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Small & Disadvantaged Business Depot – October 2020 Newsletter

Silicon Valley Black Chamber of Commerce

An Interview with Carl Davis, Jr. Upcoming Virtual
Events
The Silicon Valley Black Chamber of
Commerce (SVBCC) is quite an incredible Thirsty Thursday NAWBO
organization and no stranger to pioneering! November 5, 2020
The Chamber has been supporting the local 4:30 - 6 PM
community since it incorporated in 1989.
National Association of
Carl Davis, Jr. is the Executive Director of Women Business Owners
the SVBCC. In 1995 Davis set up the first Email: info@nawbo-sv.org
Business Incubator Program, the first for Register at nawbo-sv.org
any Black Chamber in America. This (408) 657-7190
program spawned many other incubators
and as a result, he was invited to a White
House Small Business Conference. ODOS Women of Color
Economic
The SVBCC is developing a new initiative Entrepreneur Conference
called, “Virtual Chamber Services.” The November 10, 2020
intention is to help chambers and small Time TBD
businesses reinvent themselves and come up with a different business
model utilizing the strength of the internet. “COVID wiped out a lot of ODOS Synergy Services
models for both small business and chambers of commerce, who exist Lisa Riley I Director
to support small businesses,” said Davis. Email: Borjana.odos@gmail.com
(408) 417-2242
Recently the Chamber forged a new partnership with VTA to try to
identify technically qualified and capable diverse firms to support VTA’s
projects. Davis said, “Many people say to me ‘I just need the opportunity 1st Annual Silicon Valley
to show what I can do for VTA’. It’s a win-win for small firms and VTA Heritage Expo
because the more people you have competing, the better price you’ll November 20, 2020, 12 PM
probably get.” Live Networking: 7 – 9 PM
For more information,
On November 20th,The Silicon Valley Coalition of Ethnic Chambers please call (408) 288-8806.
(which includes the Hispanic, Vietnamese, Filipino, Chinese and Black
Chambers) will host a Silicon Valley Heritage Expo. The theme is,
“Rebuilding America One Small Business at a Time.” Davis says,
“We will have over 500 different businesses participating.” This is
an opportunity for small businesses to emerge with renewed NO MASK, NO RIDE
anticipation of selling products and services again and will feature
networking during the last hour.

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