• Matchmakers + Meet & Greets
• Webinar: Women Veteran Owned
Businesses: Resources & Certification
• Webinar: Finding Your Funding
• Webinar: Grow With Google
• Desserts & More Recap
• SBA Update
• Monthly Quote and Fun Fact
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• Glossier & WBEC-East Update
• WBEC-East Webinars and Events
• Welcome Newly Certified WBEs
• Women Owned Biz Support
• FRB- Diversity Summit
• UPMC Supplier Diversity Event
• Riverside Center for Innovation
• $290M Construction Project
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Matchmakers + Meet & Greets
Join WBEC-East as we virtually bring together certified WBEs with supplier diversity executives from our Corporate and Government Members to create meaningful procurement conversations.
A Meet & Greet is like speed-dating for small business owners with their targeted clients. Participating Corporate Members will host timed roundtables throughout the morning and afternoon on 12/6 to meet in small groups with up to 5 WBEs at a time.
Certified WBEs sign up in advance for a Meet & Greet roundtable with the corporation of their choice. During your meeting, you and up to 4 other WBEs will meet for 20 minutes with the corporate representative. You’ll go around the room to pitch your business, and the corporate representative will share their procurement processes and opportunities. After 20 minutes you’ll leave the meeting and hop onto another roundtable meeting to meet a different corporation.
There will be 3 rounds in the morning and 3 rounds in the afternoon on Tuesday 12/6, which means you can meet up to 6 different corporate representatives. Register multiple people from your company to divide and conquer even more Meet & Greet meetings!
This is an excellent opportunity to get that initial “handshake” with potential corporate clients, while meeting other WBEs at the same time!
Register by 11/16 – Scheduling opens 11/17!
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FREE Webinar - WBEC-East National Veteran's Business Week Presentation Women Veteran Owned Businesses: Resources & Certification
November 2nd, 11:00 AM-12:00 PM
This session will go over a plethora of useful resources for women and veteran owned businesses, whether you are in the start-up phase or are ready to seek government contracts. Our panel includes representatives from the Women's Business Enterprise Center- East, the U.S. Small Business Administration, and the National Veteran Owned Business Association.
Topics covered include:
- Business resources from the Small Business Association
- Programs and classes from the Women's Business Enterprise Center
- The benefits and process for the women-owned WBENC certification
- The benefits and process for the veteran-owned VBE certification
- Various federal certifications (VOSB, EDWOSB, 8a, etc.)
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Finding Your Funding
Thursday, November 3rd,
6:00 - 8:00 PM
This two-hour workshop will provide valuable information on how to access capital to help your business grow. This is appropriate for existing business owners seeking growth funding or those within six months of launch looking for start up funds.
The financial options discussed will include loans, micro-loans, lines of credit, leasing, as well as alternative financing. Our panel includes lenders from local financial institutions and loan funds to present the information you need to understand to get funding for your business.
Finding Your Funding will help you to:
- Understand what lenders look for when evaluating a loan package.
- Learn what documents are required for a loan request.
- Make valuable contacts with lenders.
- Learn about financing options.
- Learn how to apply for a small business loan.
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FREE Webinar - Grow with Google Workshop- Reach Customers Online with Google
November 9th, 12:00 - 1:00 PM
In this workshop you will learn best practices and analyze trends about how customers engage with your business online, then turn these insights into well-informed, actionable decisions!
This workshop is in collaboration with Grow with Google and will be recorded
Speaker: Soleil Meade - Google Digital Coach
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A few words from our President Elizbeth Walsh
Thank you to our Guests, Sponsors, Donors, and Contributors! The WBEC-East Desserts & More Annual Fundraiser & Awards Celebration held last week was a huge success! Please be sure to click below and to follow us on our social media channels to see the photos!
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U.S. Small Business Administration Announces 2022 National Veterans Small Business Week Launching Oct. 31
Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice for America’s 33 million small businesses in President Biden’s Cabinet, announced that the SBA will celebrate National Veterans Small Business Week (NVSBW) Oct. 31 – Nov. 4, with a series of virtual and in-person events highlighting the entrepreneurial spirit and resilience of our veteran small business owners. Under the Biden-Harris Administration, increasing support for our service members, veterans, and their families has been a key priority.
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WBEC-East Webinars & Events |
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November 7, 2:00 - 3:00 PM
WBEC-East collaboration with EMSDC- This panel will feature a group of experts that will share the ins and outs of succession planning.
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November 8, 2:00 - 3:00 PM
In this interactive webinar, we'll learn about Commonwealth of PA supplier diversity and procurement initiatives.
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November 10, 10:00 - 11:30 AM
If you've always dreamed of owning your own business, or if you'd like to understand how WBEC-East can help your business grow, our free online webinar- Orientation and Business Assessment workshop is for you!
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November 15, 2:00 - 3:00 PM
Whether you’re newly certified or have been for years, we'll show you how to make the best of your certification and grow your business.
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November 18, 2:00 - 3:00 PM
We'll show you how to gain the prestigious Women's Business Enterprise (WBE) certificate and use it to build your business!
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November 22, 2:00 - 3:00 PM
In this interactive webinar, we'll learn about Vistra Corporation's supplier diversity and procurement initiatives.
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Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance. Contact Joyce Cadesca via email at jcadesca@wbeceast.com to make arrangements.
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Welcome Newly Certified WBES! |
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• 2bn consulting & contracting LLC
• Abstract Trash and Recycling, LLC
• AccountingTeks P. C.
• Advanced Floor Care, LLC
• Aqua Science LLC
• Care And Welfare Center LLC
• Centerville Enterprises LLC
• Dailey LLP
• Frontier Hauling LLC
• Gentle Force Counseling Services
• Halo Staffing Agency LLC DBA Halo Home Care
• Hopkins Construction INC.
• Ideality Communications LLC
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• J Sterling Solutions, LLC
• Keast & Hood Co of New York, PC
• La Petite Tax Dame LLC
• Lucky Mechanical, LLC
• MacMillan Oil Company of Allentown INC DBA MOCA
• Mamas Cookies LLC DBA Bessies Best Lactation Cookies
• MC Investment and Consulting LLC DBA MC ElectraPark
• MINICHI, INC.
• Nextory, LLC
• Pure Air Solutions of PA, LLC
• Solutions Provided LLC
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Women-owned businesses need our support now more than ever!
The impact of the pandemic, shortages and current economic turmoil has further widened the disparity between women-owned businesses, particularly those owned by women of color, and other businesses.
This year, we ask you to take the #MakeOneSwitch movement one step further. This holiday season, try to help your friends, family and coworkers discover a new favorite Women Owned brand by gifting an essential that will help them make the switch to sourcing more of their everyday needs from Women Owned businesses. Practical gifting (always a winner in our book) meets supporting women entrepreneurs – what is not to love?
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Mid- Atlantic & Southeast Regional Supplier Diversity Summit | Federal Reserve Banks of Richmond, Atlanta, and Philadelphia- Hybrid Event
November 7, 2022
Is your minority- or women-owned business interested in doing business with the Federal Reserve? Get to know the Federal Reserve Banks of Atlanta, Philadelphia and Richmond at our annual Supplier Diversity Summit for the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions. Meet with senior executives, procurement specialists, and business line leaders to learn about specific vendor opportunities and gain insight into how to register with our Banks’ procurement systems so you have greater opportunities to succeed in working with us. This is an interactive hybrid format allows you network with senior executives, procurement specialists, and business line leaders from three Federal Reserve Banks spanning Pennsylvania to Florida. Get to know our Banks, learn about specific vendor opportunities with us and gain insight into how to register with our Banks’ procurement systems so you have greater opportunities to succeed in working with us.
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UPMC Supplier Diversity & Inclusion Construction & Real Estate
November 16, 2022 | 5:00 – 7:00 PM
Presby Bed Tower Diverse Construction Vendor trade Project Carveout Unveiling. Hear about multiple carveout projects totaling millions in spend specific for diverse construction trade vendors. Questions or to RSVP (REQUIRED) Email UPMC below.
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Riverside Center for Innovation - Multiple RFP Opportunities
Deadlines vary through November 2022. See the construction opportunities with Riverside Center for Innovation. Please see the links below for interest in the various RFPs. Bids can be obtained by clicking each specific link below.
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Huge $290M Construction Project – State Police Academy
The deadline for your small business application is November 15, 2022
Huge opportunity to do business with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Questions regarding the live solicitation should be directed to the issuing officer listed in the e-marketplace announcement. Plans can be obtained upon registering as a user at the e-Builder site.
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Contact Us
WBEC-East | 215 • 790 • 9232 | www.WBECeast.com
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Funded in part through Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration |
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Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance. Contact Liz Walsh at 215-936-9392 or ewalsh@wbeceast.com
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