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In this Issue:

Digital Marketing Clinic - Must Use Tools and Plugins for your Website.
Wednesday, April 24, 6:00 pm - 8:00pm On Zoom
Featuring Presenter: Beth Guide
Open Access - Register Now!

More Upcoming Small Business Opportunities Around HCC:

Small Business Success Series by HCC - Five Modules - Two Virtual Classes offered Each Week from 10:00am to 1:00pm on Zoom, every Tues and Thur, Apr 09 - May 09, Virtual
Indo-American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Houston - Celebration Small Businesses in Houston - April 23, 11:30am - 1:00pm at Elite Restaurant
MBDA - How To Do Business with The City Of Houston - Apr 24, 11:30am - 12:30pm, Virtual
She Can Power On - A vision of Community, Culture, and Wealth, Apr 25, 9:30am - 11:00am, HCC Felix Fraga
Women Veterans Engage - Houston Veterans Chamber of Commerce - Apr 27, 8:30am - 2:00pm, HCC Central Campus
HCC Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses - Accepting Fall Applicants - In-person information session on Tuesday, May 07, 10:00-11:30am, HCC Alief Hayes Campus.
Never Sign Another Bad Lease - May 8, 10:00am - 11:30am. Attend in-person or virtual livestream option available.
Business Leadership Series - May 15 - Jun 05, 11:00am - 2:00pm, HCC Southeast Campus
Lender Matchmaking Event - May 21, 8:30am - 12:00pm - Onsite at HCC Alief Hayes
Why Your Small Business Needs A Resume - May, 23, 30 and June 06, 10:00am-12:00pm, HCC Eastside Campus
The Inventor's Patent Academy - May 28 - May 30, 12:00-2:00pm, Virtual
MBDA Salute Inaugural Gala Celebration - Jun 21, 6:00-10:00 pm at The Norris Conference Centers
Verizon Innovation Learning is hiring licensed Middle/High School Teachers. Read more below

Monthly Digital Marketing Clinic

Must Use Tools and Plugins for Your Website

More about this month's special topic: Learn what tools you should be using to help make your website a success as well as gauge your success. Bring your questions.

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

To Register Now - https://hcc.idloom.events/DMCApr24

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.

More Upcoming Small Business

Opportunities from Around HCC

For More & to Register: https://hcc.idloom.events/SBSSVirtual

To Register: info@iaccgh.com

For More & to Register: https://tinyurl.com/2024CITYOFHOUSTON

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For More & to Register: https://bit.ly/WVEHouston27Apr2024

For interested applicants Goldman Sachs is hosting an in-person information session on Tuesday, May 7^th at the HCC Alief Hayes Campus. Attendees will have a chance to learn more about the program and ask questions before submitting their application. Please click here to register - https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/skc7xgw

For more information visit https://www.houston10ksb.com/ or send an email to 10ksb@hccs.edu

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For More & to Register: https://hcc.idloom.events/WYSBNR

For More & to Register: https://hcc.idloom.events/HCCTIPA

MBDA's Gala Celebration will take place on Friday, June 21, 2024 and will honor minority owned Construction firms and the Corporations and Community Partners who support them.

To Learn more, please visit: https://hcc.idloom.events/2024SALUTE

Interested in applying?

Send your CV to Susie Molina, Director for the Center of Entrepreneurship at Southeast, susie.molina@hccs.edu

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

HCC- OEI Wins Community Engagement Initiative of the Year, 1^st 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.

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

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.”

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

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!