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Event Showcases Unique Opportunities for Emerging Businesses
(Orlando, FL) – The Disney/SBA National Entrepreneur
Center (NEC) will be hosting an Entrepreneur Fair to
celebrate its third year anniversary on Wednesday, June
28, 2006. The event will be at the NEC offices,
located in downtown Orlando at One Landmark Center, 315 E. Robinson
Street, Suite 100 and will feature free seminars from 1p.m. -
5p.m., followed by a celebratory networking reception from 5:45p.m.
- 7:30p.m.
The free seminars will include helpful tips for start-up and
existing businesses, with seminars being offered in both English
and Spanish. The networking reception will highlight testimonials
from successful entrepreneurs and companies who have been assisted
by the NEC’s onsite partners, as well as a special cake-cutting
celebration.
The NEC is dedicated to the growth of small businesses in Florida
and throughout the nation. The center is celebrating it’s
3rd Anniversary by hosting an Entrepreneur Fair for emerging
entrepreneurs and existing small business owners to learn more
about the services available through the onsite partners of the
NEC, which include: the Black Business Investment Fund (BBIF);
the Florida Black Business Investment Board (FBBIB); the Florida
First Capital Finance Corporation (FFCFC); the Hispanic Business
Initiative Fund (HBIF); the Metropolitan Orlando Urban League
(MOUL); the Minority/Women Business Enterprise Alliance; Orange
County Government; SCORE Counselors to America’s Small
Business; the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA); UCF Small
Business Development Center (SBDC), and the UCF Technology Incubator
(UFCTI).
To date, the NEC’s onsite partners have counseled and
trained more than 34,209 clients since its inception in June
of 2003. The public-private partnership has made over 142,316
contacts, and facilitated the origination of over 321 loans with
a combined value of $65,326,870. The NEC’s onsite
partners have also assisted their clients in securing over $10,547,069
in Other capital (either Private, Angel, or VC funding). *please
note that these numbers only reflect clients tracked that were
willing to submit information.
“The NEC is excited to celebrate three years of providing over 34,000
entrepreneurs throughout the State of Florida with the tools and training they
need to grow stronger, more viable businesses. The Entrepreneurial Fair
aims to introduce more Central Florida entrepreneurs to the wealth of business
resources available at the NEC,” said Julie A. Matthews, Interim Director.
To register for the event, contact Antoinette Theodore at 407-420-4848
or via email at atheodore@floridanec.org.
Disney/SBA National Entrepreneur Center (NEC)
The NEC is a community partnership dedicated to the support
and success of entrepreneurs. The NEC brings together
a network of Service Providers and other resources to offer
entrepreneurs a one-stop shop for small business services including
counseling, training, financial assistance, and a software
lab with all of the necessary research tools. The NEC
is located in Orlando FL, but their programs reach entrepreneurs
throughout the state and beyond. For more information visit www.floridanec.org
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