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MBE Benefits

 The National Minority Supplier Development Council's Certification Policy and Procedures Manual, is firmly adhered to by its 38 affiliated Councils for the certification  of minority-owned businesses.  Standardized Procedures  assure consistent and identical review and certification of minority-owned businesses throughout the NMSDC Network. The NMSDC is the only national minority business development organization providing certification throughout the U.S. where MBEs are genuinely minority-owned and operated, and ready to do business.

  •  Access — Certified MBEs are listed in the Regional Council Minority Supplier Database
     
  • Advanced Management Education Program, customized executive education, with highly intensive training and technical assistance for CEOs of minority-owned firms
     
  • Business Opportunity Fairs which allow minority entrepreneurs to present themselves to hundreds of prospective buyers in a short time
     
  • Inclusion — to the Minority Business Information System (MBISYS®),  NMSDC's national database of certified minority suppliers
     
  • Network opportunities — provides expansion of relationship-building opportunities with corporate buyers
     
  • Working capital loans — to certified minority businesses which have contracts with NMSDC national and regional corporate members, through the Business Consortium Fund, as well as longer-term financing through the BCF's Specialized Small Business Investment Company (SSBIC)
     
  • And a variety of other activities to bring corporate purchasing people together with representatives of minority businesses, in both formal and informal settings, to foster the development of long-term, mutually beneficial business relations. 

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