of it.
Our startups have won virtually every award for business growth in Houston, some
nationally and some
even internationally.
When you want
assistance with your business, seek only those who have actual hands-on business ownership experience. You'll be glad you did!
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A not-for-profit cooperative association of independent businesses, founded from an economic development research project on the
importance of startup business development conducted by the
Houston Chamber of Commerce in the late 1970's.
Since our first Co-Op meeting held March 14, 1983, we've worked with 65,647
people, generating 45,131 tips, leads, referrals and items of new business, generating revenues exceeding one billion dollars, founded the Entrepreneurial Development Center - Houston's first and Texas' oldest small business incubator and co-working space, First Houston Small Business Seed Capital Fund - literally the first small business seed capital fund in Houston, the Womens Business Center - first business incubator for women business owners in the United States with residency space and the Virtual Business Center - the first remote business incubator in the world - all totally without public funding, grants, gifts, donations or contributions.
Our Entrepreneurial Research conclusively demonstrated A) "entrepreneurship" could be taught in a classroom environment, resulting in colleges and universities, globally, commencing entrepreneurial courses and B) that women starting businesses were seeking a hand-up and a level playing field rather than a hand-out or charity and C) that business incubators actually accelerated business growth resulting in the next generation being named accelerators and D) incubators/accelerators could be entirely self-sufficient by charging a modest royalty interest in client companies and that entrepreneurship was color blind and gender neutral.
Here are some of the organizations we've worked with.
We grow companies, build careers and advance ideas.
Among our priority projects for 2020:
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