Category: Washington DC
Grow your Business through Government Contracting on June 15
While it's often much quicker and less stressful to email a potential customer, it’s evidently clear that face-to-face meetings and networking are far more effective in creating meaningful connections. And if the potential customer is the federal government, one needs to make the time to regularly visit the D.C. beltway. To help small business owners make ...
How to Access Capital in DC
The District of Columbia government has a variety of resources available to support small business owners. The Department of Small and Local Business Development (DSLBD) provides resources to bring lenders from top leading banking institutions to the table to meet with local District of Columbia businesses. Resources such as DSLBD’s ‘Access to Capital’ guide provide ...
2012 SBA Washington Metropolitan Area Small Business Awards
The Washington Metropolitan Area Small Business Awards are presented by the Washington Metropolitan Area District Office of the Small Business Administration each year to recognize those individuals and institutions whose outstanding contributions helped make the D.C. metro region a great place to do business. The honorees this year include two Washington, D.C. businesses, a Fairfax ...
Mayor Vincent C. Gray Releases Vibrant Retail Streets Toolkit
Mayor Vincent C. Gray announced the release of the Vibrant Retail Streets Toolkit, which evaluates the essential elements of outstanding retail areas and offers a customizable toolbox of strategies and implementation steps to improve retail streets. Developed by the DC Office of Planning (OP) and its consultant partner, Streetsense, the Toolkit provides a framework for retail ...
National Small Business Week in Washington, D.C., May 20-22
The nation's top entrepreneurs will be honored at the U.S. Small Business Administration's National Small Business Week events May 20-22 in Washington, D.C. A series of award ceremonies, small business events and educational forums will mark the 59th anniversary of the agency and the 49th annual proclamation of National Small Business Week. National Small Business Week ...
D.C. Event Gathers Five Federal Agencies to Bolster Women’s Contracting
The Give Me 5 program is partnering with the Department of State’s Offices of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) to host the first-ever Women-Owned Small Business Procurement Opportunity Forum on April 2nd in Washington, D.C. Give Me 5 is a national program created by American Express OPEN and Women Impacting Public Policy in 2008 to ...
Nominate a Woman of Distinction at NAWBO Greater DC
The National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) Greater DC is seeking nominations for The Woman of Distinction Award. The Woman of Distinction Award honors women who are advancing women's business in the Washington Metropolitan area and beyond. It's our way of thanking those who strengthen our members and the women's business environment. NAWBO Greater DC seeks ...
ADCMW Hosts “Starting Your Design Business” Event
The Art Directors Club of Metropolitan Washington (ADCMW) will host an exciting panel on “Starting Your Design Business” from a diverse group of designers that have been successful going out on their own. Hear from the perspective of a one-person shop, to a three-person partnership, to a ten person group to the largest agency in town. ...
