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African American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey’s Inaugural Newsletter

Karla — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:13:48 +0000

August 2010

AACCNJ’s Inaugural Newsletter

Greetings!

Welcome to the Inaugural issue of AACCNJ’s quarterly electronic publication!It is our goal to make this newsletter as relevant and useful as possible to all our members, sponsors and supporters. To that end, we are asking that you contact us if you have suggestions for items that should be included. It’s important to us that we highlight initiatives most important to the people we work with and support. Please send your feedback to jharmon@aaccnj.com .

Warm regards,

John Harmon
President/CEO

Networking Reception on Thursday, Sept 16th

Stephen A. Smith

When & Where

DATE: Thursday, September 16, 2010

TIME: 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

LOCATION:
Delta’s Restaurant
19 Dennis St.
New Brunswick,NJ 08901-1206

This complimentary Networking Reception is not to be missed. Join us for business and relationship building. It will be a relaxed evening at Delta’s Restaurant — the perfect place to make important business contacts while having a good time.

We are excited to announce that Stephen A. Smith, the Morning Show Host on Fox Sports Radio will be joining us for the evening.

Click Here for Event Flyer.

RSVP to info@absnj.com or 609-392-3800

AACCNJ’s Business Leadership Conference on October 13th

When & Where

Date: October 13, 2010

Time: 7:30am – 2pm

Location: Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ

Please save the date as we bring together business owners, corporate executives and government leaders from across the state to discuss Telecommunications, Transportation & Healthcare Trends in NJ.

Harry C. Alford, President of the National Black Chamber of Commerce is our Keynote Speaker.

Click here to view the conference agenda and registration page. Full details will be posted on our website shortly. Stay tuned for more exciting information about this event…

Membership Savings through Sept 16th

The AACCNJ provides many opportunites for you to grow your business. We offer programs, business promotions, networking, advertising, education and technical assistance, all aimed at giving your business the competitive edge to succeed and grow.

We are offering a special membership discount of 25% if you join or renew before September 16th. To receive this special offer, simply choose the membership that is right for you and reach out to our membership associate, Paula Hartman, to process your membership at the discounted rate. Paula can be reached at 609-392-3800 or info@absnj.com.

John Harmon, President/CEO
Join Now!

NJBIZ INclusion Magazine – Advertising Opportunity

NJBIZ is the weekly business to business newspaper in NJ. They have a readership base of 60,000 business professionals. They are currently working on their INclusion 2010 supplement, which will explore the breadth of diversity in NJ and its value to the workplace.

NJBIZ is partnering with AACCNJ, NJAWBO, SHCCNJ and the American Conference on Diversity for this magazine.

If interested in advertising in this issue, please contact Samantha D’Amore at 732-246-5710 or sdamore@njbiz.com within the next week.

Follow link to review a copy of the 2009 INclusion magazine.

In This Issue

9/16 – Complimentary Networking Reception

10/13 – AACCNJ’s 2010 Business Leadership Conference

Important Membership Savings through 9/16

NJBIZ Inclusion Magazine

Thank you to our Sponsors

Visit our website to learn more about our Membership Benefits, Continuing Education and Upcoming Events.

Promoting Strength Through Diversity

We are so pleased to announce that
Harry C. Alford, President, NBCC, will be
our Keynote Speaker on Oct 13th!

New Jersey Community Capital Exceeds $111 Million of Financing

Karla — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:06:44 +0000

Published August 16, 2010 by:
stacy flintoff, Associated Content

Trenton based New Jersey Community Capital (NJCC), a non-profit loan fund that supports New Jersey business community-based enterprises is in the news for exceeding $111 million in financing for the widespread of chartered schools in New Jersey. This achievement implies the extreme dedication of the business organization in providing financial help to chartered schools of high quality. Such schools have received this amount of help from the NJCC because they have the power of enlightening the lives of students who live in various undeserved communities of New Jersey. This organization has contributed more than $47 million to chartered schools since 2004. This has leveraged to $111 million in July, 2010.

Read full story…

NJCC Press Release

Kauffman Foundation introduces new online business plan competition platform

Karla — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:30:31 +0000

This is a great new resource for entrepreneurs and those looking to invest in their ideas!

Business Plan Competition Administrators can:

Create & customize your competition
Manage applicants and judges
Brand it as your own
Facilitate the start of future businesses

Student Entrepreneurs can use the site to:

Search participating competitions
Enable your business plan to be discovered
Post your resume
Find a startup that needs you

About iStart

The iStart Web site is the leading online community for business plan competitions. iStart began as studentbusiness.com – the big idea of three Harvard University students, who have since graduated and gone on to launch even bigger ideas. In 2009, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation bought the site and renamed it iStart. We added more functionality and the public side to increase transparency. Our goal is for iStart to become the go-to site for entering business plan competitions from around the world, browsing pages of plan abstracts and networking with hundreds of innovative, energize entrepreneurs.

The iStart Web site is:

* The catalyst for new businesses. We are dedicated to increasing the number of new firms formed – that’s our big idea.
* Accessible. Thirty days after a competition ends, applicant teams can make their plan abstracts – and their companies – searchable to anyone on iStart. If you want your big idea to get noticed, this is the place.
* Easy to use. Whether you are a competition administrator, a judge or an applicant, iStart helps you work at maximum efficiency and speed.
* Standardized. We offer one simple platform for everything you need – from the call for entries to the final judging round. More functionality. Less time. Sweet!