"Recognized as an industry leader and pioneer in small business incubation" by the National Business Incubation Association and as "One of Houston's core entrepreneurial groups" by the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and "Ranked the #1 new business development group in Houston" by Houston Proud! We grow companies, build careers and advance ideas!
May we assist with yours?
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A not-for-profit cooperative association of independent
business owners for market expansion, business development,
entrepreneurial education and professional growth.
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Come • Call • Click - Chat - Connect - We're here for you! |
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I think you'll agree these are interestingly unique times with things like COVID 19 and all the controversy regarding the election.
I've never encountered anything similar.
The holiday season, however, is important and very special.
Use it as a time to thank friends, family, co-workers and all those others who make a difference in your life.
Successful regard$,
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"You make a difference in other people's lives!"
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Connect! ~ Learn! ~ Grow! ~ Prosper!
Making a positive difference in lives and businesses.
This time of year we conduct special meetings for those
in Houston without friends or family.
Join us for breakfast and let us meet you.
You'll be glad you did!
We look forward to meeting you!
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"Overcoming Obstacles"
C. Dean Kring, Director of Research Research - Services Cooperative Association
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(We'll send your name, company name and topic
title to 10,000+ EntrepreNEWS readers.)
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"How much freedom would you like to know?"
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Business of The Week:
Commercial Insurance Agent
Should you be in this business, please attend for special recognition
Houston Crossroads Business Building Breakfast
Location VIRTUAL $5.00 via SKYPE "Houston Crossroads"
or
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We were saddened to learn of the death of long-time PTSD Foundation of America Board Member, Jon Eliot King. We are grateful for the many years of his determined service with an unwavering passion to effectively reduce the Veteran suicide rate in this nation. Jon never faltered in his love and support of our organization’s mission.
Doug Brown, Board Chairman, adds: “Jon King was one of the original PTSD Foundation of America Board Members and a current Board Member. Mr. King was a Vietnam Nam veteran, a West Point graduate, and an attorney who had faced a number of trials throughout his life including a war, a heart transplant, and cancer but never gave up! May he Rest In Peace and may we all learn something from his spirit! He will he missed by his friends and fellow Board members.”
Jon will be remembered for his willingness to share his knowledge and experience in impacting the Veteran community.
Well done, thou good and faithful servant.
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"The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much."
Ronald Reagan
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HOW SMART ARE YOU?
TAKE THE EXAM AND FIND OUT!
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RECOGNIZING INDUSTRY LEADERS |
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(YOU CAN HAVE YOUR LOGO & HOT LINK HERE) |
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FEATURED NETWORKING GROUP |
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Rising to the Occasion During Challenging Times"
MWSDBE Recognition Week
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Friday Forum
Noon until 1:00 PM via Skype.
December 18th, 25th
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Mentoring Mondays
December 21st, 28th
10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
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Christmas begins December 24th |
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New Year's Eve begins December 31st |
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Annual AFTER TAX DAY Celebration!
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A local business woman is seeking to acquire a healthy business in the Houston/Galveston metro area, as soon as possible. The criteria are: between $1 and $5 million in annual revenue; at least 5 employees; been in business over 5 years; in an industry with fairly inelastic demand – selling an essential product or service that people need on a regular basis. I seek the unsexy industries and am looking for donkeys more than unicorns. Is there a business owner who is ready to retire or start a new venture? I do not plan to change the name or let go of any employee who is doing a good job. The M.O. is to change as little as possible and let the business continue as it was. While in other projects I also work to turn around distressed businesses while the original owner retains equity, in this instance I am seeking to take complete control over a fairly healthy business that is capable of generating cash flow either immediately or within 6 months.
No brokers please.
Please contact Nancy Mills at: 281-549-4477; cell 201-396-4337
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ON THIS DAY DECEMBER 16TH |
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1773
Members of the underground Sons of Liberty, some dressed as Indians, throw 342 chests of tea off British ships to protest "tax tyranny," or Britain's Tea Act of 1773, which gave the East India Company a monopoly on the American tea trade. The Boston Tea Party will bring tensions between colonists and the British to a head.
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1944
In the heavily forested Ardennes region, German forces launch a surprise counterattack and push deep into the American line, creating a 50-mile wide "bulge" in the Allied front. The battle will continue for a month and will be the deadliest one for US troops in World War II.
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1985
The "Howard Hughes of the Mob," head of the Gambino crime family, is killed along with Thomas Bilotti outside a steak house on the orders of John Gotti. Gotti will assume leadership of the family, though will later be found guilty of the murders and will be sentenced to life in prison in 1992.
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A not-for-profit cooperative association of independent service business owners, founded from an economic development research project on the importance of startup business development
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.
Some of the companies we've worked with are "brand names" in Houston!
When you want assistance with your business, seek only those who have actual hands-on business ownership experience. You'll be glad you did! It makes for a world of difference!
Since our first Co-Op meeting held March 14, 1983, we've worked with 100,000+ people, generating 75,217 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 E) 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.
May we assist with yours?
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Call: 713.932.7495
Sally Smart: service@servicesca.org
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