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Featured Event:
- Digital Marketing Clinic - Getting Your Business on The Google Map
- Wednesday, February 28, 6:00 pm - 8:00pm On Zoom
- Featuring Presenter: Beth Guide
- Open Access - Register Now!
Upcoming Small Business Opportunities From Around HCC:
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AARP Foundation’s Work for Yourself@50+ - Onsite Workshop - Feb 22, 9:00am - 12:00pm, HCC, Eastside Campus
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MBDA - Virtual Subs and Sandwiches with Port Houston - Feb 28, 11:30am - 12:30pm, Virtual
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SCORE @HCC Workshops - What to know about doing Business - Mar 7, 1:00pm - 2:30pm, HCC Missouri City Campus
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Monthly Digital Marketing Clinic
Getting Your Business on The Google Map
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More about this month's special topic: It is important and necessary for small businesses to have a visual presence on the Google Map. In this clinic, we will talk about Google Business Profile, an easy-to-use tool for businesses and organizations to manage their online presence across Google. Also learn ways to maximize your business exposure and help customers find your business by using this free tool.
Our Format: Open Discussion – Ask questions of our experts relating to your business about today's special topic or these other Clinic Topics:
- Social Media
- Web Design
- Videos
- Local Search Engine Optimization
- Convertible Key Words – How to Make Sales
- Analytics & Conversion Management
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To Register Now - https://hcc.idloom.events/DMCFeb28
Join Beth Guide and Sandra Louvier with the Glenda & David Regenbaum Center for Entrepreneurship at Houston Community College Northwest and SCORE for our Monthly Digital Marketing Clinics, running now for over four years and building a loyal following of entrepreneurs seeking to continuously improve their digital marketing effectiveness.
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Upcoming Small Business
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About the Glenda & David Regenbaum Center for Entrepreneurship
HCC Northwest
OUR MISSION: To help entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses.
We do this by offering workshops, seminars, summits, classes and competitive training and advising, while also providing practical knowledge, resources and connections. We are also known for three Signature Programs: the Annual HCC Business Plan Competition, now in its 17th year; the Small Business Success Series by by HCC©; and the HCC Mattress Mack School of Selling©. More About Us
Contact us at c4e@hccs.edu or 713-718-6650
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HCC- OEI Wins Community Engagement Initiative of the Year, 1st Runner-Up Award in 2023 International Competition by ACEEU
On June 26, 2023, the Accreditation Council for Entrepreneurial & Engaged Universities (ACEEU) hosted finalists from around the world for the Triple E Awards. The HCC Office of Entrepreneurial Initiatives (HCC-OEI) team won this award in recognition of excellence in supporting and building minority owned businesses. Houston Community College presented 10 Programs: Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), Open for Business for Women of Color, HCC Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses, HCC Business Plan Competition, Small Business Success Series by HCC, Entrepreneurial Programs in Spanish, Entrepreneurship for Youth, Student Hackathons, Student Pitch Competitions, and the HCC Mattress Mack School of Selling. Dr. Maya Durnovo, Chief Entrepreneurial Initiatives Officer, presented in Barcelona, Spain on behalf the HCC OEI team.
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Houston Community College Wins 2022 Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers Award for Excellence in Specialty Entrepreneurship Education
Houston-based academic group called out top universities and programs from around the world — including one in Houston and another in Texas — that are excelling in educating future entrepreneurs at the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers Conference in October.
The GCEC is a consortium of more than 250 university entrepreneurship programs that is headquartered at Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business, which has been named a top entrepreneurship program itself time and time again. Houston Community College's Office of Entrepreneurial Initiatives (led by Dr. Maya Durnovo) won in the Excellence in Specialty Entrepreneurship Education category for programming that serves women and minority owned businesses. GCEC Award-Innovation Map Article
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Houston Community College Wins 2022 Bellwether Award for Entrepreneurial Initiatives
Houston Community College has won the 2022 Bellwether Award for its outstanding and innovative workforce development program: HCC’s Entrepreneurial Initiatives. The Bellwether Awards are widely regarded as one of the nation’s most competitive and prestigious recognitions for community colleges. Dr. Maya Durnovo, HCC’s chief entrepreneurial initiatives officer leads HCC’s mission of helping entrepreneurs start and grow businesses to bolster the local economy, create jobs and build Houston’s ecosystem by starting and growing small businesses, including minority-, veteran- and women-owned businesses. Dr. Durnovo said. “I am so fortunate to have a highly motivated and passionate team that strives for excellence in everything they do.”
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Houston Community College Receives 2021 Diversity In Business Award from the Houston Business Journal!
Congratulations to all students, faculty, staff, entrepreneurs (aspiring & existing); and to all our community participants, supporters, volunteers, partners and sponsors who collaborate with us to make awards like this possible! Congratulations also to all of the other honorees and awardees!
#WeAreHCC # HoustonStrong #HBJDiversity
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Houston Community College
2020 Entrepreneurial College of the Year
The Houston Community College System was selected as the winner of the 2020 Entrepreneurial College of the Year award by the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE) at NACCE's annual conference, where entrepreneurial colleges from across the U.S. gather to share best practices. On behalf of all of our entrepreneurial programs and staff, we thank all of the entrepreneurs, partners, sponsors, volunteers, students, and HCC faculty and staff who have contributed to our efforts! Without your support and dedication to our programs, this wouldn't have been possible!
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