Minority Business Development Agency


Minority Business Development Agency

Established in 1969 by executive order, the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) works to foster the creation, growth, and expansion of minority-ow...  Read story

Task Force Sees Technology as Engine for Growth

By Max Chafkin |  May 23, 2005

May 24, 2005 --A task force of businesses, non-profits, and municipalities announced plans for an initiative to increase technology use am...  Read story

Free Tech Training

May 17, 2007

The Information Technology Association of America and the Minority Business Development Agency are offering women and minority entrepreneurs a free online...  Read story

National Minority Enterprise Development Week Kicks Off

By Alexandra Cheney |  Aug 21, 2009

The Minority Business Development Agency predicts the majority of small businesses to be minority-run in under 35 years.   Read story

Opportunities for Minority Businesses Abroad

Nov 10, 2006

Nov. 10, 2006 -- The Minority Business Development Agency is hosting the Expanding Horizon workshop on Nov. 16 in Los Angeles, Calif. ...  Read story

MESBICs, Loan Programs Face The Budget Axe

Aug 1, 1981

Federal aid to minority businesses will suffer substantial reductions once budget cutters in both the Administration and Congress complete their review of...  Read story

Asian-American Business Ownership, Revenues Increase

By Peter Hoy |  May 17, 2006

New data finds that minority entrepreneurs are outpacing the national average.  Read story

The Founder Next Door

By John Case |  May 15, 2001

Is today's entrepreneur any different from the rest of us?  Read story

Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses Skyrocket

By Peter Hoy |  May 1, 2006

New Census data shows significantly higher startup rates among such groups.  Read story

Encyclopedia Table of Contents

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Graduation Day

By GERALD LANSON |  May 1, 1987

Joshua Smith built the fastest-growing black-owned business in America. But can Maxima survive its graduation from the government program that made success p...  Read story

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